By Kathryn Reed Walking into the Construction, Arts and Transportation Academy students could be heard saying, “Wow!” – “It smells good.” – “It smells weird.” It was all of the above and then some Monday on the first day of instruction in the new building on the campus of South Tahoe High School. With only […]
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Legislation by Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R—Roseville, that would protect vital snow removal funding in Sierra Nevada, passed the Assembly Transportation Committee with bipartisan support on Monday. “Snow removal is critical to help keep our mountain communities like South Lake Tahoe and Truckee safe and prosperous during the winter months,” Gaines said in a statement. “Not […]
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By Kathryn Reed A vehicle accident on Kingsbury Grade just after midnight Monday knocked out power to 2,300 customers. All customers but the one located closest to the intersection of Kingsbury Grade and Terrace View Drive had power back on by 7:30am. Businesses and residents on Lower Kingsbury Grade in Stateline are on a different […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County residents are being advised to beware of mailers offering to reduce property taxes for a fee. County Assessor Tim Holcomb said property owners can obtain the same tax relief without a fee by contacting the Assessor’s Office. The latest mailer, from Property Tax Assessor Records Corp., offers […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though nearly $1 million has been cut from the Douglas County Parks and Recreation budget in three years, expansion and improvements are always being considered. Kahle Community Center in Stateline would like to develop its open attic space that is sitting unused. This would add about 2,000 square feet to the […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal Perhaps no executive understands the dilemma the Nevada gaming industry is facing over smoking in casinos better than Jeff Siri, CEO and president of the Club Cal Neva in downtown Reno. A few years ago, cancerous tumors were removed from his bladder. Siri, a nonsmoker, thinks they were caused by […]
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By Kathryn Reed Ten candidates will be interviewed Thursday and Friday for the position of vice president of Academic Affairs and Student Services for Lake Tahoe Community College. Until this year there had been a dean for Academic Affairs and one for Student Services. With Lori Gaskin’s departure at the end of last school year, […]
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By San Stanton, Sacramento Bee For nearly a year after Phillip Garrido was put on supervised parole in California in 1999, parole agents never bothered to visit him at home. They did not perform the standard parolee interview, assess him or check his living arrangements, as is routine. And although GPS monitoring showed he was […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE — As winter lingers at Lake Tahoe, grape growers at lower elevations in El Dorado and Amador counties are hoping spring weather becomes the norm. Most of the vineyards are still dormant, with the Chardonnay grapes just beginning to bud. It’s that bud break combined with freezing temperatures that can destroy […]
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A celebration of life is scheduled for 2pm April 24 in Gardnerville for fourth-generation Nevada native and Douglas High School graduate Jon Knox Springmeyer, 59, who died April 10, 2010, at his home in Carson City. He was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2005. Born April 25, 1950, on Carson City to Melvin “Buzz” and […]
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