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3 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...
Douglas County adult basketball standings
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:04pmTEAMSWINLOSESteamers81KD Builders54Conant Tile & Stone63Sports L.T.D.45Awesome TOSM45"Any Given Monday"09Game Results from 2/27/12Awesome TOSM 75, KD Builders 52 Conant Stone & Tile 60, SCopyright ...
South Tahoe girls' skiing slalom champions, second in state
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:01pmALPINE MEADOWS, Calif. - South Tahoe girls' skiing was the only team to impede North Tahoe's sweep of the Tahoe Basin Ski League state championships on Monday and Tuesday. They were able to capture...
El Dorado County asking for input on land use planning
Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:00pmKyle Smain takes first in men's ski at Banzai series
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 3:58pmALPINE MEADOWS, Calif. - In the past two and a half weeks, Daron Rahlves has gone from apprehensive event organizer to emboldened promoter of his second annual Rahlves Banzai Tour."That was awesome...
Heavenly skier named to U.S. development team
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 3:56pmHeavenly athlete Anna Park finished 33rd and 11th at Killington, Vt. at the last NorAm competition. Park finished seventh on the NorAm Tour and was named to the U.S. development team. The 14-year-o...
Heavenly Foundation athletes Anna Park and Whitney Gardner to represent Lake Tahoe in Italy
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 3:51pm
The Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation is proud to announce that two of our Foundation athletes have received invitations to attend the Junior Worlds to be held in Valmalenco, Italy March 20-24, 2012.
Skier, 29, who died after Sierra avalanche identified as Tahoe local
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 11:32amOLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. - A 29-year-old man who died Thursday after being seriously injured in a backcountry avalanche near Lake Tahoe has been identified as Benjamin Brackett of Olympic Valley.Brac...
Lake Tahoe's clarity improves over last year
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 11:11amLake Tahoe's clarity improved in 2011, but its famed waters are far from historic values and goals set forth by federal and state regulators, according to a Wednesday report from the UC Davis Ta...
Development company out of bankruptcy
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 11:08amLake Tahoe Development Company, part owner of the "The Hole," the stalled convention center project at Stateline, is out of bankruptcy court as of Wednesday, according to LTDC attorney Dan Egan. Th...
