The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Aug. 5 agreed to a settlement with a former employee who had sued the city. Stan Sherer was the Community Services director from January 2011 to July 2012. He was hired by then City Manager Tony O’Rourke and fired by City Manager Nancy Kerry. In his lawsuit filed […]
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Updated Aug. 5 10:58pm By Kathryn Reed The Tahoe Queen returned to Ski Run Marina more than 24 hours after hitting a sandbar on Monday. The paddle-wheeler ran aground Aug. 4 not long after it left Ski Run Marina for an afternoon scenic tour to Emerald Bay. Instead of a leisurely sightseeing cruise, the 250-plus […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A state lawmaker says Nevadans facing terminal illness should have every opportunity to try experimental treatments and drugs in an effort to prolong their lives for themselves and their families. To that end, Assemblyman James Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas, has asked for a bill to establish a […]
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What caused the fire that resulted in millions of dollars of damage to the Deerfield Lodge in South Lake Tahoe last month may always be a mystery. “I’m not sure if we will ever know what it was,” Fire Chief Jeff Meston told Lake Tahoe News. “We know it started by the stairwell in the […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce in partnership with South Lake Tahoe is offering a Create Your Business Plan workshop series. It will be on three consecutive Wednesdays starting Aug. 20. The goals is that by the end of the three 90-minute sessions participants will have a completed draft of a business plan. Topics […]
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By Chris Healy Fruit trees throughout western Nevada blossom in the spring and will produce ripened fruit in mid-summer. As the fruit develops, the black bears in western Nevada are sure to take notice. Armed with a sense of smell that is 2,100 times better than a human’s, black bears can tell when it is […]
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In 1972 a group of Tahoe Yacht Club members and friends got together to share their passion for wooden boats. From this modest beginning, the Lake Tahoe Concours d’ Elegance has grown to play a significant role in the wooden boat community, as well as the Lake Tahoe maritime community. Since its induction in 1994 […]
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By Cliff Weathers, AlterNet Congress is heading home for summer vacation, failing to act on emergency funding to combat the wildfires that are raging in the West. President Obama had requested $615 million in emergency funding to help the U.S. Forest Service and Interior Department pay for firefighting efforts, and the Democratic-controlled Senate proposed a […]
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Barton Health will be getting its full Medicare reimbursement from the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction program. There had been some doubt earlier this summer if that was going to happen Barton Memorial Hospital will actually receive an additional 0.5 percent in Medicare reimbursement for its high performance scores in patient care. The higher reimbursement will be […]
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Gov. Jerry Brown will give the keynote address at the 18th annual Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit on Aug. 19. This year’s summit, hosted by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will take place at the Tallac Historic Site at Valhalla starting at 10am. The theme of the summit is Drought, Wildfire and Invasive Species: Confronting the Effects […]
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