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The 2012 Business Expo, brought to you by TahoeChamber and Getaway Reno-Tahoe, is right around the corner! The most productive business event of the year will be on Friday, March 30 at Harrah’s Convention Center from 4-8pm. More than 90 Chamber member businesses will be showcasing their products and services. This years theme, “Get Connected” will recognize advancements in technology by highlighting businesses using social media to their advantage. Show off your techie skills by live tweeting @TahoeChamber during the event using the hashtag #expoconnect for a chance to win prizes.

With the California sun shining down on one of North America’s deepest snowpacks, Heavenly Mountain Resort is gearing up for its 16th annual Spring Loaded festival. The two-week event is a non-stop party, full of concerts, competitions and some of the best spring ski and snowboard conditions at Lake Tahoe.

The Tahoe Derby Dames recently kicked off its bouting season against the Merced Rollin’ Roulettes Derby Girls. In its second go-around against Merced, the Tahoe Derby Dames charged the green light and on St. Patrick's Day beat the Rollin' Roulettes on their home turf with a final score of 169-129.

Melvin Seals is keeping Jerry Garcia's spirit alive with his group Melvin Seals & JGB. An 18-year member of the Jerry Garcia Band, Seals headlines a Sunday night show at Mo's place in South Lake...

Here is this week's fishing report covering rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is for the week of March 21-27.

A 16-acre parcel near where Highways 89 and 50 meet is being scoped as a possible and permanent relocation site for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.
The property, known as Echo Creek Ranch, sits in an estate and trust by the late Alex Graf and once had a value of about $7 million during the height of the real estate boom. 

While many people are thinking green on St. Patty’s Day, Heavenly Mountain Resort is thinking white and lots of it. With between two and four feet of new snow in the last 24 hours, Heavenly plans to open Killebrew Canyon on Sunday, marking the first time this season the double-black, off-piste terrain has been open.

A letter: Aloha Dayle: I really enjoy reading your column in the Tahoe Daily Tribune. Many years ago I attended your show at the Horizon Casino and was intrigued by your gift.I have always been cur...

South Tahoe High Performing Arts Department presents The Royal Family, a comedy by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber. Show dates are Friday March 30 at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at 7p.m. and Sunday, April 1 at 2 p.m.
The Royal Family opened in New York City in 1927 and quickly became an enduring favorite. The story is a parody of Drew Barrymore’s great-grandparents, the Barrymore family of Broadway fame. Like the Barrymores, the Cavendish clan is dedicated to theatre. But, for all their eccentricities and inflated emotions, the Cavendish clan is a family like any other.

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s jobless rate fell from a revised 13 percent in December to 12.7 percent in January, down from 13.8 percent a year ago and a peak of 14 percent in October 2010. The number of unemployed Nevadans remained relatively flat at 174,700, but is down 16,300 from the same month last year.

MINDEN, Nev. - There wasn't a ripple to show where a Topaz Lake man and his two dogs died after a Jeep Cherokee rolled into the icy waters and sank on Friday afternoon.A trail of bubbles was the...

It's been a weird ski and riding season, for sure. One indication is that Heavenly Mountain Resort is only operating the Boulder base lodge and the Boulder and North Bowl lifts on weekends. In all the years I taught at Boulder never has had a shutdown like this. Too bad because lots of locals liked Boulder as out-of-towners didn't go there very often. Thus, parking was close and runs not crowded.

"We take whatever we like and whatever we're feeling at the moment," said Sanjay Seran, before a Tahoe show in March 2011. "There's a lot on the Indian side and on the Celtic side and a lot of r...

The news for colon cancer is promising: Fewer people are dying from it, and the average number of new cases a year decreased by 66,000 over the course of four years, federal reports show. Colon ...

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in locating family members of elderly twins, Patricia and Joan Miller, 73, who were found dead in their South Lake Tahoe home on February 26. The nature of their deaths hasn't been determined, however, foul play has been ruled out, said Sheriff's Lt. Bryan Golmitz. The cause and manner of death is still being investigated by El Dorado County Sheriff’s detectives and the South Lake Tahoe Police Department.

A recent winter storm that blanketed Heavenly Mountain Resort with as much as three-and-a-half feet of new snow has allowed the resort to open three quarters of the mountain, including the double-black diamond, expert-only Mott Canyon. Now with 3,600 open acres, Heavenly is offering the most skiable terrain at Lake Tahoe.

Instead of baseball, George Thorogood made it to “the Show” in music, where a playing career can last much longer.

Businesses signed up for the 2012 Business Expo by Thursday will be able to attend one of two workshops free.The Expo will will take place 4-8 p.m. March 30 at Harrah's Convention Center.The Expo P...

With the approval earlier this month of regulations that allow the testing of driverless vehicles in Nevada, application packages will be available March 1 for companies wanting to apply their autonomous test vehicles.

Nevada’s Legislative Commission of the Department of Motor Vehicles approved regulations allowing the testing of driverless — a.k.a. “autonomous” — vehicles to be driven on the state’s roads, according to an announcement on Feb. 15.

Too Short was the first West Coast rap star, recording three albums on his own before he made his major-label debut with 1988s gold album "Born to Mack," his next four all went platinum. Anticip...

Recognized for stewardship and care taken in the building and construction of developments around Lake Tahoe, the 22nd annual Best in the Basin awards were announced Tuesday by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
The TRPA, which sets policy for development around Lake Tahoe, will recognize the winners, listed below, during the 2011 Best in the Basin awards presentation during the meeting of its Governing Board on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in Stateline. Go here for the agenda.

I was watching the Grammys last week. It was the very first time I watched the show in years. I was interested in what would be said about Whitney Houston. It seems every so many decades, someone c...

"We're gonna' bring you some acoustic Texican rock and roll!" Henry Garza yelled into the microphone, peering out at the audience behind shaded sunglasses framed by dark, shoulder-length hair.Los L...

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is through Feb. 21.