By Jane Honeck With the new withholding tax tables announced by the IRS recently, many American families will have more money in their paychecks every week, but those dollars could disappear fast if they hold on to their old attitudes about money. My experience is extra cash tends to disappear fast, because most people don’t […]
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Publisher’s note: This first ran in the January 2011 issue of Ski magazine. By Peter Shelton I had hip replacement surgery one month before my first grandchild was born. The decision to do it, to go for the new hip, had not come easily. Back and forth I went over the previous winters: I’m too […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial first ran Jan. 24, 2011, in the Reno Gazette-Journal. The first is always the most difficult, but the challenge that faced Gov. Brian Sandoval as he prepared his first State of the State address was as difficult as any new governor has faced in Nevada’s history. Sandoval was governor for just […]
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To the community, Jeff Headrick and his team from Expert Design and Construction in Rancho Cordova recently underwrote all labor and materials to completely remodel a kitchen at a local transitional home in El Dorado County. Working with Assist Local Network out of Folsom, Expert Design reviewed project proposals from throughout the region looking for […]
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To the community, Thank you to all members of the South Shore community who attended Tahoe Chamber’s Business After Hours Mixer hosted by Riva Grill last week. The event brought generous support to local food banks and demonstrated our community’s dedication to South Lake Tahoe. Cash donations amounting to $1,500.00 were collected and have been […]
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Publisher’s note: This is an email sent by Craig Brinkman to Lake Tahoe Community College staff that was given to Lake Tahoe News by a college employee. See the Jan. 22 feature story for more insight about the issue. To the LTCC Classified Staff, This is a note to say, simply, thank you for affording […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the second of four days of stories about issues pertaining to Vail. By Kathryn Reed VAIL — After spending the first week of the year in Vail, I was left wondering what would be so bad if Lake Tahoe became the Vail of the Sierra? It’s not a simple answer because […]
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By Steve Kubby When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to re-examine the political bonds which have connected them to their government, and to reassume among the powers of the Earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature entitle them, a decent respect to the […]
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By Jackie Speier The news that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been shot in the head hit me in the stomach – complete nausea. My grief over a fallen colleague and those who died in the gun assault brought back the sensations of a jungle runway 32 years ago, when I lay in a pool of […]
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By Robert Reich Over the long term, the only way we’re going to raise wages, grow the economy and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people – especially their educations. Yet we’re falling behind. In a recent survey of 34 advanced nations by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, our kids came […]
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