Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 10, 2012, Reno Gazette-Journal. As Jaycee Lee Dugard, the young girl kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe and held captive for nearly 20 years, promotes a memoir of her ordeal, a federal judge in San Francisco has admitted what was obvious to most observers: Federal agents failed in […]
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By Ginger Nicolay-Davis On behalf of the nonprofit Tahoe Tallac Association, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the numerous volunteers and supporters of our efforts to keep the arts and culture alive in South Lake Tahoe. As president of the TTA board, I can attest to our ongoing financial challenges and that our […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the June 16, 2011, New York Times. Congress often kills or delays federal regulations it doesn’t like by simply denying agencies the money they need to carry them out. This spares Congress from actually debating the regulation on its merits. House Republicans are adept at this, especially on environmental […]
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By Jonathan Dudley When I was earning my master’s degree in divinity at Yale, I never thought that years later, I’d be cheering the legalization of gay marriage in the state of New York. Still, while I was at Yale, I began to see an interesting pattern in some of the biblical passages I was […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the June 21, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. By now, it has become crystal clear that there is no magic bullet for what ails the American economy. Nowhere is that more true than in Nevada, where the nation-leading unemployment rate fell slightly, to 12.1 percent in April but rose in the […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 3, 2011, Sacramento Bee. The upcoming annual Lake Tahoe Summit, to be hosted this year by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California on Aug. 16, promises to be a doozy. The challenges to the lake’s legendary clarity and to cooperation between California and Nevada are greater than […]
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By Ted Gaines As Californians celebrated our nation’s independence and the freedom that we all cherish, we also celebrated another gift of freedom over the holiday weekend – taxes went down. Gov. Jerry Brown at least temporarily abandoned his crusade for increased taxes and agreed to a budget that, while far from perfect, respects the […]
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By Michael D. Brown Everyone enjoys fireworks during the Fourth of July. The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District would like to remind everyone to enjoy them safely and responsibly. The National Fire Protection Association states that more fires are reported on July 4 than any other day of the year in the United States […]
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By Kathryn Reed I was reminded a week ago how after 235 years, the intent of our forefathers through their words in the Declaration of Independence have yet to be fully realized. Today, as we mark the birth of the United States of America, take a moment to appreciate what we have as a nation […]
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By Ronald Roth Noise induced hearing loss is irreversible, but preventable. Approximately 26 million Americans between the ages 20 and 69 have high frequency hearing loss from overexposure to loud noise at work or during recreational activities. NIHL at a younger age is thought to accelerate age-related hearing loss. Hearing loss is a common sensory […]
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