By Kathryn Reed Google “South Lake Tahoe vacation rentals” and about 319,000 results show up. While there are nowhere near that many residences of any kind in the city limits, it proves this is big business. And in some ways it has not been a tightly regulated market, with some people suggesting the city is […]
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By Barbara LaBoe, Daily News Skamania County authorities say they may never be able determine what killed the California woman who disappeared during the Rainbow Family gathering this summer east of Mount St. Helens. An autopsy conducted by the Clark County Coroner’s Office on the mostly skeletal remains failed to determine a cause of death […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – A hum almost like a refrigerator emanates from the parking lot near Zephyr Cove Lodge and just before the pavement that leads to the cabins. It’s an air sparge unit, which pulls the fumes from the fuel spill area at the resort that then cycles through a charcoal filter. […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Even though no votes were actually cast, Tom Barber, Wanda Kownacki, David Stumbos and Stephanie Neidig will be sworn into their seats on the Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District board of directors next month. But there is still a question as to whether any of them can legitimately hold the positions. […]
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Gamblers did better than the casinos in September compared to a year ago. Throughout Nevada the winnings were 5.9 percent below 2010 figures. The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Nov. 9 said casinos took in $864 million from gamblers, $53.8 million less than the previous September. One of the worst regions was Stateline, which saw […]
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By Motoko Rich, New York Times GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Like many states and local governments struggling to cut costs, Michigan hopes to replace some government employees with contract workers who will do the same job for less. Ginny Townsend, 41, took a job in January as a nursing assistant in the state-run home for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Owners of the Timber Cove Pier did not renew the lease with Blue Water Bistro, forcing the restaurant to close. The lease with Mama’s Red Tomato also expired. Both restaurant locations will be operated by the family trust that has taken over operation of the South Lake Tahoe pier as well as […]
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By Barbara De Lollis, USA Today Travelers in the coming year should prepare to pay higher rates and compete for the best rooms, a new analysis of future hotel bookings suggests. Occupancy nationwide is expected to increase by about 5 percent and rates by about 4 percent, according to industry tracker TravelClick’s analysis of North […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two new faces will be on the South Tahoe Public Utility District board, incumbents are returning to Lake Tahoe Unified and Lake Tahoe Community College boards, and the recreation measure on the South Shore is officially R. Kelly Sheehan came out of the gate with 65.13 percent of the vote compared to […]
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Waiting until just before the comment period ended, opponents to the U.S. Forest Service’s plans to thin about 10,000 acres on the South Shore submitted letters questioning the validity of the environmental document. The South Shore Fuel Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration Project would treat 10,112 acres; the intent being to target the wildland urban […]
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