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Former Timber Cove Lodge gets new name, brand, manager
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/08/2012 - 6:00amSince Dec. 1, Timber Cove Lodge in South Lake Tahoe has been operating under a new name and is no longer associated with the Best Western brand.The new name of the property is The Beach Retreat & L...
Courier business opens
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/08/2012 - 6:00amNorthwest Nevada Courier Service has announced that it is now serving South Lake Tahoe.NNCS provides transportation for a variety of items, 24 hours per day, and will take on one-time deliveries an...
El Dorado County-Red Hawk Casino revised agreement doesn’t help Tahoe
Submitted by admin on Sat, 12/08/2012 - 1:59amNLTRA looking for lodging, marketing committee members
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 6:34pmConner, Cole to be sworn into City Council Tuesday
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 6:08pmNewly-elected South Lake Tahoe City Council member JoAnn Conner and re-elected councilman Hal Cole will take their seats on a reconstituted council Tuesday.Cole and Conner will be sworn in and the ...
Man nabs cash register from IHOP
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 6:07pmPolice are looking for a man who allegedly walked into the South Lake Tahoe IHOP Wednesday night and walked out with the cash register.The man entered the open restaurant about 9:20 p.m. and told a...
Nevada tourism conference focuses on international traveler
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 5:00pmLocal group brings 'ukes' to life
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 5:58pmGiven the song's ubiquity, it wasn't wholly unusual to hear "Brown Eyed Girl" while walking through a hallway at Tahoe Senior Plaza Wednesday.What was unusual about the Van Morrison staple was t...
Incoming S. Tahoe council to be busy at first meeting
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 3:05pmNevada Secretary of State: Regional plan passage could dampen support for SB 271
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 4:02pmNevada Secretary of State Ross Miller said Friday he would support rescinding an effort to remove Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency if the agency passes an update to its regional plan ...
Stolen Lake Tahoe crayfish traps a 'huge' cost to local harvester
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 3:57pmSomeone is stealing traps laid in the waters of Lake Tahoe to catch crayfish, a crime the owner of Tahoe’s first commercial fishing operation in decades says is crushing his business.
Since August and only a month after Tahoe Lobster Co. commenced operations, 77 traps have disappeared at a combined cost in lost gear and product amounting to about $8,000, said Fred Jackson, the company’s founder. Twenty traps were stolen from waters off Tahoe’s east shore just this week, Jackson said.
“It’s just destroying us,” Jackson said. “It’s huge.”
Christmas Cheer in need of food, toys; drop boxes available throughout South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 2:35pmChristmas Cheer is looking for donations of non-perishable food, new toys, or gently used toys. Please drop your donations at one of the following locations:
Christmas tree permits nearly sold out
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 2:19pmThere's been a run on Christmas trees. The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit reports that it may sell out of holiday tree permits as early as Monday, Dec. 10. If you are interested in obtaining a permit, call (530) 543-2694 to learn if permits are still available.
Supreme Court rules government may be liable for flooding
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 12:45pmPrescribed fire resumes Monday on West Shore Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 12:39pmPrescribed fire operations on Lake Tahoe's west shore near Tahoma and in Ward Canyon will resume Monday, Dec, 10. U.S. Forest Service crews expect to burn 50 acres in both locations, weather permitting. Operations are expected to continue through the week.
Woman recovering from frostbite after six nights in Hope Valley
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 12:17pmA Gardnerville woman is recovering from mild frostbite at a Carson City hospital after spending six nights in Hope Valley.
Gardnerville resident Paula Lane, 46, and boyfriend Roderick Paul Clifton, 44, were reported missing after they left Citrus Heights, Calif., on the afternoon of Nov. 29.
On Wednesday, Lane was found along Burnside Lake Road by her brother, who took a frontloader from a nearby state transportation shed and drove up the road.
Lane is at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center recovering after she arrived there 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Changes in service possible for North Tahoe water shuttle
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 12:16pmTAHOE CITY, Calif. - The North Lake Tahoe Express Water Shuttle will return next summer, but possibly with a few minor tweaks based on passenger feedback.The water shuttle, a pilot program that ran...
Climate changing taking a toll on California ski industry
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 11:13amGov. Sandoval will release budget requests next week
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 12:12pmAmid bipartisan legislative calls for release of agency budget requests withheld by his administration, Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Thursday that by the end of next week he will release the list ...
Additional details released in Voltaire Canyon deaths
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 12:10pmA man walking his dog found two women dead near a dirt road in Voltaire Canyon on Thursday morning in what investigators say was either a murder-suicide or a double suicide.The two women, both Nati...
Stateline casinos follow state trend of minimal revenue gains
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 9:13amWoman survives for six days on snow, tomatoes
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 10:02amA Gardnerville woman is recovering from mild frostbite at a Carson City hospital after spending six nights stranded in a remote area of Hope Valley. Her boyfriend died in an apparent attempt to ...
Inmates rise with culinary program
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 6:00amKaty Manoff wanted to enroll in culinary school, but life didn't turn out the way she'd planned, the 28-year-old said as she put the final touches on a gingerbread house Monday in the kitchen at...
Pearl Harbor survivor helps identify unknown dead
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 6:00amHONOLULU - Ray Emory could not accept that more than one quarter of the 2,400 Americans who died at Pearl Harbor were buried, unidentified, in a volcanic crater.And so he set out to restore name...
Decorated South Tahoe fire truck to parade through neighborhoods
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 2:00amBrubeck’s legacy includes a summer on the South Shore
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 10:30pmDiMatteo requests new attorney
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 6:02pmFormer South Lake Tahoe medical marijuana dispensary owner Gino DiMatteo has requested a new attorney to defend him against federal drug charges.DiMatteo requested Sacramento attorney Donald Heller...
Crashes sends one to the hospital
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 6:01pmA car crash at the intersection of Tata Lane and Lake Tahoe Boulevard sent a 26-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman to the hospital Tuesday afternoon.About 12:55 p.m., the woman drove a Lexus sedan nor...
County implements new emergency notification system
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 5:59pmThe El Dorado County Sheriff's Office has put a new Emergency Notification System in place to alert county residents about public health and public safety emergencies such as wildfires, hazardous m...
Feds pledge to improve protection of sacred sites
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 5:25pmWASHINGTON - Protection of sites held sacred by American Indians and Alaska Natives will be bolstered under a memorandum of understanding signed Thursday by four federal agencies and the Advisory C...
Workshop on creating environmentally friendly holidays
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 4:20pmVail Resorts to buy 2 Midwest ski areas for $20M
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 5:18pmDENVER - Vail Resorts Inc. said Thursday it is buying the family-owned Afton Alps ski area in Minnesota and Mount Brighton outside Detroit for a total of $20 million cash, giving it access to urban...
Memorial scholarship established for former LTCC student Lyra B. Fisher
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 4:22pmAnna Lee works at changing students’ lives everyday as the TRiO-SSS program specialist at Lake Tahoe Community College. One of Lee’s students, Lyra B. Fisher, was tragically murdered this summer, the apparent victim of domestic violence. This month Lee decided to start a scholarship in Fisher’s name with the Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation.
Location
Lake Tahoe Community College
One College Drive
United States
30° 8' 16.9224" N, 81° 46' 25.698" W
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For Washington state, legal pot - and now what?
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 3:36pmSEATTLE - People openly lit joints under the Space Needle and on Seattle's sidewalks - then blew the smoke at TV news cameras. To those looking to "get baked," the city's police department suggeste...
