By Mike Dunne, Sacramento Bee If you have one of those “Save Water Drink Wine” bumper stickers on your car, you might want to rip it off. And not only because the wit is so lame. The advice is erroneous. In this time of drought, a bumper sticker urging fellow motorists to “Save Water Drink […]
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To the community, Our journey toward Measure F began in May 2013, when Lake Tahoe Community College enacted “Investing In Our Future,” a fiscal stability plan to ensure the sustainability of LTCC for the next 40 years. The first step in this plan was to build a shared vision of the future. In September 2013, […]
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South Lake Tahoe is looking for applicants for the Airport Land Use Commission, Building/ADA Board of Appeals, Parks & Recreation Commission, and Planning Commission. Appointments are for two years. Applications may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office located at 1901 Airport Road, South Lake Tahoe between 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday. Applications can also be downloaded from the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Most of the water Lukins Brothers Water Company customers are using is coming from South Tahoe Public Utility District. This is because two of the three active wells the South Lake Tahoe private water company operates are contaminated with Tetrachloroethylene, also known as PCE. The wells show 16 parts per billion and […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun The company that operates Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this week earned initial approval from state gaming regulators to reopen a shuttered Lake Tahoe casino under the same brand. Warner Gaming is transforming the former Horizon casino, which closed earlier this year, into a new Hard Rock […]
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By Conor Shine, Las Vegas Sun Same-sex marriage is on its way to Nevada and with it could come millions of dollars in new spending for the state’s economy. Weddings are already a $2.3 billion industry in Las Vegas, according to the Wedding Report. That number stands to grow even larger with thousands of in-state […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Lake Valley Fire Protection District does not have enough money to do all of the things it wants to do. That is why a parcel tax is on the Nov. 4 ballot. Members of the district, which for the most part includes the incorporated area of El Dorado County in […]
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Updated Oct. 10 11:145am: Douglas County sheriff’s deputies have found a Gardnerville teen who went missing Oct. 3. Mia Swenson, 16, is safe and has been reunited with her family. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Lindsay Whitehurst, AP SALT LAKE CITY — A Colorado ski resort says Salt Lake City can’t market itself as Ski City USA because the winter sports slogan is too similar to their decades-old nickname for Steamboat Springs. Steamboat Ski Resort is suing Utah tourism officials, claiming a $1.8 million campaign designed to lure tourists […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce in partnership with South Lake Tahoe is putting on two workshops this month. Leadership and People Management is a workshop for business owners on Oct. 22 from 1-5pm. Participants will be taught why leadership skills are critical to a business in today’s economy and how to avoid the biggest […]
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