Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Commission. The stories are being published in the order they were received. Name: Géorg M. May Age: 48 How long have you lived in South Lake Tahoe?: Four years. One question that bothers the hell out of me […]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal Only five days into October and, unofficially, it’s the sixth wettest October on record for Reno, the National Weather Service reported. There’s a chance Thursday another storm will hit the area with intensity close to the one that dropped 1.09 inches of rain on Monday night and Tuesday morning, said […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt Local businesses have felt the brunt of the economic downturn in a town where survival is difficult even in the best of times. On Oct. 5 the City Council approved a contract with the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce to provide business coaching to low-income local businesses to help them […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Commission. The stories are being published in the order they were received. Name: Joy Curry Age: 63 How long have you lived in South Lake Tahoe?: I made South Lake Tahoe my home in 2003, after frequently enjoying […]
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By Kathryn Reed Improvements to Highway 89 (aka Luther Pass) won’t be done this building season as planned, and will instead require two months of work in 2011. However, with Echo Summit slated to be closed part of the spring while the retaining wall is overhauled, officials aren’t sure when the work on Highway 89 […]
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By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun For the impatient motorists waiting in those long lines at the DMV, it might be easy to believe the situation is the inevitable result of the state’s fiscal crisis and budget cuts. But no. Instead, it’s a by-product of furloughs of state workers elsewhere in the Nevada government […]
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By Jeremy Evans The South Lake Tahoe City Council met in closed session Tuesday, a day after El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steve Bailey ruled the city needs to start the bid process over for the Lakeview Commons project. Nothing earth-shattering resulted from the meeting as the city is still mulling its options. One […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt The wheels on BlueGo buses have been going round and round for years, but they have not been able to get riders to their destinations efficiently, reliably and affordably. The City Council is hoping its unanimous approval of an interim funding and service agreement between the city and the Tahoe Transportation District […]
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Publisher’s note: Greta and Mike Hambsch are selling the 34-year-old property management firm, which is the third largest in the South Lake Tahoe area. By Denver Business Journal Vail Resorts Inc. is getting into the lodging business in South Lake Tahoe. The Broomfield-based company (NYSE: MTN), which owns four Colorado ski resorts and the Heavenly […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Commission. The stories are being published in the order they were received. Name: Lee Bonner Age: 51 Hometown: Minden How long have you lived here?: 5+ years Job/profession: Communications, public affairs What would you build or tear down […]
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