On May 7, from morning to evening at the Tahoe Blue Event Center, Tahoe’s broader regional community will come together for a dynamic economic, networking, and civic experience unlike any other.

This year, the Tahoe Economic Summit, hosted by the Tahoe Prosperity Center, joins forces with the Tahoe Chamber’s Go Local Business Expo—uniting the business sector, community leaders, and residents in one vibrant, high-impact environment designed for connection and opportunity.

The day begins with the 2026 Tahoe Economic Summit, setting the tone with forward-looking insight into the macroeconomic forces shaping our region. Through keynote speakers and interactive sessions, participants will gain practical, actionable perspectives on workforce, small business growth, and environmental innovation in the Tahoe Basin.

Then, the momentum continues as doors open to the Go Local Business Expo—Lake Tahoe’s largest and most energized business showcase and community celebration of the year.

Inside the Tahoe Blue Event Center, 125+ local businesses and 1,500+ participants will create an atmosphere filled with conversation, discovery, and engagement.

Culinary tastings, beverage samplings, vendor swag, and a high-energy environment will bring the community together in a meaningful way.

Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 3/10/2026, Staff Report

Tahoe Forest Health System is launching a listening tour this spring as part of its new True North initiative, a comprehensive community engagement effort aimed at shaping the organization’s future direction. This outreach initiative invites feedback from residents, patients, second homeowners, partners and staff to help guide TFHS’s next strategic plan. 
 
As part of this effort, TFHS will host a series of community meet-ups across the region to hear directly from those it serves. 
 
“We want to listen and learn from our community about what matters most when it comes to healthcare,” said Tahoe Forest Health System Chief Executive Officer Anna Roth. “Access to care, quality of services and how we continue to improve are key areas where your input will make a difference. These events are an opportunity for open dialogue—and we’re excited to have those conversations in a relaxed, local setting.” 

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It might be safe to say that Moses, the prophet, was the first reporter of record. When Moses received the Ten Commandments, well, this was some heavy news to deliver to an unsuspecting public. I can only imagine the reaction those Commandments might have had in France…“No adultery?  Hey, I’m French!” 

Moses lived to be 120 years old, an estimable age that all reporters strive for to this day, and continue to fall a little short. 

Before newspapers came along in the early 17th century, potentates provided edicts that were circulated by a courier who would climb up onto a haystack and shout out the latest law. He would then describe the attending punishment should you decide to break that law -pillory being the customary sentence.

Paul Revere might well have been America’s first notable reporter. Revere and his noble ride would stand pretty much atop the notoriety polls until the arrival of Edward R. Murrow during World War II. Murrow delivered a live broadcast from Europe that was so compelling as to create an army of dedicated listeners to CBS Radio News. 

One thing has changed dramatically over the decades. In Mark Twain’s day our legislators did their drinking, they did their gambling, they did their womanizing, yes. But they did it with the press. The day a reporter discovered he could sell his story to somebody else’s newspaper, well, legislators and journalists stopped drinking at the same watering holes.

News reporting, since its inception, has tried to answer the five W’s: who, what, when, where and why. Up until the 19^th century, reporters tried to answer those five W’s with objectivity. Then William Randolph Hearst added a shade of color to the five W’s by introducing yellow journalism. Hearst fomented military adventurism in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. When artist Frederic Remington cabled Hearst from Cuba in 1897, “There will be no war.” Hearst fired back, “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.”

The 20^th century gave birth to the tabloid: TWO HEADED BOY FOUND IN JUNGLE!  And the paparazzi began gassing up their Vespas…

Then along came USA TODAY, the newspaper for people who found television news too complicated.

If your news outlet is owned by an entertainment company what do you expect to get? MSNBC and Fox were quick to learn that there was more money to be made in providing a shaped aggregate of news than there was to be made in providing boring facts. Competition in shaped television context would elevate news conglomerates from the fourth estate to the first estate. News reporting in America without political bias would become a thing almost impossible to find, even with a seasoned hunting dog. 

I have to believe in closing, that the majority of the dedicated reporters we have today are some of the most decent, caring, committed public servants on the planet. Pat Hickey comes to mind. I for one take my hat off to them all, and close here with a low sweeping bow…

Audio: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Fhv4PrH1UuwlhbnTT23zO

Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 3/6/2026, Written by Robert Galloway

Chef: Charlie Soule 

Restaurant: Soule Domain (Kings Beach)

As a longtime chef in Tahoe, Charlie Soule began his career more out of practicality rather than passion. Cooking offered a flexible schedule that could fit around his love for skiing and the Tahoe lifestyle. After that initial experience, and a brief stint in the construction business, he found himself on the line at the Hyatt’s restaurant in the early 1980s, where the energy and teamwork of the kitchen sparked something deeper. The competitive, fast-paced environment reminded him of sports, and he began to see each service as a shared challenge to create great food and memorable experiences.

Over time, his culinary inspiration evolved through mentors like Matt Adams of Christie Hill (who encouraged him to open his own restaurant) and from early cookbook influences such as Jeremiah Tower and Barbara Tropp, whose China Moon cookbook inspired him to incorporate Asian flavors into his dishes. 

Photo: Rob Galloway – Tahoe Magazine

Rain and snow events have added an estimated 16 billion gallons of water to Lake Tahoe since Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. While the lake covers roughly 190 square miles, only about 35 percent of that water falls directly on the lake’s surface. Most precipitation lands across the surrounding watershed, a 310-square-mile landscape of forests, meadows, streams, and neighborhoods that ultimately drains into the lake.

The intensity of recent storms and the visible dirt and sediment on our roads underscore why stormwater management and water flow restoration projects are critical to protect Lake Tahoe. Property owners contribute by installing and maintaining Best Management Practices (BMPs), while Team Tahoe partners through the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program (EIP) implement large-scale solutions across the basin.

These efforts include stormwater infrastructure and the restoration of meadows and Stream Environment Zones, which slow runoff, filter pollutants, and restore the natural processes that clean water before it reaches Lake Tahoe.

Photo TRPA