By Kathryn Reed Nepotism, according to the dictionary, is “patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics.” It’s alive and thriving among employees of South Lake Tahoe (full and part time), as well as extending to City Council members and city commissioners. Since June 30, Lake Tahoe […]
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By Steve Kanigher, Las Vegas Sun Former Gov. Kenny Guinn, who served during Nevada’s most explosive growth, leading with a pragmatic streak and fierce determination to do what was right rather than what more partisan elements in his party thought, has died. Guinn guided Nevada from January 1999 through the end of his second term […]
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By Stephen Ward Scores of water sport enthusiasts speed across the West Shore of Lake Tahoe, soaring through the air and performing strategic tricks such as pyramids and operating delta wing kites while water skiing. The public gathers around the edge of the shore to witness the mesmerizing performance unfolding before them, quietly marveling at […]
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By Kathryn Reed An opportunity to buy the largest remaining parcel of private property along the Upper Truckee River may cause planners to change gears when it comes to the Meyers to Stateline bike path. The approximately 212 acres known at the Johnson Meadow (in the ranching world a parcel is named after the previous […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money, or the lack of it, could derail the Lake Tahoe Basin-wide effort to create defensible space throughout the region. In the last five years, $10.4 million has come to the Nevada Fire Safe Council via the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act. That resource is drying up because the sale of […]
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By Austin Fay A blur of black and green whizzes by with clenched fists and bared lime-green mouth guard. She earns one point for each of the five members of the opposite team she laps during a two-minute period, or “jam” in roller derby lingo. Trying to block Carey “Crazy” Jenkins, several of her opponents […]
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By Kathryn Reed MARKLEEVILLE — Closing my eyes I’m taken some place more distant than the 1.5 miles I hiked. The rushing water makes hearing difficult unless one speaks in a loud voice. It’s one of those times when listening to Mother Nature seems like music that can never be replicated. Nothing on my iPod […]
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By Kathryn Reed A distinct hum is usually associated with motor boating. Not anymore. Two boats cruising Fallen Leaf Lake are electric, creating a new boating experience for the user and others on or near the water. Self-described marina boy Joe Zanetell turns on the engine. Nothing seems to happen. No sound emerges from the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Unleashed dogs in the Upper Truckee Marsh are wreaking so much havoc on wildlife habitat that the California Tahoe Conservancy has decided that beginning in 2011 dogs will be banned from this swath of public land in South Lake Tahoe. “The purpose is to preserve habitat value,” Ray Lacey, CTC deputy director, […]
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By Kathryn Reed One need never go to Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course to know the celebrity golf tournament is going on now. Just listen. Hear that plane traffic? It’s the golfers in their expensive planes flying in and out of Lake Tahoe Airport. “I can tell you they have a large impact on the airport,” […]
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