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South Lake Tahoe police Officer Johnny Poland turned in his badge and gun Nov 15 with Wednesday being his first day on paid administrative leave ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-tahoe-officer-poland...

The blank wall or table top won't care, and you know for sure what I'd say about the couch. Robert Schimmel is a professional artist and teacher in South Lake Tahoe as well as host of “Lake Ta...

Zimride, the largest online ride-sharing service in North America, announced its San Francisco-Lake Tahoe route today, with service beginning Thanksgiving Day. The idea is to bring Bay Area residents ...

LAKE TAHOE - Long before the 1849 Gold Rush, California's relatively mild climate had attracted immigrants from other regions where inhabitants endured long, cold, damp winters. The Mediterranea...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is asking for public input on the proposed Fallen Leaf Lake Trail Access and Travel Management project. The proje...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Improvements from the Ski Run to Trout Creek Project are pretty obvious, but it's only going to get better for the once beat-up stretch of Highway 50."It's going to be...

Zimride, the largest online ride-sharing service in North America, today announced that a new route between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe will open to the public beginning Thanksgiving day, bringing Bay Area residents convenient, inexpensive access to one of the country’s top winter destinations. To celebrate the route’s launch, Zimride is giving away $20,000 worth of free gas to riders on the route.

By John Heil
California’s landscapes are under siege from a host of threats. Catastrophic wildfire, climate change, invasive species and increasing human population put these delicate ecosystems at risk. The U.S. Forest Service has recognized and battled these threats for decades, but recently the agency recognized the need for a more focused approach on Ecological Restoration as the primary goal for all land management actions.

South Lake Tahoe and Sacramento's city councils on Tuesday wrestled with what to do with their respective ordinances. In predictable fashion, South Lake ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../s-tahoe-offici...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe Unified School District and South Tahoe Middle School Parent Teacher Association are warning of a scam where someone is calling local businesses and solici...

By Jeff Munson
The fight is pure Tahoe: A project proposed to improve the environment versus a group of people who don't want things to change.
Mud has been thrown, sides are dug in, and lawsuits are likely looming with the proposed reconfiguration of the Lake Tahoe Golf Course as it backs up to Washoe Meadows State Park and Recreation Area.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe's rules regulating medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation in homes will remain in place - for now.But an October court decision could expose t...

... and adults with developmental disabilities who receive services and support from the state's development centers and 21 nonprofit regional centers. It will be illuminated by 10000 ultra-low wa...

By Kathryn Reed. This is going to be the most expensive Thanksgiving dinner you've ever had. At least that's what the American Farm Bureau Federation is saying. Each year the organization pric...

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today appointed Ted Quasula, chairman of the Nevada Indian Commission, to serve as a member of his cabinet. According to tribal representatives and State Archives, the appointment marks the first time in Nevada history that tribes will have formal representation at the cabinet level.

RENO, Nev. - The first-ever Nevada Day Governor's Banquet has raised $28,000 for victims of the Reno air race crash and the Carson City IHOP shooting.Organizers tell The Reno Gazette-Journal (http:...

The family that built a century-old Lake Tahoe mansion now owned by the state has donated $100,000 for its upkeep. The state Department of Parks and Recreation has accepted the donation from the Hellman family of San Francisco to support restoration efforts at the Hellman-Ehrman estate in Lake Tahoe. The mansion is along the west shores of Lake Tahoe in the Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A world record-holding professional skier who once famously jumped off a 255-foot cliff died in a weekend avalanche in Utah while on a steep slope at a closed resort.Jamie Pie...

STATELINE, Nev. - The U.S. Forest Service says it intends to set small fires to clear out underbrush this week on the west and south shores of Lake Tahoe.Fuels management crews are scheduled to beg...

Photo/CalFire. CalFire crews load this year's state Christmas tree. Photo/Teresa Mizuhara/CalFire. CalFire and California Highway Patrol units will help transport ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../stat...

By Rick Daysog, Sacramento Bee. New foreclosure filings in the Sacramento area continued to surge in October as lenders worked to reduce their backlog of ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../el-dorado-placer-...

By Nancy Kerry
The City of South Lake Tahoe announced today the appointment of Sarah Hussong-Johnson as Director of Engineering. Announcing her appointment, City Manager Tony O’Rourke said Ms. Hussong-Johnson, “has demonstrated outstanding capability to build public improvements on time and within budget and will lead the City’s Strategic Priority to Improve the Built Environment. Sarah brings a solution-oriented collaborative approach to resolving the challenges of constructing public improvements and will be an excellent leader for the years ahead.”

Douglas County and Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority have each put in $10000 and the South Tahoe Association of Resorts is contributing $5000. South Shore ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../funding-details-of-s...