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New school offers solution
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amStarting in the fall, Lake Tahoe Unified School District will offer a new, sportier program to students who are just as interested in hitting the slopes as they are in their education.The school...
Softball signups Wednesday
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amThe South Lake Tahoe Softball League is sponsoring an adult coed and men's league. A team meeting will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Steamers Bar and Grill. All returning teams can sign up Wednesd...
Fun meets fitness at new Kingsbury business
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amWith the touch of a button, a grid of multicolored LEDs on eFit & Sports' Lightspace Play Floor comes to life. An electronic game of dodge ball is about to begin.In the other corner of the room,...
Auditions to be held for LTCC's production of 'The Rocky Horror Show'
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amThe Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Arts Department will holding auditions for the live stage version of "The Rocky Horror Show" on Tuesday at Duke Theatre."The Rocky Horror Show" is a hit cul...
OBITUARY: Heidi M. Kanes
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amHEIDI M. KANES, 31, died unexpectedly Feb. 2, 2012, in South Lake Tahoe, CA. She was born Dec. 1, 1980, to Monica E. Mann of South Woodstock, Maine, and Douglas F. Kanes of Homer, Alaska.Heidi g...
Fun meets fitness at new Kingsbury business
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amWith the touch of a button, a grid of multicolored LEDs on eFit & Sports' Lightspace Play Floor comes to life. An electronic game of dodge ball is about to begin.In the other corner of the room,...
New school offers solution
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amStarting in the fall, Lake Tahoe Unified School District will offer a new, sportier program to students who are just as interested in hitting the slopes as they are in their education.The school...
Harrah's, Harveys to observe 'Earth Hour'
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amHarrah's and Harveys Lake Tahoe, along with Harrah's Reno, will turn out all non-essential lights Saturday from 8:30-9:30 p.m. in honor of "Earth Hour.""Earth Hour," an annual event organized by tC...
Firefighters to host 'Fill the Boot for Burns'
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amSouth Lake Tahoe Firefighters will host their annual "Fill the Boot for Burns" campaign on April 6-7.On those days, off-duty firefighters from South Lake Tahoe Fire Department will shake their turn...
K’s Kitchen: Asparagus will make you feel like you’re royalty
Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 2:01amOpinion: Being gay should not matter in professional sports
Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 2:00amInjured cub leaves Tahoe to return home to the wild
Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 1:59am
No. 8626 is home. While still small at 35 pounds, this black bear left Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care at the break of dawn Thursday headed for Soda Lake near San Luis Obispo. This is the area where she was picked up in September and where California Department of Fish and Game officials released her later Thursday.
Open auditions for 'The Rocky Horror Show' at LTCC April 3
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 2:46pmThe Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Arts Department is holding auditions for the live stage version of “The Rocky Horror Show,” the hit cult classic by Richard O’Brien. Brad, Janet, Frank ‘N’ Furter and the whole gang hit the stage in the ultra-campy classic that unfolds on a dark and stormy night where an uptight couple seeks refuge at the castle of a mad scientist just as he unveils his latest creation.
Haldan Art Gallery welcomes Great Basin Exteriors: A Photographic Survey
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 1:02pm
Lake Tahoe Community College’s Haldan Art Gallery is the next stop for the Nevada Arts Council’s traveling exhibition program. There will be an artists’ reception April 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. for “Great Basin Exteriors: A Photographic Survey.”
Efforts renewed to name Lake Tahoe cove after Samuel Clemens
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 12:40pmKudos & Kindness: Private-public partnership makes Zephyr Cove Ski Club possible
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 11:29amWith almost 50 years behind us, the Zephyr Cove Ski Club can't do it without the private-public partnership we enjoy. The ZCSC is part of a bigger group, The Douglas County Ski Club. The Douglas Co...
Robber hits South Lake Tahoe Wells Fargo bank at Raley's; second robbery at same bank this year
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 11:25am
For the second time this year, the Wells Fargo Bank at South Lake Tahoe, located inside the Raley’s supermarket in the Heavenly Village Shopping Center, was robbed.
Kudos & Kindness: Nordic ski teams thankful for Heavenly's support
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 11:24amSouth Tahoe High School and South Tahoe Middle School Nordic ski teams would like to thank Heavenly Ski Resort for their generous support this past season. Our teams were faced with very little ...
Letter to the Editor: April's fool
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 11:23amWith April 1 just around the corner, it appears that the meat industry is playing us as April fools by hiding its violations of humane and sanitary laws.Under intense pressure from the meat lobby, ...
Kudos & Kindness: Jerod Haase brings fans with him
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 11:21amCongratulations to Jerod Haase. Today Lake Tahoe and Northern Nevada became UAB's biggest fans. I have no doubt in my mind that you will win there or anywhere you decide to coach. Angelo ClelanReno...
LIVE: Tribune Sports Talk
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:57amJoe Proudman and Tim Parsons talk South Shore sports and with South Tahoe Product Jerod Haase, who was recently named head coach at UAB. Also, we're giving away some prizes. Ciick play on the Sp...
Give a hoot and check out the Hooch at the American Legion hall
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:45amThere's no need to sneak booze into Saturday's show in the American Legion hall. Not only is there a bar, the Smugglin' Hooch Band will be in attendance.
Head for the Hills does just that as bluegrass comes to Sierra Nevada
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:42amHead for the Hills is stringing along a Colorado tradition.The Fort Collins band is the latest bluegrass band to come out of the Rocky Mountain state which was the home of Hot Rize and has produ...
Monkeying around with a ukulele leads to a serious jazz project
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:39amCheck out this trio: fresh powder, microbrewed beer and a jazz ukulele band.If the latter component is a bit startling, just imagine how Thelonious Monk might react."It's a lot easier to twirl a...
No run of the Mill comic, Mark Pitta pockets Improv laughs
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:36amOf all his accomplishments, such as opening for Chris Issak, Celene Dion, Tom Jones, James Brown, Olivia Newton John, Smokey Robinson, Paul Anka, Howie Mandel, Dana Carvey, Foreigner and Rick Sp...
Who can turn the world on with her ... hug?
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:30amIn this girl-takes-on-the-world saga, we never actually see Mary Richards throw her hat into the air, but it feels as though we do. Jennifer Lawrence, of the acclaimed "Winter's Bone," plays Kat...
Minnesota-Mexico jazzman uses eraser to redefine music
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:27amTo guitarist Todd Clouser, Kurt Cobain was a folk artist - and he's not sorry the notion might seem far-fetched. He is, however, whimsical about his pigeonhole.The first of Clouser's three album...
Residents raise concerns over proposed pilot shuttle program on Tahoe's East Shore
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 9:27amINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Throughout the years, overcrowding and traffic back-ups during summer weekends along Highway 28 around Sand Harbor State Park have become increasing safety concerns to pe...
Nevadans' income up 4.1 percent in 2011
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 9:23amNevadans' personal income rose an average of 4.1 percent in 2011.Nationally, personal income rose an average 5.1 percent in 2011 after rising 3.7 percent in 2010, according to estimates released We...
Police looking for Wells Fargo robber
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 9:18amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police are looking for a man who robbed the Wells Fargo bank inside Raley's near Stateline this morning.Dispatchers received a report of a robbery at the bank about 10 a....
Recent storms extend dirt road and trail closure two weeks
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 9:00amThe seasonal closure of dirt roads and trails to motor vehicles in the Eldorado National Forest has been extended for two weeks due to the recent storms and the weather forecast of intermittent sto...
Stranded man survives 10 days on snow; friend dies
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 8:49amRENO, Nev. (AP) - A 76-year-old Colorado man survived 10 days in the remote Nevada desert by melting snow and using skills he learned as a Boy Scout, but his travel partner has been found dead.Pers...
Opinion: Important to help animals in hard economic times
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 9:00am‘Veggie revolution’ may be digestable in super small doses
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 2:01amNorth Shore voters being asked to keep TOT rate in place
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 2:00am