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In Mexico, New Agers hope Dec. 21 brings new era
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 1:02pmMERIDA, Mexico - The crystal skulls have spoken: The world is not going to end.American seer Star Johnsen-Moser led a whooping, dancing, drum-beating ceremony Thursday in the heart of Mayan territo...
Tahoe license plate holders eligible to win free lift tickets
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 9:03am
The environmental non-profit Tahoe Fund announced Thursday the launch of the Lake Tahoe License Plate ‘Plate Spotter’ program to reward owners of Lake Tahoe license plates with free lift tickets during the 2013 Winter season. Tahoe plates spotted by official “spotters” and the general public will be entered to win free lift tickets every week until March 20, 2013. The program is designed to raise awareness of Lake Tahoe license plates, and to reward and encourage renewals and new Tahoe license plate purchases.
Edgewood donates to local nonprofits
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 6:00amEdgewood Companies, owner of Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course & Restaurant, has donated a total of $22,000 to local nonprofits.The donations were part of the company's 2012 holiday giving campaign, which...
School secretary taking her name off attendance sheet
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 2:00amOpinion: Mortgage interest deduction tied to fiscal cliff
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 2:00amOpinion: Time to keep weapons away from the mentally ill
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 5:50pmMancuso trying to find a ski to get her on the podium
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 5:21pmTRPA office closed for holidays from Monday through Jan. 1
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 5:27pmThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has announced its holiday schedule of operations. The Stateline office will be closed from Monday, Dec. 24 through Tuesday, Jan. 1, in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Lake Tahoe agency's front counter staff will be available to serve customers again beginning Wednesday, Jan. 2. TRPA’s front office is usually closed on Tuesday of each week.
The TRPA website, trpa.org, contains documents, frequently asked questions and other valuable information which can assist project applicants during the holiday office closure.
SKorea's 1st woman leader vows new NKorea effort
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 3:21pmSEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun-hye, daughter of a divisive military strongman from South Korea's authoritarian era, was elected the country's first female president Wednesday, a landmark win tha...
South Lake Tahoe updates its juvenile curfew ordinance
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 3:09pmThe City of South Lake Tahoe has updated it’s Curfew Ordinance (18-1-3.7). Because of the recent changes and the desire by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department to enforce the ordinance from 1/1/2013 forward, we would like to update the community on the recent passage of the “Day Time Curfew.”
USFS looking for someone to operate Round Hill Pines
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 12:55pmTeacher sole heir of $7.4M gold coin fortune
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 12:48pmCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Walter Samaszko Jr. was a loner whose death went largely unnoticed. That all changed when a crew sent to clean out his house found a fortune stashed away in the garage of h...
Lake Tahoe 2035 transportation plan targets emission reduction strategies
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 12:41pmAlong with the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, Mobility 2035, which is the Lake Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, was also approved by regional boards last week at Harveys Resort convention center in Stateline.
Passage of the Sustainable Communities Strategy makes Tahoe the fourth region in the state of California to approve a plan that complies with new greenhouse gas emissions legislation, according to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization (TMPO).
Controller finds more problems in California parks
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 12:00pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - More than 200 state employees were overpaid more than $500,000 by managers who deliberately broke state rules at the troubled California Department of Parks and Recreation...
2 Calif. tribes sue to block casino proposal
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 11:55amMARYSVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Two California casino-owning tribes have filed lawsuits to block a third tribe from building a casino.The two tribes say the Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians' propose...
Officials continue search for plane in Yosemite
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 11:29amYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - Clear skies are helping authorities search for a small plane that disappeared from radar over the backcountry of Yosemite National Park.Park spokeswoman Kari C...
Fire trucks light up for the holidays
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 11:07amWhen it comes to fire trucks, lights are to be expected. It's just that they're typically urging motorists to pull over, not spreading holiday cheer.But a long-held tradition at the South Shore ...
El Dorado County adding detective specializing in elder crimes
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 9:45amWhat is the worst or funniest gift you’ve ever received?
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 2:00amLTWC submits expansion plans to TRPA for wild animal rehabilitation facility in Meyers area
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 2:00amNevada judge: Mental illness at the root of mass killings
Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 6:15pmSheriff's investigator to focus on elder abuse
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 6:12pmThe El Dorado County Sheriff's Office announced the addition of a new investigator position this week that will focus solely on elder abuse and financial crimes.The county's elderly population is 3...
Man arrested with nearly a pound of marijuana in Stateline
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 6:09pmDouglas County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 30-year-old Anderson, Calif., man on suspicion of drug sales after a traffic stop turned up almost a pound of marijuana Sunday afternoon.Jason Tescher w...
Firefighters spent thousands to keep Stracener off bench
Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 4:30pmLTUSD schools strengthen security
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 5:11pmTahoe Valley Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Irene Kaelin asked her group of 30 students Monday to raise their hands if they'd heard about what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Con...
South Lake Tahoe businesses, school elevating Compost Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 4:52pmA handful of local businesses - and a South Shore school - are taking South Lake Tahoe food waste management to the next level, and hope to close the recycling circle by spring. Composting isn't...
Winter storms through the weekend, Christmas holiday to bring feet of snow to Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 4:36pm
Arriving in time for the Christmas holidays, a series of winter storms are headed for Lake Tahoe prompting the National Weather Service in Reno to issue a Winter Storm Watch.
Snow amounts of 18 to 30 inches are expected above 7,000 feet and around a foot at lake level Friday through Saturday, according to the weather service.
Nevada governor appoints Lake Tahoe ski industry stalwart John Wagnon to Tourism Commission
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 2:33pm
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday appointed John Wagnon of Vail Resorts and Herb Santos, Jr. to the Nevada Commission on Tourism. Wagnon, a 40-year veteran of the snowsports industry, is senior director of brand marketing for Vail Resorts, Inc at Heavenly Mountain Resort south shore Lake Tahoe and Kirkwood Mountain Resort.
He has served on the on the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, Ski Lake Tahoe and the California Travel Industry Association boards. Wagnon is also a trustee and past chairman of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority Board.
Saber-toothed cat fossils found near Las Vegas
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 2:06pmLAS VEGAS - Researchers say a pair of fossils unearthed in the hills north of Las Vegas belonged to a saber-toothed cat.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports (http://on.rgj.com/SyeHtn) a team from C...
Peak to honor 3 Tahoe soldiers gains Placer County support
Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 1:00pmOpaque Instagram ad policy change riles users
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 12:31pmNEW YORK - Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service that Facebook bought this year, is the target of a storm of outrage on Twitter and other sites after a change in its user agreement hinted th...
2 funerals begin a sad procession in Connecticut
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 11:46amNEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Opening a long and almost unbearable procession of grief, Newtown began laying its dead to rest Monday, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys - one a football fan who was b...
High winds, mountain snows hits Northwest
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 11:42amSEATTLE - The strongest Northwest storm of the season blew in early Monday on winds that gusted to more than 80 mph on the coast, knocking out power in places and creating blizzard-like conditions ...
