By Susan Wood It’s been said time and time again: Leave it to a disaster to pull people together. Now the hope is the money will follow the people. That was the overriding message conveyed Wednesday night at the South Lake Tahoe City Council Chambers by a high-profile panel speaking about the work of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed One need never go to Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course to know the celebrity golf tournament is going on now. Just listen. Hear that plane traffic? It’s the golfers in their expensive planes flying in and out of Lake Tahoe Airport. “I can tell you they have a large impact on the airport,” […]
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By Kathryn Reed Joseph Balius, best known in South Lake Tahoe for leaving Lake Tahoe Community College students who were residing at the Alder Inn in a lurch when he skipped town, has filed for bankruptcy. Balius, whose first name is Shelly but goes by his middle name of Joseph, filed the paperwork with his […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College’s front office is going through massive changes. Tuesday’s board of trustee meeting was the last for Paul Killpatrick and Diane Rosner. Killpatrick is leaving the presidency for a job in Washington. Rosner tendered her resignation as dean of Instruction and Social Sciences two weeks ago. The application period […]
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By Kathryn Reed Heavenly Mountain Resort will be able to begin construction on its mid-mountain lodge at the end of the month. An appeal to the U.S. Forest Service’s “finding of no significant impact” has delayed the paperwork being signed off and therefore the project. Originally, Heavenly had hoped to start on June 15, with […]
Read moreSouth Tahoe Public Utility District and South Lake Tahoe have all but buried their differences regarding Redevelopment Area No. 2. City Council members accepted the agreement presented them by City Manager Dave Jinkens at Tuesday’s meeting. The district’s board is expected to vote on the proposal at its Thursday afternoon meeting. Other action at the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tony O’Rourke is set to begin his job as city manager of South Lake Tahoe on Aug. 9. The City Council on a 4-1 vote July 13 approved his contract. O’Rourke, who left the meeting after the vote, will have a base salary of $175,000 a year. He will receive $500/month in […]
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Publisher’s note: Dave Cox represented Lake Tahoe in the California Senate. By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee State senator and former Assembly Republican leader Dave Cox died today, ending more than two decades of public service by a fiscal conservative and political tough guy who savored a good joke and loved to laugh – even at […]
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By Robert Lewis, Sacramento Bee If you own a home in California, chances are the assessed value of your property just dropped. County assessors statewide are releasing this year’s property tax rolls – the total assessed value of all properties in a given county – and most are lower than last year. Sacramento County’s tax […]
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The future of Kirkwood’s diesel power plant may be decided this month. The Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District will hear an appeal of the construction permit on July 16 at 10:30am in Markleeville. SMART Energy Group contends the area that encompasses Alpine, El Dorado and Amador counties should be using natural gas. The […]
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