By Kathryn Reed MINDEN — A wish list of more than $64 million worth of improvements to the Lower Kingsbury Grade area is circulating among Douglas County officials and property owners. “It’s a major public policy decision to create a district like this,” Douglas County Manager Michael Brown said. “We would use the tax increment […]
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By Kathryn Reed If officials keep moving in the direction they are headed, Saturday home delivery mail service may not exist this time next year. The U.S. Postal Service is projecting a $238 billion deficit for the next decade. Eliminating Saturday service would also mean 49,000 full- and part-time jobs would be axed. More than […]
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By Kathryn Reed It will be May before a decision is made regarding the future of redevelopment in South Lake Tahoe. The City Council on Tuesday approved Councilman Jerry Birdwell’s motion to have staff bring back the project with the boundaries redefined, any mention of Lukins Brothers Water District removed, and a resolution with El […]
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Publisher’s note: Thank you everyone for your fun stories about wine. Janine Green of Carson City was picked by Lake Tahoe News to win the tickets to the Passport Weekend. Her story is below. By Janine Green I remember my first sip, as if it were yesterday. The broad rimmed glass touched my lips as […]
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By Kathryn Reed By April the word snow has taken on an unpleasant definition with me. The nice words for it are yuck and icky. Still, I wasn’t going to let the doldrums win. So out came the book “Snowshoe Routes Northern California” by Marc J. Soares. I didn’t want to go any place I […]
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By Kathryn Reed Another layer of government is encapsulating Lake Tahoe. In March, members of the California legislative Joint Committee for the Protection of Lake Tahoe were named. The bill was passed last year to create the committee. Lake Tahoe’s two representatives, Assemblyman Ted Gaines and state Sen. Dave Cox, both Republicans from Roseville, are […]
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By Kathryn Reed A $937.50 check to South Lake Tahoe City Councilman Bruce Grego signed by the city manager and city treasurer is not sitting well with Grego’s colleagues. How it got approved is unknown. Other council members have said it will be a topic of conversation at Tuesday’s meeting even though it is not […]
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By Kathryn Reed An excitement was in the air as more than a dozen people toured the Construction, Arts and Transportation Academy at South Tahoe High School. Between now and April 18 the final touches will be put on the building that will welcome students April 19. Between the $64.5 million bond approved by voters […]
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By Kathryn Reed Whoever was the originator of the Lakeside Inn’s day-early April Fools’ Day joke probably should get a raise. Facebook chatter on Wednesday was amusing. For those who don’t do Facebook or skipped a day, click to know what’s going on. It was prompting calls to the Stateline casino to find out where […]
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By Kathryn Reed MINDEN — “America’s Garden Book” was first published in 1939. It talks about humus (not hummus) as the key to good soil composition. In 1978, Craig Witt graduated from UNR with a degree in agriculture. Nothing in his textbooks said anything about humus; the organic matter that is created after plant and/or […]
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