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Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 8:30pmAmerican Legion St. Paddy's Day Dinner
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:08pm
Come to the American Legion Post #795 for the annual St. Paddy's Day Dinner on this Saturday, March 17, from 5 pm to 7 pm. Cost is $8 for dinner of corned beef cabbage with all the trimmings. No-host bar and music by the Cash Only Band will be on hand for a great evening - this is a locals favorite tradition. See you there!
SIROTA: The layer ploy
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 4:50pmOf all the political tactics used to protect business interests, none is as powerful as the layer ploy - the one in which an ugly corporate giveaway is hidden one layer beneath something popular. I...
Feds settle with PG&E over 2004 forest fires
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 4:21pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's largest utility and two tree-trimming subcontractors have agreed to pay nearly $30 million to settle federal lawsuits over the cause of wildfires in two national f...
Douglas deputies to be out in force on St. Patty’s Day
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:00pmPowder arrives for Kirkwood's Freeride Flow Festival
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 3:59pmAs it turns out, the timing just might be perfect for the Freeride Flow Festival at Kirkwood Mountain Resort.A week of heavy snowfall was forecast before the March 16-18 event, which will featur...
Generations of Japanese Americans were scarred by WWII internments
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 3:15pmCelebrate St. Patrick’s Day Safely This Year and Every Year
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 12:11pmEverybody may be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day but nobody should drive drunk after celebrating Ireland’s patron saint this Saturday, March 17, 2012. The Avoid the 6 El Dorado County DUI Campaign will be deploying additional officers on overtime this weekend, supporting routine traffic and patrol officers and focusing on drinking driver hotspots. Police, sheriff and CHP officers will have a “zero tolerance” response toward impaired drivers who fail to use a designated sober driver.
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency updates regional plan schedule
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 12:01pmThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is updating the schedule for the release of the Regional Plan draft documents for late April, according to TRPA officials, and remains committed to completing the updated Regional Plan by December 2012 as scheduled.
LIVE: Tribune Sports Talk
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 10:25amJoe Proudman and Tim Parsons talk South Shore and national sports today. The two will be joined by Josh Sweigert, who is going to talk about the San Francisco 49ers offseason moves. Be sure to c...
Drive-By Truckers pull over at Harrah's Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 10:03amTwo of the most storied musical towns south of Memphis and Nashville are Muscle Shoals, Ala., and Athens, Ga. Those are the hometowns of the founders of perhaps today's hottest alt country band ...
Hard Rock Tahoe bands a clash in styles, London calling the winner
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 9:57amNo one ever said rock was easy.The Hard Rock Cafe Lake Tahoe is the qualifying site of one of 86 in a worldwide Battle of the Bands.The last of three opening rounds begins at 9 p.m. Thursday, Ma...
Giving new life to early science fiction
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 9:47amOriginally titled "The Princess of Mars," and serialized in a pulp fiction magazine 100 years ago, this Edgar Rice Burroughs saga blends the western genre, science fiction and a sandals-and-toga...
Have a double St. Paddy's week with the Flynns
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 9:43amThis week it's all about being green. You can interpret that to mean being of Irish descent and St. Paddy's Day and all things green that come with it - although I still don't get the whole gree...
OBITUARY: Daniel Kuhner
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 9:04amThere will be a memorial service for Daniel Kuhner on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 4pm at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1151 Kimmerling Rd, Gardnerville.Copyright 2012 Tahoe Daily Tribune...
Prescribed fire operations resume today in Angora fire area
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 8:48amU.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations in the Angora fire area near Mule Deer Circle today. Crews will be burning piles of logs left from the mechanical...
Minden glider pilot honored for record flight
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 8:06amRecord-breaking Minden glider pilot Gordon Boettger traded in his flight suit for a tuxedo this week as he was recognized by the National Aeronautic Association in Washington D.C.On Tuesday, he att...
OBITUARY: John Palmiro Cattoni
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:00amOctober 22, 1923 - February 18, 2012John was born in Pocatello, Idaho. What an incredible story he had ... his family moved back to Italy when John was one year old and there they remained until...
Opinion: Democrats nowhere to be found to help California
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 2:00amTAP — 25 years of bringing performing arts to students
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 1:59amFourth Annual Memorial Celebration in Honor of Sgt. Timothy Smith set for April 7
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 8:36pm
The 4th Annual Memorial Celebration in Honor of Sgt. Timothy Smith will be on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Sierra-at-Tahoe. This year we will also benefit Operation Rebound. Celebration of Life Pot Luck after Skiing at the American Legion Post 795 beginning at 4 pm.
Grand Opening eFit & Sports for Kids and Families
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 3:34pm
Come to the Grand Opening of eFit & Sports Friday - Sunday, March 16 - 18, all day. ENTER TO WIN A BIKE and a 1-YR MEMBERSHIP! Plus the first 25 Members to join receive 50% OFF! For more information visit our website or call (775)589-2260.
Best of Lake Tahoe snowsports season coming up now; storms line up for weekend skiing
Submitted by Sam Bauman on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 3:04pm
OK, so it hasn't been the best snowsport season so far, but hold on, more snow is coming with storms over this weekend and we'll be able to ski off-piste without worrying about slightly hidden rock and logs. And on top of that, it's spring skiing, always the best of the year. Forget those crowds of December and January, don't recall those icy January days when the wind howled. It's spring skiing, lightly clad with plenty of sun for sitting on the lodge deck.
State Approves Funding for El Dorado County First Time Homebuyers
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 2:00pmWith mortgage interest rates below five percent and housing prices at record lows, local first time house hunters with modest family incomes may benefit from El Dorado County’s First Time Homebuyer Loan Program.
Brunning, Otomo, Taylor are bowlers of the week
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:21amOur top two men's bowlers of the week are Sonney Brunning and Tom Otomo. Brunning bowls in the His and Hers league on the Cassidy Coatings team and maintains a 166 average. Brunning connected for h...
Still time to register for Douglas County volleyball
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:20amThe Douglas County Parks and Recreation Department will continue taking registration for the Youth and Teen Volleyball League. Last day to register is Friday. The cost is $75 and includes all equip...
Two decades since state title run
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:14amIt's been 20 years since the 1992 South Tahoe basketball team won state. The actual anniversary is March 6. Two decades ago, a then-budding sports reporter named Tim Parsons (who is now the edit...
Local teams have mixed results at tourney
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:10amWhittell baseballWhen Whittell hit the road for Rite of Passage this weekend, the bus must have felt a little light. The Warriors traveled with just enough players to man each position, and still m...
NCAA tourney guide
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:02amButler and Virginia Commonwealth defied the odds with Hoosiers-like runs to the Final Four last season, leaving a trail of ripped up NCAA tournament brackets across the country.The Rams will get...
Fishing Report For March 14-21
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 10:56am
Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and portions of Southern Oregon.
Demographer: Douglas posts slight population increase
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 10:32amMINDEN, Nev. - Douglas County posted a slight increase in population over the 2010 census, according to figures released Monday by the Nevada State Demographer's Office.The county's population was ...
