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Public purchase of Tahoe City Golf Course seen as economic catalyst
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 6:00amThe Tahoe City Public Utility District's plan to add a downtown golf course to the public domain has moved closer to fruition, with half the purchase price assured by the Placer County Board of Supervisors.
The board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association's offer to contribute $2.6 million from the area's transient occupancy tax to the $5 million needed to acquire the property.
Public workshops to discuss water transit at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 5:51am
The idea of a coordinated public transit system that spans across Lake Tahoe has been talked about for years. Now it is becoming closer to reality.
The public is invited to workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 6-7, to discuss a North Shore to South Shore transit connection by Aquabus, a waterbourne public transit ferry service that could be implemented, possibly, by summer 2015.
Lake Tahoe Weather: Warm through Monday, snow Tuesday
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 5:27am
High pressure will continue to build over the region, with sunny skies and warm temperatures in the Lake Tahoe Basin today and Monday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. A strong cold front will move quickly across the region Tuesday, dropping temperatures up to 25 degrees compared to Monday. Winds will increase late Monday and Tuesday with gusts 40-55 mph in lower elevations, and ridge gusts in the Sierra exceeding 100 mph.
Opinion: War on drugs being fought on the wrong front
Submitted by admin on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 2:00amCalifornians may get opportunity to vote on death penalty
Submitted by admin on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 2:00amEl Dorado County supervisor wants to get rid of death penalty
Submitted by admin on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 2:00amLTVA’s No. 1 goal — bring in overnight guests to South Shore
Submitted by admin on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 1:59am3 men going to jail for selling wild deer meat in El Dorado County
Submitted by admin on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 4:25pmCourt Orders New Study of Boat Buoys on Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 10:02amOn Feb. 29 the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) acted illegally in not analyzing the boat pollution impacts for over one thousand illegal boat mooring buoys in the lake and that it must do so before it can approve other lake development.
The appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that found proposed amendments to the shoreline development plan were invalid. Under the new ruling, TRPA will retain discretion in how it will conduct a new study of the impacts of legalizing these buoys.
Vonn blasts her way to second in GS; Mancuso doesn’t finish
Submitted by admin on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 8:48amToccata season continues next month with 'Brrroque Masters'
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amThe Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus continues its seventh anniversary Winter MusicFest with the "Brrroque Masters" concert series March 8-16.The program features guest cellist Jeffrey Lastra...
Desert Brushes to meet Thursday
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amThe Carson Valley Desert Brushes will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Johnson Lane Firehouse, 1400 Stephanie Way in Minden.Instructions on making a flower pot soldier will be presented.Painters of ...
Republican candidates are in it for themselves
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amRepublican presidential contestants are singing the same old song. Four conservative white guys pandering to, playing to, an unrepresentative base of anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-immigration, anti...
Bicyclists should use the bike paths
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amI was interested to see the article on adjusting speed limits. It seems some cyclists are concerned about safety. The front-page photo in the article showed a cyclist riding on the roadway facing i...
TAHOE TODAY: Sometimes it snows in June
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amI will forever remember this saying "Sometimes It Snows In June." It wasn't long ago, maybe the 1980s, when we were living in Hawaii for a short period of time. I loved the Islands; however, Thanks...
OBITUARY: Walter R. Griffith
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amSeptember 29, 1958 - February 16, 2012Walter R. Griffith passed away in Yuba City, CA after a lengthy illness. He was called home to his Maker on February 16, 2012. He was 53 years old. Walter was ...
Night vision goggles light up the night
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amThe tail-end of this week's storms were whipping through the area, and CALSTAR 6 lead pilot Kris Hunt was guiding the helicopter over Kingsbury Grade. In the back of the chopper, flight nurses T...
Judge rules on TRPA shorezone lawsuit appeal
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amBoth the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and League to Save Lake Tahoe are celebrating a ruling in the shorezone lawsuit handed down Wednesday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.The lawsuit ov...
Prevent fires with proper fireplace ash disposal
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amImproper ash disposal is a common cause of structure as well as wildland fires. Whether fireplace or barbeque ashes, it is important to understand that embers in an insulating bed of ash can remain...
'Best in Basin' awarded for Tamarack Lodge design
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amCollaborative Design Studio Wins TRPA "2011 Best in Basin" Award for the Tamarack Lodge.Collaborative Design Studio, a Reno based architectural firm that began in Incline Village in 1976, was recen...
El Dorado County plans land-use meetings and online information to aid project planning
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amPlacerville - With several high-level planning projects on the horizon, El Dorado County has created a new webpage and scheduled a series of community meetings to gather public feedback. "Land use ...
Paranormal appearances expected in Genoa
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amGenoa Historic Ghost Tours & Thin Veil Investigators' present its first paranormal conference March 9-11.Genoa Paracon 2012 begins Friday, March 9 with sign-ins at the Genoa Town Hall followed by a...
Preservation foundation appoints new director
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amMountain Area Preservation Foundation announced Monday that Alexis Ollar has joined the organization as the new executive director.Ollar has nine years of experience with environmental non-profits,...
Tahoe Rim Trail training planned
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:00amJoin the Tahoe Rim Trail Association for several trail planning and leadership workshops May 18-20.* The seventh annual Trail Construction and Crew Leader Workshop is at Washoe County's Galena Cree...
K’s Kitchen: Frozen foods have history that dates to 1000 BC
Submitted by admin on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 2:01amOpinion: Pettiness and mudslinging bring down GOP candidates
Submitted by admin on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 2:00am2 Heavenly Ski Foundation athletes headed to Junior Worlds
Submitted by admin on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 2:00amHeavenly sued by second skier allegedly hit by employee while on the slopes
Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:47pmColumn: Why the rush to expand baseball playoffs?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:20pmBaseball has decided that expanding the postseason is such a good idea it's going to happen a year ahead of schedule.Why the rush?"Clubs really want it," commissioner Bud Selig said several week...
Nevada wins WAC with 65-61 win over New Mexico St.
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:18pmRENO, Nev. (AP) - Olek Czyz scored 15 points and Malik Story 14 as Nevada held off New Mexico State 65-61 Thursday night to clinch the Western Athletic Conference regular-season championship.Dario ...
MLB expands playoff format from 8 teams to 10
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:16pmNEW YORK (AP) - With less than a month to go before opening day, baseball at last decided who's in and who's out come October.Now, even a third-place team can win the World Series.Major League Base...
Manny quiet, Montero shaken up in spring opener
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:10pmPHOENIX (AP) - Manny Ramirez saw just three pitches and took two swings in his Oakland debut. He never got the ball out of the infield. Still, just being there seemed enough for now."I feel good," ...
Column: The real victim in the Ryan Braun saga
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:07pmOne thing that's always struck me about elite athletes is the great sense of entitlement many of them seem to have.Tiger Woods certainly had it while cavorting around the world and winning majors b...
Douglas County adult basketball standings
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:05pmWhen I first heard that Whittell was thinking considering switching classes from 2A to 1A, which will be called Division 1 next year, I looked at it as an excuse for lack of competitiveness in some...
