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Kirkwood airbag takes flight, derails chairlift
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 3:51pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A gust of wind blew Kirkwood Mountain Resort's airbag free of its anchors Saturday afternoon and sent it sailing into the Cornice Express chairlift, derailing it.The i...
Money from oil drilling pays for forest improvements
Submitted by admin on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 11:52amSanford pleads not guilty in Swanson killing
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 5:00amThe man accused of killing a 16-year-old South Shore gas station attendant more than 30 years ago pleaded not guilty to murder during an arraignment Friday in Placerville.Andrew Evan Sanford, 50...
Big summer ahead for stand-up paddlers
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 5:00amThe next step in the South Shore's stand-up paddle revolution is coming this summer. Chris Brackett and family, who own and operate South Tahoe Stand-Up Paddle, are already planning events aroun...
TAHOE TODAY: Some things are meant to be
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 5:00amA few weeks ago, while in Hawaii, I learned of an event so profound that it made me stop and think of how the world really works. When I arrived in the islands for a short stay of work, I found mys...
TRPA's unintended consequences
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 5:00amLAKE TAHOE - Nevada Senate Bill 271 certainly got Tahoe Regional Planning Agency off the dime on the Regional Plan Update but, unfortunately, the process has spun out of control. On April 25, TRPA'...
Shaping Lake Tahoe's future
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 5:00amThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is rolling out an updated vision for the future of Tahoe, in which the lake and our communities are restored and sustainable. At Tahoe, our system is out of balan...
Placer, El Dorado two of the healthiest counties in California
Submitted by admin on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 2:00amLiving in Tahoe increases risk of getting skin cancer
Submitted by admin on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 1:59amSlow Rollers eye world record bike ride
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:39pmA single line of cars stretching from El Dorado Beach to Stateline is a fairly common sight during the summer. But a single line of bikes? That would be a record.And that's exactly what the Slow...
Workshops to offer tips on BMPs
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:18pmThe 13th annual workshops for Erosion Control Best Management Practices in the Tahoe Basin will be held April 20 and 27 in Incline Village, Nev., and Stateline, Nev.Erosion control BMPS are designe...
Organizations benefit from Good Neighbor Donation Day
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:11pmTahoe Youth & Family Services and Christmas Cheer received more than $5,000 and a 12-foot trailer full of donations collected during Good Neighbor Donation Day on March 31.Good Neighbor Donation...
Biz briefs: April 7, 2012
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:09pmExhibitor deadline approaching for Truckee Donner business expoThe deadline to exhibit at the 20th Annual Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce Business Expo & Chamber Mixer is Tuesday.The event will ...
ACLU: Local police tracking cellphones without warrants
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:45pmHow women, girls are faring in education, jobs in Calif.
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 1:00pmSaturday marks fourth annual Memorial Celebration in Honor of Sgt. Timothy Smith
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 10:27am
The 4th annual Memorial Celebration in Honor of Sgt. Timothy Smith will be on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Sierra-at-Tahoe. This year the memorial gathering will also benefit Operation Rebound.
Utah officials think 2022 Olympics bid is longshot
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 10:02amSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah officials think a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics is a longshot but worth exploring, regardless.The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/HQ8qAa) a proposal submitted ...
Haase announces hiring of three assistant coaches
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 8:28amBIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Newly-appointed UAB men's basketball head coach Jerod Haase has announced the hiring of three new assistant coaches. Haase announced the additions of Robert Ehsan, Richie Riley ...
S. Tahoe fair participants don’t have to travel to Placerville
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 9:21amOBITUARY: Jim Cowan
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 7:55amHUSBAND, LOVER, FRIEND 1934 - 2011" Do all you can with what you have, for as long as you can, wherever you are." Love and Rememberance Live Forever, Fiona and KinjanaCopyright 2012 Tahoe Daily Tri...
OBITUARY: EDWARD WILLIAM RUNNE SR.
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amSeptember 23, 1922 - March 30, 2012Edward William Runne Sr., age 89, died peacefully in his sleep in Diamond Springs, CA on March 30, 2012 surrounded by his family after a brief fight with cance...
Meyers plan gets fresh look
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amHow to make Meyers a "recreational Mecca" is one part of discussions that kicked off at the South Shore this week.A meeting held at Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School Wednesday night...
TRPA to host workshops, public hearings
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amCARSON CITY, Nev. - Environmental regulators at Lake Tahoe are preparing to release draft proposals amending a regional plan that hasn't been updated in more than two decades - a delay that has cau...
Mac the Naw: Fishing season opens this month
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amHello fellow anglers, I want to ask each and everyone who reads this to do me a favor. For the last few weeks while driving around our local area I have noticed vehicles that have a brake light or ...
STHS golf finishes seventh at Fallon
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amFALLON, Nev. - The young South Tahoe golf team shot a 490 at Fallon on Tuesday, finishing seventh behind Fernley, which shot a 461, and a fifth-place Fallon, which shot a 461. The Vikings were able...
As the Bull Wheel Turns: Gunbarrel 25 this Saturday at Heavenly
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amGlen Plake and the Gunbarrel 25 return to the slopes of Heavenly this Saturday as part of Heavenly's Spring Loaded promotion. The Gunbarrel 25 is a marathon 25-lap event for the average Joe down th...
South Tahoe track battles weather
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amWith the girls' 3200-meter race in progress, the storm everyone was expecting finally arrived in Reno on Saturday during the Reed Sparks Rotary Invitational. The men's 4x400 meter team was warmi...
Local drummer stirring up a beat in national competition
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amIt would be silly to say Liz Broscoe steps to the beat of a different drum. In reality, she steps to the beat of a lot of different drums.
The lifelong percussionist and South Lake Tahoe resident has been practicing rhythms for more than 30 years. She's practiced on a variety of types of the instrument, developed her own show, and even created a children's book about drumming.
Letter to the Editor: Planning agency's program is too complicated to be useful
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amThe waterfront application produced by our planning agency requires that you finish the design before you can apply the rules that govern it, which to me is like saying, "go dig a hole and when you...
Letter to the Editor: Murder suspect's arrest dredges up memories
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amIt is very difficult to celebrate the capture of the ruthless killer of Richard Swanson with the loss of a fine, intelligent, ambitious and good-looking young man whose future was cut short.It was ...
Rice fine with being the underdog at ACC
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amDuring press call on Wednesday, former "Seinfeld" actor John O'Hurley was asked who he though would finish atop the leader board at this year's American Century Championship, which will be played a...
Remember — your brain needs to continually be stimulated
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:01amTourism officials urge changes to lure more visitors to U.S.
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:00amOpinion: Lake Tahoe’s future depends on Regional Plan update
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:00am