By Kathryn Reed It’s possible the multi-million dollar animal shelter that has been in the works for a number of years on the West Slope will break ground this fall. The 17,700-square-foot facility would consolidate the multiple locations El Dorado County Animal Services Authority currently occupies. It would also mean no longer needing to pay […]
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By Liz Benston, Las Vegas Sun Several months ago, the Internal Revenue Service agents who investigate financial crimes in Las Vegas began calling big casinos to set up meetings with their employees. The calls were friendly. In fact, the IRS — battling a bumper crop of white-collar crime — needed the casinos’ help. The feds […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Eagerly giving up their diamond rings, three women and a roomful of people saw a guy put them in tissue. But they weren’t in the tissue as he tore it up. They ended up in a box with a bow. While this might seem ordinary, it wasn’t. No one saw […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Cancer. It’s one of the deadliest words in the English language. But with events like Relay for Life, a cancer diagnosis is no longer a death sentence. The fifth annual Relay on the South Shore is going on now at Kahle Community Park in Stateline. It all began with survivors […]
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By Kathryn Reed “It’s a dog’s life” is being taken to a whole new level at Tahoe Best Friends. Reaching down to pet one of her four legged customers, Paige Rice calls him by name. She knows all of their names. So do the other workers at this canine hotel in South Lake Tahoe. This […]
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By Kathryn Reed A letter from the landlord listed what needed to be done – or else. Unable to do the work herself or pay for someone to do it, June Echeverri was worried. The 76-year-old’s health doesn’t allow her to maintain her yard like she once did. Her daughter who lives with her is […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Caltrans is one step closer to having all the hurdles cleared so it can close Echo Summit in both directions next spring in order to replace the dilapidated rock wall. It was a brief hearing Aug. 5 before Jim Baetge at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency office in Stateline. With […]
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By Kathryn Reed A civil rights lawsuit has been filed in federal court against South Lake Tahoe, the city police department and Officer Russell Liles. John Andoh, former transit administrator for South Tahoe Area Transportation Agency, in documents filed Aug. 2 in U.S. District Court in Sacramento alleges he has been racially discriminated against. According […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sixty percent of the South Lake Tahoe City Council will be new after voters cast their ballots Nov. 2. Jerry Birdwell joins Kathay Lovell and Bill Crawford in deciding not to seek another term. “I’m going to take a breather. I’m going to enjoy running the (Black Bear) Inn, sitting on the […]
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By Kathryn Reed HOPE VALLEY – It’s like a convention of wildflower enthusiasts along the trail to Winnemucca Lake. Everyone seems to have a camera. People bending over to inhale what scent these wonders of nature are casting off. A certain excitement fills the air. Maybe the long winter has everyone giddy about spring arriving […]
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