Barton Health is providing Spanish speakers access to health care info through a new website. With approximately 25 percent of the people Barton services speaking Spanish, the South Lake Tahoe health organization needed a way to reach those people more effectively. Smartling’s Translation Management Platform and Global Delivery Network put the site together. Much of […]
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Thinning of trees for fuels reduction and forest health will continue next week on approximately 170 acres on the South Shore. Beginning July 28, thinning will take place off of North Upper Truckee Road near West San Bernardino Avenue, Pioneer Trail northwest of forest road 12N08 (Powerline), Pioneer Trail southwest of Columbine Trail and on […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — With one week to go before a five-week summer break, Nevada’s lawmakers are doing what they can do to push through agendas they’ve been working on all year. Rep. Mark Amodei claimed one of the delegation’s first victories of the week when the House of Representatives passed […]
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By Kathryn Reed Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire that has shuttered the Deerfield Lodge indefinitely and displaced three dozen visitors. South Lake Tahoe Fire Chief Jeff Meston told Lake Tahoe News, “We know it started at the end of the hotel itself.” He said nothing has been found yet […]
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A workshop called Vermicomposting: Worms + Kitchen Scraps = Gold will take place July 29 in Tahoe City. In this workshop people will be taught how to create a simple and inexpensive worm bin, what to put in the bin, what to keep out, and how to keep your worms happy. The talk will also […]
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El Dorado Savings Bank reported second quarter profits of $2,782,107, which represents a 28 percent increase compared to the Second Quarter of 2013. Earnings for the first six months of 2014 totaled $5,901,573, compared to $3,836,217 in 2013. “The higher rates on new loans and investments improved the bank’s profit margin while the strong performance […]
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By Katharine Mieszkowski, Center of Investigative Reporting Gov. Jerry Brown has asked restaurants not to serve water unless diners ask for it. He’s letting lawns at the state Capitol turn brown. Farmers in the Central Valley are getting just a trickle of the water they usually do. Conspicuous water wasters – commercial and residential – […]
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A 42-year-old man visiting Lake Tahoe died at Angora Lake on July 24. The name of the man has not been released. An autopsy is pending to determine the exact cause of death. He had been at the South Shore lake with friends. When they didn’t see him above water they went searching for him. […]
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Northern Nevada was not much help in June when it came to gaming revenue. While statewide revenues were up 14 percent compared to the previous year, they were down in Stateline and Reno. The state Gaming Control Board today released June’s numbers that show the state brought in $907 million. Stateline casinos were down 2 […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – The tiny moths that are turning a large swath of the South Shore orange are out mating so there will presumably be more organisms to wreak havoc. The needle miner is a micro moth that lives about a year, but can do tremendous harm in its short lifespan. They live […]
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