By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe Community Services Director Stan Sherer was fired Monday. “It’s kind of a shocker. I really can’t talk about it,” Sherer told Lake Tahoe News the night of July 23. Sherer came on board with the city in January 2011 to lead the Parks and Recreation Department. During consolidation because […]
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By Asher Price, Austin American Statesman In 2010, having successfully pressed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider listing as endangered six colorfully named freshwater mussels, at least one in Central Texas, Houston lawyer Peter Thompson set about getting paid. Eventually, Thompson and an attorney for WildEarth Guardians, the New Mexico-based environmental group that […]
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By San Diego Union-Tribune Historically, lung cancer has been viewed as a disease of men. Over the past 50 years, however, there has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of lung cancer in women – even as lung cancer rates in men have declined. Lung cancer is now the most common cause of cancer […]
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By Andrew Becker, California Watch Toxic chemicals used to rid rodents from illicit marijuana gardens in the Sierra Nevada range and elsewhere in California may have inadvertently poisoned dozens of vulnerable weasel-like mammals called fishers, according to a new study released this month. Biologists from UC Davis, the nonprofit Integral Ecology Research Center, and state […]
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The Truckee Town Council has adopted the 2012-13 budget that results in a deficit of $965,000. Revenues for the general fund are set at $17.8 million, while budgeted expenditures are approximately $18.8 million. Officials say the deficit is due to the one-time expenditure of funds for construction of the animal shelter. Town Council approved the […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Scientists using field notes from surveys first conducted by the government before the Civil War believe they’ve gained a better understanding of how Western wildfires behaved historically. Researchers at the University of Wyoming studied historical fire patterns across millions of acres of dry Western forests. Their findings challenge the current operating […]
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A fire burning in the Pine Nuts is bringing smoke into the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Spring Fire started the afternoon of July 22 after lightning struck western Nevada. More than 1,000 acres have burned as of Sunday night. “The fire made significant runs through pinon juniper today due to gusty winds near thunderstorms over […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Council members were less than thrilled with finding out a five-year contract for the use of a city building had been approved by a department head and not them. Stan Sherer, Community Development director, defended his actions on July 17. “We rent all kinds of facilities. Historically, we […]
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By Mary Williams Walsh and Michael Cooper, New York Times WASHINGTON — The fiscal crisis for states will persist long after the economy rebounds as they confront rising health care costs, underfunded pensions, ignored infrastructure needs, eroding revenues and expected federal budget cuts, according to a report issued here Tuesday by a task force of […]
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Four people have applied for the vacancy on the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board. They are Barbara Bannar (former board member, homemaker), Kathy Haven (educator/small business owner), Cathy Giardina (business owner/bookkeeper), and Heather Clelan (property manager). Interviews will be at the Aug. 7 board meeting. The remaining four members choose the member. Meetings are […]
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