To the community, I met Kevin Brown one day walking out of the Cantina about two months ago. He greeted me outside suggesting I was the “Mayor of Meyers” as he put it. Baffled, and never before hearing such a proclamation, I asked him where he got that silly thought. He told me a sheriff’s […]
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To the community, The Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe is pleased to announce they have received a generous donation from Kingsbury Crossing. Kingsbury Crossing has a history of helping out the Boys and Girls Club when they are able to. They donated tables, chairs, blinds, vases, mirrors, framed pictures, and coffee tables. Thanks […]
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To the community, Lions Club members “help wherever, whenever and however they can” and that is exactly what the Lake Tahoe South Shore Lions Club members did at Bread & Broth’s May 12 dinner. Representing the Lake Tahoe South Shore Lions Club at the meal were Rich Dart, Josh Welch, Tom Deputy and Maureen Kirkland, […]
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To the community, The months leading up to an election are always an annoyance to me, particularly because of campaign signs. I’m not really sure they serve a purpose other than to waste resources and create litter. I’m curious, however, if all of these politicians really received permission from the property owners where their signs […]
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By Jeff Cowen I have had the pleasure of serving as a spokesperson and community liaison for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency for eight years and I have witnessed a lot of change at the agency and in our communities. As I leave TRPA to join my wife in running our family business in South […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News convened an editorial panel of six South Shore residents to decide on this endorsement for the June primary. Twenty bucks doesn’t get you much these days unless you are at the South Lake Tahoe Library. For that amount of money you get unlimited access to books, periodicals, an array of […]
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By Robert Hudson Westover Forests significantly contribute to our quality of life, but climate change is adversely affecting natural resources in rural and urban areas across the U.S. A report released by the White House, the National Climate Assessment, explores many related issues including how a warming planet affects our forests. With contributions from U.S. […]
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To the community, We have two important items to share: Despite our community’s concerns over public process, the agencies proceeded to hold a meeting [May14] with the Meyers Community Advisory Council (MCAC) without inviting the public. In this meeting, it was stated that contrary to what our community has been told, we cannot truly limit […]
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To the community, For the price of for lattes or four beers or three glasses of wine a year, voters can keep our library open five days a week. Many of us are fortunate enough to have home computers and Internet, which means that we can download audio books and ebooks for no cost with […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The state budget is largely financed by personal income taxes, and thanks to an improving economy and a temporary tax increase approved by voters two years ago, it is enjoying surpluses after years of deficits. Indeed, the big conflict in the Capitol this year is over competing priorities for billions […]
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