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Resorts open additional terrain following storms
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After recent storms dumped several feet of snow at the South Shore, each of the area's ski resorts will have new terrain open this weekend.Heavenly Mountain Resort will h...
Prescribed fires continue Monday
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations in various locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin on Monday, according to a Friday stat...
Firefighters conduct cold water rescue training
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Firefighters got an early jump on annual cold water rescue training at the Tahoe Keys this week.The training is typically conducted just before spring when ice is begi...
RIBAUDO: Will new director bring new approach from League to Save Lake Tahoe?
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amAfter the departure of Rochelle Nason, the League to Save Lake Tahoe as hired Executive Director Darcie Goodman-Collins. It interesting to note the league board hired someone who was almost the exa...
Births at Barton Memorial Hospital
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amArrue, Julio Steven, a son, was born Jan. 26, 2012 to Julio Arrue & Milagros Lopez of South Lake Tahoe.Brown, Emma Marie, a daughter, was born Jan. 23, 2012 to Roger Brown & Sarah Ingenluyff of Sou...
Barton welcomes heart specialist
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amIn honor of National Heart Month, February, Barton Health introduces heart care to its the medical team with cardiologist, David Young. "Patients (in the Lake Tahoe Basin) now have access to a card...
Registration starts Wednesday for Digital Photo Institute
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amRegistration begins Feb. 1 for the Lake Tahoe Digital Photo Institute, cosponsored by The Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation and South Tahoe High School. The institute begins at 4 p.m., Friday, June...
Brian Turner featured author of the month
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00am"Curfew"The wrong is not in the religion;The wrong is in us.- Saier T.At dusk, bats fly out by the hundreds.Water snakes glide in the ponding basinsbehind the rubbled palaces. The mosquescall th...
Workshop to help companies apply for federal R&D grants
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amA workshop to help companies learn to compete for federal research and development grants is scheduled in Reno next month.About $2.5 billion a year is available through the federal government's Sma...
Tahoe Today: A question to be answered
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00am"Hi, Dayle; my name is Janet. I have lived in Lake Tahoe for 15 years, and I wanted to start off by saying I just love reading your column each week. I am curious about two things: I just read last...
GOP precinct meetings planned in Douglas County
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amDouglas County Republicans will hold both a caucus and a precinct meeting on Feb. 4. At each precinct caucus, Republicans will meet to discuss and debate the experience and qualifications of the pr...
Plan to get connected at the 2012 Business Expo
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:00amRegistrations are now being accepted for the TahoeChamber 2012 Business Expo, scheduled for 4-8 p.m. March 30 inside Harrah's Convention Center.This year's theme, Get Connected, will highlight adva...
Attorney who sued IVGID to be guest speaker at college
Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 2:00amCalFire needs managers, but firefighters prefer overtime pay
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:30pmLIVE: South Tahoe vs. Whittell
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:26pmJoe Proudman and Tim Parsons are live from the Blue Gym and South Tahoe High School, where the Vikings are taking on the Whittell Warriors. Click play below to listen to the game live, and tweet...
Heavenly and Northstar to open more terrain this weekend
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 5:36pmWith last week's winter storms dropping nearly four feet of snow at Lake Tahoe's south shore, Heavenly Mountain Resort will open more trails and terrain beginning Saturday. Heavenly will open Galaxy Chairlift and the associated trails, Groove Terrain Park with six jumps and 18 creative features, and Lakeview Lodge, which is the final of Heavenly’s nine on-mountain restaurants to open.
Commission upholds decision to reclassify Washoe Meadows State Park, alter river-golf course
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 5:30pmKirkwood Mountain Resort opens 100 percent Saturday
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 5:01pmChairs 2, 3 and 4 will open at Kirkwood Mountain Resort on Saturday thus making the mountain 100 percent opened. (Chair 10 the Wall opened on Thursday.) Backside lifts open at 9 a.m.; front side opens at 8:30 a.m.
Cross-country skiers, snowmobilers get season started
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 4:51pmThe scraping sounds of skis on ice echoed through the woods of Spooner Summit Friday. With the Spooner Lake Cross-Country Ski Area just opened, a handful of cross-country skiers cruised the rock...
Cross-country skiers, snowmobilers get season started
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 4:51pmThe scraping sounds of skis on ice echoed through the woods of Spooner Summit Friday. With the Spooner Lake Cross-Country Ski Area just opened, a handful of cross-country skiers cruised the rock...
Jamie Anderson wins gold at X Games
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 4:15pmASPEN, Colo. - South Tahoe's Jamie Anderson took first place in the women's snowboard slopestyle at the X Games - and she did so with authority.The 21-year old Anderson dominated the event, taki...
Proud to Say: Whittell girls lose key player
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 3:22pmPrior to Tuesday's home game against Sparks, Whittell girls' basketball head coach Tom Esposito felt that his team was turning a corner in their play, but on Thursday he said, "We didn't know what ...
s the Bull Wheel Turns: Not out of the woods yet!
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 3:21pmThis past week's recent storms dumped a sufficient amount of snow for resorts to rejoice and open more lifts and terrain for Lake Tahoe skiers and riders to enjoy some "soft-quiet" snow for a chang...
South Tahoe wrestling dominates
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 3:16pmIt was their one and only home match of the year, and they made the most of it. The South Tahoe wrestling team easily handled both Sparks and El Dorado on Wednesday in South Lake."I thought we w...
California passes new auto emission rules
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:33pmSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Seeking to influence other states and Washington, California air regulators passed sweeping auto emission standards Friday that include a mandate to have 1.4 million electric a...
Lisa's home video caps
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:41amTHE BIG YEAR [1/31](2011)* * * (B)Directed by David FrankelStarring Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Steve Martin, Jim Parsons, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston, Dianne Wiest, JoBeth Williams, Brian Dennehy,...
Vonn adds to her World Cup points, Mancuso 13 in super combined
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:21amTRPA sets water inspection fees for 2012
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:07amThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Governing Board approved a new fee structure for the Aquatic Invasive Species Watercraft Inspection Program in an attempt to make it more equitable and sustainable, according to Agency officials.
Prescribed fire operations continue in the Lake Tahoe Basin on Monday
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:52amPrescribed fires are scheduled to continue on Monday at various locations throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin. These controlled fires will take place around Kingsbury Grade, Emerald Bay and the Kings Beach area, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Calif. Supreme Court upholds state Senate maps
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:55amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state Senate maps drawn last year by an independent redistricting commission, dealing a blow to GOP attempts to block Dem...
My Turn: And now, the rest of the story about recent bear cub release
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:48amLAKE TAHOE - The article last week on the cub from Carnelian Bay who was released back into the wild was the kind we all like to read; one with a happy ending. The front-page coverage told how t...
State Senate leader shoots down redevelopment agency extension
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:08amSACRAMENTO - A bill that would delay the elimination of the 400 community redevelopment agencies in the state does not have sufficient support to pass by the Feb. 1 deadline, the leader of the stat...
Boating fees rise after 'good year' for stopping invasives
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:04amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Boaters will need to open their wallets a little bit wider before launching at Lake Tahoe this summer.The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Governing Board approved fee in...
Boating fees rise after 'good year' for stopping invasives
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:04amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Boaters will need to open their wallets a little bit wider before launching at Lake Tahoe this summer.The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Governing Board approved fee in...
Tahoe school district facing deep cuts
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:59amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe Unified School District has moved to cut about $2.4 million from their 2012-2013 budget in the wake of deep state cuts to education funding."This is probab...
Rocker technology shows continued growth at annual ski show
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:58amThe SnowSports Industries America Snow Show kicked off Thursday morning at the Denver Convention Center, marking the third year the Mile High City has played host to the skiing and snowboarding ind...
Surgeon in teen sex case found dead in Mammoth
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:56amLOS ANGELES - A Mammoth Lakes surgeon charged with sex crimes against a 14-year-old Santa Barbara girl killed himself two weeks after he posted bail and was outfitted with a GPS ankle tracking devi...
SIROTA: Nothing to see here, folks;continue your spending sprees
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:54amIn 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on an airstrip in the Canary Islands. According to accident investigators, those who survived the initial blast in one plane had time to escape before a fire consu...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Can too much law enforcement hurt the Tahoe economy?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:53amI want to inform my local government of the growing reputation of South Lake Tahoe. The reputation is, if you go to South Lake Tahoe you will probably be pulled over by one of the many state or cit...
