War is one of those seemingly necessary evils in our society. Today – Memorial Day – is when we pause to remember those who lost their lives fighting for the United States. It’s a day to put aside our political differences and personal beliefs that led to the deaths of these men and women. These […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 8, 2011, Los Angeles Times. The general assumption is that when it comes to educating American kids, more is more. Longer school hours. Saturday school. Summer school. Yet more than 120 school districts across the nation are finding that less can also be more — less being […]
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By Warren Withers There may be no better place on Earth than Lake Tahoe – especially in the summer. As proof, more than 1.5 million visitors make their way to the South Shore of Lake Tahoe each year, and locals by the thousands take advantage of the superb surroundings. Most who enjoy Tahoe return home […]
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By Melonie Guttry On behalf of the Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation I am happy to announce that the third LTCC Distinguished Alumni is Fire Chief Jeff Michael. This nomination was submitted by Virginia Boyar, so a huge thank you to Virginia for taking the time to make this nomination possible. In addition, I would […]
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By Vicki Barber Tra-la, it’s May, the lusty month of May. Remember the song from “Camelot”? Yes, it is May. El Dorado County may not be quite Camelot, but for a large number of graduating students it is a wonderful place to be this May. Students will be graduating from our high schools and moving […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 24, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. More than 40 years after Nevada and California governors agreed on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency compact and President Richard Nixon signed it into law, it may well be time for the two states and Congress to get together and take a new […]
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To the community, The recent post on this site and the article in the Tribune that reported my brush with law enforcement was so highly inaccurate as to be silly. But that is not my point in responding. Bias, inaccuracy and sloppy reporting in the media are so widely accepted and broadly understood that, to […]
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By Steve Kubby What is the real budget for fixing our streets and how much will the South Lake Tahoe City Council be spending this year on badly needed road maintenance and pothole repairs? Much has been written lately about the “new” City Council and its commitment to fixing our broken roads, which have gone […]
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By Cody Townsend, ESPN Action Sports In sports and life, mythological curses are sometimes blamed for tragic chains of misfortune. For instance, when an accident in his Porsche Spyder sports car took the life of James Dean in 1955, the car then became entangled in a five-year-long series of tragedies that killed a race car […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 14, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. The possible discovery of quagga mussels in two of Northern Nevada’s must important reservoirs is reason for considerable concern. The invasive mollusk has become Public Enemy No. 1 in waterways throughout the United States, including Lake Mead, where they were first found in […]
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