By Roxanne Rain Now that we have entered a new era, a new decade, maybe it;s time to readdress the “hole” at Stateline and begin to use logic and reality, rather than archaic mundane concepts like a Convention Center. I recently read on Lake Tahoe News that studies were performed that indicate a Convention Center […]
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By Dianne Feinstiein This is a make-or-break moment for California’s agricultural economy. After three years of drought, winter storms have boosted storage capacity at key reservoirs and replenished the Sierra Nevada snowpack to between 90 and 129 percent of average. Yet hundreds of family-owned farms in the Central Valley still don’t know if they’ll be […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 18 edition of the Reno Gazette-Journal. The tragedy of the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping nearly 20 years ago isn’t just that the young girl was stolen from her family in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., or that she was held captive for some 18 years, sexually assaulted and […]
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Letter to the community, Tahoe Victims of CPS has joined together with families on the West Slope of El Dorado County to form the El Dorado County Victims of CPS. All parties involved are either advocates for CPS reform, or families that have had their constitutional rights violated by CPS. First and foremost, we do […]
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By Henry Blodget, The Wire It didn’t seem possible that it would happen again. It didn’t seem possible that, in the middle of a national holiday, NBC would be so self-serving that it would risk infuriating millions of viewers by tape-delaying one of the most popular events at the Winter Olympics–the Men’s Downhill. Read the […]
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By Madonna Dunbar Can you imagine throwing a big party, providing a bar, feeding 400 people a three-course dinner – and ending the night with only fourbags of trash from the whole event? Though it sounds impossible, this is exactly what happened at the Incline High School Booster’s 26th Annual Crab and Pasta Feed on […]
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To the community, For those of you who missed (Wednesday) night’s meeting, you missed a great opportunity to meet Stan Perez, candidate for El Dorado County sheriff. He’s one of seven candidates running for that position in the June primary. His ideas are progressive, based in common sense, and he has a strong focus on […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 11, 2011, Reno Gazette- Journal. On the 50th anniversary of the Squaw Valley Olympics, residents of the Reno-Sparks-Lake Tahoe area have good reasons to watch this month’s events in Vancouver, British Columbia. The most important reason, of course, is the competition. Nearly a dozen athletes with connections […]
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To the community, Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort would like to congratulate team athlete, Elena Hight, on her upcoming participation on the U.S. Women’s Snowboard Team as she heads to Vancouver to compete in the halfpipe event. Hight, one of the nation’s top female riders, joined the Northstar Resort Professional Freestyle Team during the 2008-09 season and will […]
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By Cheryl Millham The two cubs rescued by the BEAR League after the mother was illegally shot and killed in Carnelian Bay were brought to Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. They came in weighing 13 and 16 pounds, respectively. There, they joined three cubs already at LTWC from Yosemite. All five cubs became friends fast, chasing […]
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