Updated March 23: By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Humane Society has gone to the dogs – in a bad way. Now the board is backpedaling a bit on what is going on. Board secretary/treasurer Sue Pritchett on Thursday sent Lake Tahoe News an email stating, “The comment on the closing of the Humane Society was […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle It has all the earmarks of a “Miracle March” — heavy dousings of rain, intense flurries of snow in the Sierra mountains and roadway havoc — but the showy display of stormy weather across California this week isn’t fooling the experts. Despite encouraging signs, including a Sierra snowpack […]
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Lira’s Market in Meyers is changing hands. The Lira family opened the Tahoe grocery story in 2000. They have sold it to North State Grocery, which operates Holiday Market and Sav-Mor Foods. Reports are that Lira’s will become a Holiday Market. The new company is based in Cottonwood and has been in business since 1962. […]
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The special El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting scheduled for March 24 in Meyers has been canceled. The incoming storm is the reason. The meeting was to solely focus on vacation home rentals. The county plans to reschedule at a later date.
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Liberty Utilities and NV Energy are reporting outages at various locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Weather is the culprit. Rain, snow and wind have brought down lines. Both companies said they are working as fast as they can to restore power to the affected customers. “We do have a contract line crew on standby […]
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By Marcella Corona and Yvonne Beasley, Reno Gazette-Journal Trooper Matt McLaughlin of the Nevada Highway Patrol said one car was caught in the edge of the slide on Thursday, but the single occupant of the vehicle was able to escape. But ski patrol from Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe is currently searching for a second vehicle […]
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By Daniel Behringer, Las Vegas Review-Journal A visitor to the MontBleu casino in Stateline recently won an IGT jackpot valued at about $1.3 million. The winner made a $2 wager on the three-reel, one-line Wheel of Fortune 5X Pay machine on March 10 to win the prize, an IGT spokeswoman said in an email. Read […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe Standup Paddle will continue to be the concessionaire at Lakeview Commons unless legal action is taken to prevent that from happening. The South Lake Tahoe City Council this week on a 3-2 vote rejected the bid protests. Councilmembers Wendy David and Brooke Laine were in the minority. Before the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nearly one year after the Lake Tahoe Humane Society fired its executive director the doors have been closed on the South Lake Tahoe facility. A sign on the door says it will be closed until further notice. Charges have still never been filed against Niki Congero, the executive director who was accused […]
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By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Weekly The state collected $5.54 million in taxes in January from legal marijuana, continuing to outpace projections, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation. That’s near a record $5.8 million in October, $5.5 million in November and $5.7 million in December. Read the whole story
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