By Rachel Lowry, Deseret News More Americans — 29 percent — believe education is worse because of the No Child Left Behind Act than those who believe it is better off (16 percent). Another 38 percent said the act of Congress that changed the federal government’s role in public schools by focusing on student achievement […]
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Adam Rose, 38, of South Lake Tahoe as of Wednesday afternoon was in the intensive care unit at Renown Medical Center in Reno fighting for his life after being struck by a hit-and-run driver the day before. The suspect, 54-year-old Christine Whalen of South Lake Tahoe, was later apprehended. She was booked into El Dorado […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s and its labor union, locked in a lengthy stalemate over a new contract, are finally talking again. The West Sacramento grocery chain and the United Food and Commercial Workers will resume negotiations Aug. 31. It will be their first bargaining session since June 8 and follows several more weeks […]
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By Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education Weathering the recession with a college degree can be tough. Weathering it without one is much tougher. That’s the main finding of a new report based on a study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. According to a report on the findings, the vast majority […]
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By Kathryn Reed While neither the Tahoe Transportation District, nor the loop road was on the Aug. 21 South Lake Tahoe City Council agenda, plenty of words were spoken about the two. It was agreed the previously scheduled Aug. 28 workshop on the loop road would be indefinitely delayed. This is to give TTD time […]
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By Kathryn Reed Turning the stage 180 degrees so the sound reverberates away from homes, ending the concerts at 10pm the first two days and at 12:30 New Year’s morning, designating smoking areas, keeping the decibel level below 95, paying a $50,000 deposit and involving local businesses in the three-day event. Those are the criteria […]
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One person is in custody and another was fighting for his life Tuesday night at Renown Medical Center. South Lake Tahoe police refused to respond to multiple inquiries from Lake Tahoe News about the Aug. 21 incident on Highway 89. Reports are that it started as a hit and run accident of a pedestrian vs. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nancy Kerry has lost part of her title with the city of South Lake Tahoe. That would be “interim”. The City Council in closed session on Tuesday agreed unanimously that Kerry should be the city’s city manager. When Kerry was appointed interim city manager in June this was to last until the […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee California schools spend all year grading student performance, but lawmakers are turning the tables with an issue that strikes at the heart of education: How should a school be graded? Parents have a right to know if their child’s campus is passing or failing; the current yardstick is based entirely […]
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By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun When Apple needed help negotiating the tax breaks it sought as a condition to build a $1 billion data center in Northern Nevada, the company turned to Greg Ferraro, a veteran Carson City lobbyist and top adviser to Gov. Brian Sandoval. But Ferraro not only has a close […]
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