By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal With vital water supplies for droughts seemingly secured through a legal victory, the Truckee Meadows primary water provider is trying to recover costs of dam improvements at Donner Lake. The Truckee Meadows Water Authority wants $500,000 from the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, half the cost of improvements to the Donner Lake […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee A day after El Dorado County’s new budget went into effect July 1, it went $1.5 million out of whack. Officials anticipated property tax revenue would tumble when they built the 2010-11 budget, but apparently they weren’t pessimistic enough. “We thought 4 percent was conservative,” said Laura Schwartz, a county […]
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By Kathryn Reed Saturday afternoon’s rain showers contributed to 968 Park Hotel near Stateline being evacuated that night. Hotel staff had put cushions and other pool items under a concrete stairwell when the rain started. The thinking was that most summer storms in Lake Tahoe blow through fast and that they would retrieve the items […]
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By Kathryn Reed ROUND HILL — Neat stacks of paper fill every inch of Steve Teshara’s desk. They continue onto a side table. He goes to another room to get a piece of paper, this one with unemployment stats for the Lake Tahoe area and beyond. “I think the community is at a real tipping […]
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By Kathryn Reed A 10-minute hailstorm in South Lake Tahoe on Friday afternoon sent people scurrying indoors – at least those near the Y. The National Weather Service in Reno said this was not unexpected, but seemed impressed to hear the size of the hail was more than a quarter-inch in diameter in some cases. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Passion and frustration oozed from three Meyers residents while talking about the forest thinning project in their neighborhood. Anger was another emotion. It was all directed at the California Tahoe Conservancy – owners of the 209 acres that are being treated in phases over the course of several years. About 30 acres […]
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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 Kathryn Reed So often politicians give the trite answer of “I want to spend more time with my family” when in fact something much less altruistic is the true reason. In the case of Kathay Lovell, the statement is fact. Lovell has served on the South Lake Tahoe City Council for eight years, with […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal In Sonoma County, people are visiting local parks and riding bikes more than ever, adding to the attraction of local wineries to boost tourism, says County Supervisor Valerie Brown. County parks are part of a stepped-up promotion to draw locals and people across California to visit the famous wine-producing region, […]
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