Updated 12:05pm Two students were taken to the hospital this morning following a three-vehicle accident on the West Slope. The El Dorado Union High School District bus was hit head-on by a vehicle at 6:30am Aug. 14. The driver of the passenger vehicle was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the […]
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Some familiar names will be missing from the Nov. 4 ballot when it comes time for South Shore residents to vote. Roberta Mason, an original member of the Lake Tahoe Community College board of trustees, is stepping down after 40 years. Newcomer Jeff Cowen is running unopposed for her seat. Bob Grant and Michelle Sweeney […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Upward of 100 people congregated on Regan Beach on Tuesday evening for the South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Commission’s workshop to help determine the future of this area. “We can’t have a community project without community input,” said Parks and Recreation Commission Chairman Pete Fink as he opened the evening’s workshop. […]
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By Ashley Cullins, KRNV-TV Two weeks after nearly drowning near Sand Harbor, 19-year-old Jake Blackmon is expected to fully recover. Blackmon was in Tahoe on vacation with a friend. The day before they were supposed to go home to Houston, he nearly drowned. It’s a story that could’ve ended much differently if the people at […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man with a history of battery arrests is behind bars for attempting to murder his longtime roommate. The 46-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman who was nearly beaten to death the night of Aug. 12 with a mallet was clinging to life 24 hours later at Renown Medical Center in Reno. At […]
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By Kathryn Reed There will be no Catholic grade school on the South Shore this fall. “We had a hail Mary pass out there with a donor who came in with great support, but it was just short of the goal line,” Stella Roper, spokeswoman for what was to be Lake Tahoe Catholic Academy, told […]
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By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Are wildfires becoming more extreme? As part of an effort to answer that question, Nevada researcher Tamara Wall is calling on current and past wildland firefighters across the nation to share personal experiences of instances in which they witnessed surprising fire behavior. “This project is driven by a phrase […]
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By Kathryn Reed Simple batteries and assaults at Stateline nightclubs are the No. 1 call Douglas County sheriff’s deputies respond to. “It’s just a younger, more rambunctious person that tends to go to the clubs,” Undersheriff Paul Howell told Lake Tahoe News. “When you mix alcohol and young people, you get fights. When I talk […]
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A 22-year-old man from Sonora is accused of sexting a 14-year-old Meyers boy. Brandon Moe met the teen at a summer camp outside the basin. Moe was the youth’s cabin leader. Following the boy’s return home the two communicated via text and Facebook, according to El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies. “When the child’s mother detected […]
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A missing Truckee man was found deceased Aug. 11 in the Boca/Verdi Peak area of Nevada County. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office helicopter located Eusebio Nunez’s vehicle Sunday at 11:35am. A search team from Placer and Nevada counties on Monday found his body approximately 100 yards from his vehicle. The cause of death is under investigation. […]
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