By Howard Kurtz It’s time to pay up, America. The era of free news is rapidly coming to a close. The Washington Post, one of the last holdouts among major newspapers, will probably begin charging for online access next year. And the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News announced this month that they will launch […]
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By Joanne Marchetta The Tahoe Basin took a big step forward on 12.12.12 when the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency approved the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan. Without this plan, the next quantum leap of environmental gain would be impossible. The essence of environmental restoration at Tahoe can be boiled down to a simple fact: what happens […]
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To the community, I would like to take this opportunity to send my personal thanks out to those wonderful people who supported our Disability Awareness & Employment Month celebrations and fundraisers. Restauranteurs Paul and Judy Bruso from Ernie’s, Dan and Tai from Passaretti’s, Kelly from Steamers, Manuel from Taqueria Jalisco, and George from Jalisco Grill, […]
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By Ken Silverstein, Forbes The energy and gun worlds are about to collide. Fundamentally, the two have almost nothing in common — except that each has been or is about to be the subject of immense pressures from large institutional investors. Money managers have long exercised their financial muscle. Energy companies, for example, have been […]
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By Bill Keller, New York Times In a smart, disheartening piece in the New York Times magazine last month, Robert Worth surveyed the frustration of American diplomats who signed up to engage the world — even dreamed of changing it — and now find themselves encumbered by the safeguards and protocols of a risk-averse Washington. […]
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To the community, It gives me great pleasure and pride to tell readers about the positive changes we made to the Pollock Pines Library this year. Our Pollock Pines Friends chapter has been busy putting donations to work. Our objectives for 2012 were to improve the facility (making the lovely little library as appealing and […]
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To the community, Barton Home Heath & Hospice would like to thank Inn by the Lake, especially Dan Garrison and Rich Bodine, for providing their meeting space for the Light Up a Life ceremony. Without your kindness, this event would not have been possible. Also, thank you to everyone in the community that attended and […]
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To the community, Newton grade school gunfire. A score of children murdered with weapons legal. Some say life imitates art. If that’s so, if movies and TV violence are a model that art and weapons legal and weapons illegal flood streets and home, who can stop copycat murder and massacre? Not cops, not God. Bill […]
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To the community, Zephyr Cove Elementary School would like to thank Lakeside Inn & Casino for donating the turkey to our fourth annual Sharing Feast. It is businesses like Lakeside that makes this town a special place to live. Kelly Krolicki, Stateline
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Publisher’s note: The following letter is reprinted with permission. A clarification, though, the government does not dictate what names are published. That is up to individual media outlets. There are rules that govern what information law enforcement gives to the media. Mr. President, Senators, and Congressman; In the light of last Friday’s tragedy I am […]
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