By Kathryn Reed As footage from the Columbine shooting unfolded on screen, not a word could be heard, no one fidgeted — eerily, it was dead silent except for the 911 call. “As far as I know I lost everyone in the library,” the dispatcher says as the phone goes silent on the other end. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Paper or plastic? One day that question may not be allowed to be asked in South Lake Tahoe. The city’s Sustainability Commission is developing a survey to send to business owners to find out how banning plastic bags in the city would impact them. The board is leaning toward creating incentives for […]
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By Kathryn Reed HOPE VALLEY – Seconds after she flew from the arms of Wayne McKnight, the young bald eagle was tested when two other raptors raced toward her. Holding her own, she dove, darted and averted harm. All three bald eagles landed in trees by Red Lake as a crowd of people above them […]
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By Kathryn Reed Keeping California’s state parks open doesn’t mean they will be fully operational. The governor is still cutting $14.2 from the parks budget. It’s just that the decision how to do that is being made at the local level. Pam Armas, superintendent of the Sierra District, expects to decide by November how to […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Gaming regulators showed that they’re keeping vigilant on policing behavior at nightclubs and pool parties in Las Vegas. The state Gaming Control Board questioned Mark Gore, vice president and casino general manager at the Hard Rock, about the resort’s pool party security. Gore appeared before the board Oct. […]
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South Lake Tahoe has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to develop a program to test, mitigate and eliminate lead in local housing. The funding is from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. It’s to provide funding to protect children from residential health and safety hazards. […]
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Reno Gazette-Journal For people worried about winter heating bills, good news is arriving in time for the cold weather. People using natural gas this winter could save $105 compared with last year, and propane users will get even bigger savings, the government said. Households that use heating oil or electric heat also are expected to […]
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By Kathryn Reed This week California and Nevada received their first shipments of the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine. This is a good thing because several cases have been reported throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin. Twenty-four cases were confirmed on the South Shore in July, 11 in August and 29 in September. El Dorado County has […]
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By Kathryn Reed Law enforcement has beefed-up its presence at Lake Tahoe Unified schools after a stranger tried to lure a 6-year-old from the Environmental Magnet School in Meyers on Tuesday. The mother of the child did not report the incident to authorities until Wednesday. El Dorado County sheriff’s officials distributed a flyer that all […]
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Stateline casinos recorded their worst August on record. The $21.9 million take is a drop of 29 percent from a year ago. Records for casino revenue have been kept since 1983. Overall, Nevada casinos took in $847 million in August, which is 9.3 percent less than 2008. This is the 20th consecutive month the state’s […]
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