The Citizens Advisory Board (“CAB”) is a 5-person panel of community members that explores pressing issues in the IVCB community. Recent meetings have featured talks on housing and ADUs, e-bike usage, and wildfire protection and evacuation planning. The next CAB meeting, August 24, will include a presentation by CalNeva about the status of the development of the property, its as-built features, and anticipated community interactions.

The discussions and information generated at regular monthly meetings are shared with County Commissioner Alexis Hill and the Washoe County Community Services Department for keeping the County informed about community concerns. Citizens Advisory Boards are established by Nevada law that authorizes counties to establish CABs “to assist the board of county commissioners with issues of concern in the designated geographical areas.” Citizens Advisory Boards are advisory only.

Chris replaces Roxanna Dunn, who steps down to be Vice Chair after 2 years of exemplary leadership. Chris has previously served as a CAB member since 2021. He has been a full-time Incline Village resident for over a decade. 

Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 8/3/2026, Written by Petra Molina

Last week, Corey Murphey completed a 20-hour, 54-minute swim from Incline Village to Camp Richardson and back, breaking the previous record, set in 2013, by about an hour. On July 21, the Colorado-based swimmer launched from Incline Village at 8 p.m., swimming through the star-filled Tahoe night and into the next day.

“The moon was so bright that I actually thought my crew was shining a flashlight at me,” Murphey said.

The night seemed to pass quickly, and by the time the sun began to rise, she had already reached Camp Richardson. Under competition rules, Murphey could not spend more than 10 minutes out of the water. She took a nine-minute break to eat a few snacks before beginning the return swim to Incline Village.

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Photo: Provided to TDT, Corey Murphey

War was the problem solver of choice back when we settled our differences with battle axes, whereupon, with each and every advancement in weaponry, we got more wars. Even when disagreements between countries appeared to be solvable at the bargaining table, well, those disagreements oftentimes slipped off the bargaining table into a sea of testosterone.

Here in America, we were starting to see the futileness of war during Twain’s time, when he penned, “The Private History of a Campaign that Failed.”

“Well, fifteen of us gathered together in a secret place by night and formed ourselves into a military company:  The Marion Rangers. I arrived riding a small yellow donkey, so small my feet touched the ground on both sides, and he was able to bend around and bite me on the legs.  I was carrying a skillet, a squirrel gun and an open umbrella to keep the sun off.  They made me second lieutenant.  We had no first lieutenant -I don’t know why. 

“We struck across some rocky pastureland which offered good advantages for stumbling; consequently we were down in the mud most of the time, and every time a man went down he black guarded the war and everybody connected with it, and gave himself the master dose of all for being so foolish as to go into it.”

I ordered Sgt. Bowers to go out to Hyde’s prairie and post a picket until midnight.  He said he wouldn’t go, on account of the weather. I ordered the others to go and they said they wouldn’t go; in any kind of weather. 

So for the next two weeks we learned more about retreating than the man who invented retreating. And in that little time, that two weeks, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced -had passed away. So I seceded from the secession.  Well, the ungetaroundable truth is, I was missing in action -before a shot was fired. Some said I was too irregular, even for the irregulars.”

So today we can appreciate the satire in Mark Twain’s, “Private History of a Campaign that Failed.” Fast forwarding 165 years to 2026, the contentious country of Iran seems hellbent on creating a nuclear weapon capable of an explosion creating a core hotter than the Sun, vaporizing everything at ground zero, and emitting an intense flash of heat to cause severe third-degree burns, and igniting fires over several surrounding miles. This is a weapon that should never be in the hands of a party that regards violence as a problem solver.

So please allow me to close here by stating, “War is dumb, until it evokes survival, and  becomes imperative. In this time of uncertainty let us not allow an emergence of a nuclear Iran, but let us secure a permanent termination of the war on all fronts, then march anew down the long and difficult road toward universal deescalation and worldwide disarmament…   

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

Do you love to kayak, paddleboard, and walk on the shoreline at Lake Tahoe? Then join us for a free Eyes on the Lake training! This training is open to the public, all ages welcome. 

Learn how to identify Tahoe’s various native and invasive aquatic plants, and how to report observations that allow Keep Tahoe Blue and our partners to control new populations of aquatic invaders before they do lasting damage to Lake Tahoe. We want to be sure that Lake Tahoe remains clear and blue! 

Our friends from Tahoe Keepers and the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board will be joining this training and sharing tips on how to clean, drain, and dry your equipment and how to identify potential harmful algae blooms (HABs). 

To learn more and register, click here. 

Meeting location: Sunnyside Restaurant & Lodge | 1850 W Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, CA 96145 

Time: 5 – 7 pm 

Be sure to bring: Your phone to submit an Eyes on the Lake Citizen Science Tahoe survey, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, wear shorts and shoes that might get wet while surveying at the shoreline. 

We provide: Training, a waterproof ID guide, pencils and paper for notes, and refreshments