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Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 4:20pmNevada Emergency Management Promotes Severe Weather Preparedness Week
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 3:02pmCarson City, Nev. - This time of year is a perfect occasion to Be a Force of Nature and the Nevada Division of Emergency Management is proud to be promoting severe weather preparedness week. To help spread the word and make its employees and members of the community better prepared, the Nevada Division of Emergency Management is committed to being a leader for weather-readiness by knowing the risk, taking action and being an example.
Name of man killed at Union Valley Reservoir released
Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 3:56pmPioneer Trail from Sierra House School to Cold Creek temporarily closed due to rushing water
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 2:11pmSouth Lake Tahoe dispatch reports Pioneer Trail, from Sierra House School to Cold Creek, is temporarily closed due to rushing water on the roadway.
Apparently water is cascading into the street causing portions of the road to buckle, according to dispatch.
Membership airline considers flying into Lake Tahoe Airport
Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 2:15pmCalif. prison overhaul would save $1.5B a year
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 11:11amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California prison officials on Monday released a wide-ranging reorganization plan that calls for halting a $4 billion prison-construction program and bringing back all inm...
Bonanza Park to break ground next week
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 11:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - From 5:30 to 6 p.m. April 30, Edgewood Companies will join South Lake Tahoe officials, neighbors and community members at a groundbreaking ceremony for Bonanza Park, acco...
Bonanza Park to break ground next week
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 11:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - From 5:30 to 6 p.m. April 30, Edgewood Companies will join South Lake Tahoe officials, neighbors and community members at a groundbreaking ceremony for Bonanza Park, acco...
Comments sought on Heavenly adventure race
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 10:38amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service is asking for public input on a proposed one-time adventure race at Heavenly Ski Resort in August 2012.The MojoMan Challenge is a competition that...
Comments sought on Heavenly adventure race
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 10:38amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service is asking for public input on a proposed one-time adventure race at Heavenly Ski Resort in August 2012.The MojoMan Challenge is a competition that...
Surf Air mulls Tahoe expansion
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 10:21amLAKE TAHOE - A membership-based, all-you-fly airline hopes to add service to the Lake Tahoe market next year.Surf Air, headquartered at Santa Monica, is signing up members for its first routes, whi...
National gas prices down 5 cents in past 2 weeks
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 10:07amCAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped a nickel over the past two weeks.That's according to the Lundberg Survey of fuel prices, released Sunday, which p...
Work under way on NV's 1st wind energy farm
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 9:25amLAS VEGAS - The settlement of a lawsuit filed by environmentalists is allowing turbines to go up at Nevada's first wind energy project.The 7,500-acre Spring Valley Wind farm in White Pine County, j...
Forest Service seeks input for MojoMan Challenge at Heavenly Mountain Resort
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 9:04amPublic input is sought by the U.S. Forest Service on a proposed one-time event at Heavenly Mountain Resort, called the MojoMan Challenge. This is an adventure race competition that covers approximately 10.5 miles and incorporates 25 to 30 challenge obstacles along the course that participants will negotiate.
Thunderstorms possible for Lake Tahoe then snow showers later in the week
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 8:25am
With the potential for record-high temperatures in the mix, strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Monday afternoon for Lake Tahoe and much of Western Nevada, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.
Thunderstorms could produce wind gusts to 60 mph with small hail, blowing dust and lighting. Visibility in Western Nevada could be reduced to less than a mile during the active part of the storms.
For Lake Tahoe, scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible, mainly between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Edgewood Companies, City of South Lake Tahoe to break ground on Bonanza Park
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 7:59am
Event Date:
April 30, 2012 - 5:30pm
A local South Lake Tahoe neighborhood will soon have something to cheer about because on Monday, April 30 from 5:30pm to 6 pm Edgewood Companies will join City officials, families, neighbors and community members at a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony. The groundbreaking will mark the start of construction on Bonanza Park, located at 1209 Bonanza Street.
With construction equipment ready to go at the Bonanza neighborhood site of the former C&M Lodge,
Hobart Reservoir to open for 2012 fishing season
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 7:47amHobart Reservoir, a small, high-mountain reservoir, located at an elevation of 7,600 feet in the mountains between Carson City and Lake Tahoe, will open for the 2012 fishing season on May 1.
Because of its high elevation and location, this reservoir is normally covered with ice, and surrounded by deep snow drifts, when it opens on May 01.
However, this year is entirely different, ice and snow-wise. It will remain open to fishing through September 30.
Opinion: Closing forest roads in El Dorado County is wrong
Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 2:00amSpooner Lake concessionarie moving bikes, ends ski business
Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 1:59am2-day event a lesson in ranching and farming activities
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 9:00pm1976 Olympic Ladies' Singles Champion Dorothy Hamill Drops by the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 3:37pm
Deirdre Faegre [Front Left] with 1976 Olympic Ladies' Singles Champion, Dorothy Hamill who dropped by the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena on Tuesday, April 17.
Female riders to show off during Miss Superpark at Squaw
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:08pmExplosion heard in region traced to meteor
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 11:17amRENO, Nev. - Astronomers say a loud explosion heard across a large swath of Nevada and California on Sunday morning was likely caused by a meteor.The sound of the explosion around 8 a.m. prompted a...
Expanded Cabo Wabo to open before Hagar arrives in town
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 11:30amSequoia planting project could create second old-growth
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 9:50amLyrid meteor shower thought to be behind loud boom at Lake Tahoe and Sierra
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 8:38amUPDATE 12:40PM: A large explosion heard after 8 a.m. this morning from the West Slope of California to Lake Tahoe and Reno may have been a sonic boom from a meteor buzzing the region, the Associated Press reports.
Burning Man appeals probation over crowd size
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 8:28amRENO, Nev. - Already reeling from a ticket snafu, organizers of the Burning Man counterculture festival on the Nevada desert now have another fight on their hands.They're challenging the federal go...
Loud boom heard in Tahoe may be related to meteor shower
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 8:41amFirefighters anticipate busy fire season
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 5:00amA lackluster winter could create a long, hot summer for Lake Tahoe area firefighters.With the water content of the Sierra Nevada snowpack sitting near 50 percent of normal, Lake Tahoe Basin fore...
Opinion: Time for people to stand their ground against NRA
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:00amPanel: Special event success depends on community support
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:00amValhalla annual art-music fest ready to dazzle crowds
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:59am