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LIVE COVERAGE: American Century Championship
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 8:59amSTATELINE, Nev. - Tribune Sports Editor Doug Etten is out at Edgewood Tahoe to cover the American Century Championship. Read about celebrity sightings and how the players are faring live.To read...
Tahoe artist takes a swing at creating golf icons
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 2:38amThe first two went in Tuesday at Edgewood Tahoe and Zephyr Cove Resort, with a third to be installed late Thursday afternoon at Harrah's Lake Tahoe. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../artist-takes-a-swi...
Paddling between watering holes on the shore of Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 2:22amLuckily everything went smoothly last Sunday except for the water as we headed back to port Lake Tahoe has been windy for what seems like all of 2011 with ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../paddling-between...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 7:26pmCheck out Tahoe Regional Young Professionals at work. Filming was done by Brandi Ledbetter of South Lake Tahoe's Princess Productions. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-about-lake-tahoe-2...
LIVE COVERAGE: American Century Championship
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 11:16amSTATELINE, Nev. - Tribune Sports Editor Doug Etten is out at Edgewood Tahoe to cover the American Century Championship. Read about celebrity sightings and how the players are faring live.To read...
Measure R headed to ballot
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 11:02amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A measure that would allow money that is "just sitting there" to be spent on South Shore ball fields and bike trails inched closer to a ballot Wednesday afternoon.During ...
Agencies erred in change after Angora fire, judge finds
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:59amLake Tahoe Basin water quality regulators failed to consider significant environmental impacts of a simplified permitting process following the 2007 Angora fire, according to a judge's decision lat...
Neighborhood traffic enforcement program moves to Tahoe Keys
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:57amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A recently implemented neighborhood traffic enforcement program moved to the Tahoe Keys neighborhood this week, said South Lake Tahoe police Sgt. Shannon Laney in a Monda...
Man airlifted after motorcycle crash
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:53amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.- A 61-year-old Redding man was flow to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno with major injuries to both legs following a solo motorcycle crash on North Upper Truckee Road...
Tahoe woman reported missing in Washington
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:52amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe police and Skamania County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the disappearance of a South Lake Tahoe woman following the Rainbow Festival in Washingto...
South Shore rape could have kept Garrido in prison, DA says
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:42amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Law enforcement officials missed an opportunity to keep Jaycee Lee Dugard captor Phillip Garrido in prison following the 1976 rape of a woman in South Lake Tahoe, accordi...
Food bank struggling, looking for donations
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 8:31amThe shelves at South Lake Tahoe's food bank Christmas Cheer are becoming emptier and emptier and the line of families in need outside their door is getting longer and longer."Unfortunately the need...
S Tahoe woman disappears in Washingon
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 8:07amSKAMANIA COUNTY Wash – A woman who traveled to Washington state from South Lake Tahoe to attend the Rainbow Family gathering in the Gifford Pinchot National ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../s-tahoe-woma...
Sandoval makes Lake Tahoe visit, discusses bear hunt, TRPA withdrawal bill
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 12:11pmINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - For a small municipality of 8,000 residents, maybe half of whom reside full-time, Incline Village/Crystal Bay wields a surprising amount of political clout.On Tuesday, Ju...
Garrido victim gave him his handcuffs back, according to filing
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:41amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Phillip Garrido used the same pair of handcuffs in an attempted rape and kidnap of a 25-year-old woman about an hour before he successfully kidnapped and raped Katheri...
More South Shore Garrido victims identified
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:15pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The El Dorado County District Attorney's Office identified at least two new South Shore victims of Phillip Garrido Tuesday.A map showing the location and dates of Garr...
Ice arena gets new operator
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Big changes could be coming to the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena following a change in operators this week.The South Lake Tahoe City Council unanimously approved a 10-year a...
Officials urge boating safety over weekend
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 1:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Sometimes on the Fourth of July, there's so many boats bobbing on Lake Tahoe, the lights of the South Shore seem to extend way out into the water. Marvelous as the sig...
Gary Bell smiles back on decades in Tahoe as shop hits 30th anniversary
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 9:29amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Gary Bell peered out the smudged window of his small Lake Tahoe Boulevard shop, Sierra Ski and Cycle Works, at a row of bikes brought in by customers for a fix or a tu...
Council to give sign ordinance another go
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:39pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - City councils change, but some issues never seem to go away.The current incarnation of the South Lake Tahoe City Council intends to take a closer look at a perennial deba...
Measure R rolls on
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:29pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A proposed measure to improve bike paths and youth ball fields at the South Shore inched closer to reality this week.The three member South Lake Tahoe Recreation Faciliti...
Judge orders Amtrak crash evidence protected
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:38amRENO, Nev. - A judge handling the first lawsuit in a deadly Amtrak crash in Nevada issued a protective order Wednesday prohibiting the destruction or disposal of any evidence tied to last week's fi...
City removes Regan Beach playground over safety concerns
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 3:24pmCity officials removed the Regan Beach playground due to safety concerns. The steel jungle gym had been there for more than 20 years, said Parks and Recreation Department director Stan Sherer."B...
Cops, Caltrans prep for Fourth of July
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 9:18amCome this weekend, cops will be out in full force and Caltrans will pull construction crews off the roads to prepare for the influx of visitors.Construction on Echo Summit will halt from July 1 ...
Nevada Assembly passes wedding, anti-graffiti bills
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 10:53amCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - State lawmakers threw the book at taggers, defended puppies and kittens less than 8 weeks old, and approved more after-hours weddings during a rare Sunday session.Legislato...
Study: Nevada smoking laws haven't hurt restaurants, bars
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 10:45amRENO, Nev. - Nevada's smoking laws have not hurt business at restaurants and bars, according to a study by an advocacy group that was released as lawmakers debate a bill that would water down the r...
Geotourists seek out unique experiences
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 05/29/2011 - 6:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE - Tahoe Trail Bars line the racks at Grassroots Natural Foods store, South Lake Tahoe's only natural food store. Bulk bagged pine nuts chill in a refrigerator. Wafts of fresh gi...
Sex offender re-arrested
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 10:12amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police arrested a South Lake Tahoe man for the second time in two weeks Thursday for allegedly violating federal supervision requirements related to a 2007 child pornogra...
Sex offender re-arrested after alleged federal violation
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 5:46pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police arrested a South Lake Tahoe man for the second time in two weeks Thursday for allegedly violating federal supervision requirements related to a 2007 child porno...
BREAKING NEWS: Nevada Senate passes TRPA pull out bill
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 1:58pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Nevada Senate passed a bill that allows the state to pull out of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency if the organization does not meet certain benchmarks by October...
Basin should stay one district, supervisor says
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 6:56pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Lake Tahoe doesn't need another political division, according to El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago.On Thursday, the District 5 supervisor said she supports keepi...
LSD gummy bears part of drug bust
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 6:54pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - LSD laden gummy bears were part of a South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team bust last week that included psilocybin mushrooms and more than 90 pounds of marijuan...
Tahoe City's famed Fanny Bridge due for a makeover
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 5:43pmTAHOE CITY, Calif. - While Fanny Bridge abounds in historical value, its functionality is being called into question as transportation officials say it is rapidly deteriorating into a state of d...
Supreme Court knocks $62 million hole in budget
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:29amIn a unanimous decision Thursday, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled the state can't take the $62 million in cash from the Southern Nevada Clean Water Coalition.That money was used to balance the curre...
Small county lobbyist warns of load state dumping on locals
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:46amCARSON CITY, Nev. - Lobbyists representing Western Nevada's counties warned Wednesday the state is dumping so many responsibilities on the counties that the state can't expect them to absorb everyt...
Carson officials to take stand on bill to withdraw from TRPA
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:35amCARSON CITY, Nev. - Carson City officials are meeting Friday - as are Douglas County leaders - to discuss a newly amended bill calling for the potential withdrawal of Nevada from the Tahoe Regional...
Solution set for high school graduation, construction overlap
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 10:19amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Class of 2011 graduates and Vikings football have struck middle ground. The renovation of South Tahoe High School's stadium was expected to overlap with either graduation...
State cuts cause preschool and childcare closures
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 8:50amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.- Life for parents of preschoolers, infants and toddlers is about to get tougher, especially for families that receive state funds to pay for child care or preschool. Cuts t...
Utility district approves metered rate
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 7:08pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Tahoe Public Utility District directors unanimously approved a rate structure for customers with water meters at a special meeting Tuesday.Forty-five percent of met...
Snowfall, cold weather delay start of fire season
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 7:05pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A winter season that has been reluctant to end should keep the wildfire threat at a welcome low throughout much of the West this summer, according to an annual fire outlo...
Tavern owners push change in no-smoking law for bars
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 10:29amCARSON CITY, Nev. - Tavern owners Monday asked lawmakers to loosen the voter approved anti-smoking law to permit both food and smoking in their establishments.Lobbyist Sean Higgins said when that l...
Senate panel tones down Lake Tahoe withdrawal bill
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 4:50pmCARSON CITY, Nev. - A Nevada Senate committee tempered anger toward California and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency on Monday, seeking changes to its bi-state compact instead of immediate with...
Nevada should see less severe fire season
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 10:12amRENO, Nev. (AP) - It's considered a double-edged sword in the wildfire forecasting business.Above-normal temperatures and drought-like conditions dry out the forests, grasses and shrubs, raising th...
Bill would ease Nevada's indoor smoking ban
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 9:54amCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada taverns and bars would be allowed to sell food and still allow smoking under a late-session bill introduced Friday in the state Assembly.AB571 was introduced by the ...
Nevada unemployment rate down to 12.5 percent
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 9:40amCARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada's unemployment rate fell again in April - the fourth consecutive month of declines.The seasonally adjusted rate dropped from 13.2 percent to 12.5 percent. The raw, unadju...
South Shore resident realizes dream in graphic novel
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 05/22/2011 - 8:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Meet South Shore's resident Crypt Keeper, Jared Manninen.The 36-year-old doesn't throw around puns like the ghoulish character from the "Tales from the Crypt" comic bo...
Triathlete and dialysis patient rides AMGEN route despite weather
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/21/2011 - 6:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE - During the snowy first stage of the Amgen Tour of California, there were many riders who protested conditions, fans who expressed skepticism and tour organizers who tried thei...
Skiers and riders get a splash of spring powder
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/21/2011 - 8:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Wes Minton forgot his goggles. On most other spring days his sunglasses would've been enough. But Monday on top of Mt. Tallac the wind was howling and the torrents of ...
I-80 project will narrow stretch of highway near Donner Lake to four lanes until October
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 5:30pmTRUCKEE, Calif. - An Interstate 80 project extending roughly from the Castle Peak Road exit to Donner Pass Road begins Monday, diverting traffic to the highway's westbound corridor and closing the ...
Woman gets five years probation in Incline stabbing
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 5:14pmINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Washoe County District Court Judge Robert Perry has sentenced a woman to probation in connection to the grisly slaying of her husband more than a year ago at Lake Tahoe, cou...
