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Local MusingsThe Angora Fire. Who can ever forget watching your community burning? My first view of the flames were from Meyers. My daughter and I were down in San Francisco watching the Giants and...

WILLIAM DONALD STONE of South Lake Tahoe, passed away on June 14, 2012. He was born in Redding, California on November 13, 1949. As a young man Bill traveled all around California and settled in...

Born Susan Gayle Morris on April 28, 1952, Susan left us on March 3, 2012 following a sudden illness. She was born and raised in Long Beach, CA and traveled throughout the world before finally m...

The California Highway Patrol and South Lake Tahoe Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Friday, July 6 on US-50 in South Lake Tahoe, Lt. Brian Cook announced Thursday in a press ...

LAKE TAHOE - Officials in 2012 have stopped four boats with invasive species attached to them from entering Lake Tahoe, two of which came directly from the mussel-infested waters of Lake Mead in So...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Bishop Gorman was again the hot topic of discussion at the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association's Board of Control meeting Monday and Tuesday at the Orleans Hotel and Cas...

Leadership at the U.S. Olympic Committee expects to form a task force to study the possibility of bidding for an upcoming Olympics.The USOC board met briefly Thursday but did not discuss a potentia...

UPDATE 6:11PM: One person was stabbed and a suspect is at large and being sought by South Lake Tahoe police Friday evening.
The stabbing happened at about 3:46 Friday afternoon in the area of 11th and Eloise. The suspect is described as late teens, a white male, without a shirt, wearing plaid white and blue shorts, a Boston Celtics ball cap being worn backwards, with a backpack and carrying a knife. The stabbing may have stemmed from an incident where the victim, a 22-year-old man, was riding a bicycle and the suspect was on a skateboard. The victim was taken to Barton Memorial Hospital with a stab wound to his arm, said South Lake Tahoe Police Lt. David Stevenson.

With an extremely high threat of forest fire at Lake Tahoe and the Sierra this summer, Heavenly Mountain, Northstar California and Kirkwood resorts have put a number of precautionary measures in place, including banning all smoking on their respective mountains for the summer.

LAKE TAHOE - Officials in 2012 have stopped four boats with invasive species attached to them from entering Lake Tahoe, two of which came directly from the mussel-infested waters of Lake Mead in So...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - While California found ways to keep open most of the state parks earmarked for closure due to budget cuts, the long-term future of its 279-park system remains murky as most of ...

The July 4th Holiday and fireworks celebrations always bring an influx of boaters to the Lake Tahoe Basin. With sunny skies and warm temperatures predicted for the 4th of July holiday week, boaters are urged to Clean, Drain and Dry their boats before arriving at one of 5 roadside inspection stations in the Tahoe to avoid delays and decontamination fees.

The Nevada Highway Patrol, along with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Sparks Police Department, and the Carson City Sheriff’s Office are planning a sobriety check point for the Fourth of July holiday.
The check point will be held in Incline Village at Lake Tahoe and is being funded by a Joining Forces grant from the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety.
Due to the fireworks display and other special events planned at Lake Tahoe, a large increase in both vehicular and pedestrian traffic expected during the holiday.

There is no shortage of gloom in June Lake.
When Mammoth Mountain Ski Area announced last week (June 21) that it would close down the June Mountain ski area at least until the end of the 2012-13 ski season, the reaction was swift and tense.
"I think it’s been pretty clear the entire eight years since I was elected that this is exactly what I have been working to avoid,” said June Lake’s county supervisor, Vikki Bauer.

If there was an ongoing contest in the art of self-contradicting newspeak, a quote from a U.S. military official during the Vietnam War would be the reigning victor for most of the modern era. In d...

Workouts at a new gym in South Lake Tahoe begin with a physical assessment and end with chilled, cucumber-infused hand towels.In between, it is all about getting strong while minimizing the impa...