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KUDOS & KINDNESS: Thanks for help with Homecoming float

On behalf of the Freshman Float Committee at South Lake Tahoe High School, we would like to express our thanks to the generous folks who contributed to this year's successful Homecoming Float.Blue ...

"One For the Road' premieres this weekend

Premier multimedia action sports brand Teton Gravity Research announces two Tahoe presentations of its new HD ski film, "One For The Road."The movie will premiere at Alpine Meadows main lodge at...

"One For the Road' premieres this weekend

Premier multimedia action sports brand Teton Gravity Research announces two Tahoe presentations of its new HD ski film, "One For The Road."The movie will premiere at Alpine Meadows main lodge at...

Trade canned goods for free entry at Friday's STHS football, volleyball road games

Dayton High School will host a canned food drive in an effort to help out the community's food bank at Friday's South Tahoe vs. Dayton football and volleyball games.For every can people bring, it i...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Question about traffic construction projects

I live in a small town for a reason: I hate city traffic and commuting. What used to take five minutes to get around is now taking anywhere from 20 minutes to 45 minutes. There is traffic on Highwa...

What's cookin' at Callie's Cabin?: Cozy up to fall stir-fry pasta

Welcome to the world of pasta - the ultimate comfort food. It is versatile, healthy and easy to whip up. While sauces like pesto and marinara have their pros and cons, turning to a sauce-less pa...

What's cookin' at Callie's Cabin?: Cozy up to fall stir-fry pasta

Welcome to the world of pasta - the ultimate comfort food. It is versatile, healthy and easy to whip up. While sauces like pesto and marinara have their pros and cons, turning to a sauce-less pa...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Indolent driver shatters the heart of a neighborhood

A tragic incident occurred at Cayuga Circle on Sept. 13 at about 7:45 a.m. I was getting ready for work, taking things to my car while my beloved dog, Cooper, was lying on the street as he did many...

Stateline woman wins trip to this year's Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

Beth Peterson of Stateline has won a trip to the 40th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Oct. 5-8.Peterson's name was drawn from over 12,000 sweepstakes entries.Peterson will be a return visi...

Foundation offers community grants

The Incline Village-based Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation continues with its 15th anniversary celebration by announcing Celebrate Community Grants. This grant program will help Tahoe's non-profi...

SIROTA: Two heads of one political monster

By now, probably everyone reading this is already sick of America's quadrennial political spectacle - the one in which politicians and media outlets ask us to believe that there remain vast differe...

Locals participate in National Boys & Girls Club Day for Kids

Members of the Boys & Girls Club joined thousands of club members across the country in celebration of the National Boys & Girls Club Day for Kids on Friday, Sept. 16.Each year clubs designate a...

Indolent driver shatters the heart of a neighborhood

A tragic incident occurred at Cayuga Circle on Sept. 13 at about 7:45 a.m. I was getting ready for work, taking things to my car while my beloved dog, Cooper, was lying on the street as he did many...

Question about traffic construction projects

I live in a small town for a reason: I hate city traffic and commuting. What used to take five minutes to get around is now taking anywhere from 20 minutes to 45 minutes. There is traffic on Highwa...

Two heads of one political monster

By now, probably everyone reading this is already sick of America's quadrennial political spectacle - the one in which politicians and media outlets ask us to believe that there remain vast differe...

Gas leak at lower Kingsbury Grade prompts 'small area' evacuation

A natural gas leak, reported at around 8:50 this morning, has prompted the evacuation of a small area around the 200 block of S.R. 207 Kingsbury Grade, according to Tahoe Douglas Fire Chief Ben Sharit. The initial report came in from the contracting firm Peak Construction. It was reported as a 2-inch gas line leak. The leak was secured quickly by crews and Southwest Gas has arrived, Sharit said. The evacuation area are buildings at 290 Kingsbury Grade near the 7-Eleven.

South Tahoe Greenway moves forward

South Lake Tahoe residents are one big step closer to having their own multi-use trail that will connect major points through town."It feels really good to get to the milestone where most of the...

South Tahoe Greenway moves forward

South Lake Tahoe residents are one big step closer to having their own multi-use trail that will connect major points through town."It feels really good to get to the milestone where most of the...

New Book Chronicles Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe

A new book, " Fairest Picture – Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe," by David C. Antonucci describes Mark Twain’s experiences and travels at Lake Tahoe. Fairest Picture is the first and only book to describe Lake Tahoe as it was in Mark Twain’s time and reveal in detail the locations where he traveled, camped and stayed at luxury hotels.

Legendary Bob Margolin hooks up with Reno's Jason King Band

The instructions were simple, inspirational and scary as hell."Steady Rollin'" Bob Margolin, who has performed with every blues star during the last four decades, including Muddy Waters for seve...

Grant allows more lead to be stripped from S. Tahoe homes

South Tahoe was one of five communities this month to be awarded money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The others are San ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../grant-allows-more-lead...

Dugard files complaint against federal government

Dugard was kidnapped in 1991 from her South Lake Tahoe street when she was 11 years old. She was then held captive and repeatedly abused at the Antioch home of Phillip and Nancy Garrido. Dugard had tw...

Taylor Creek spill almost completely cleaned up

Used oil is what was dumped into Taylor Creek, according to water samples taken from the South Shore tributary that leads to Lake Tahoe. The contamination has been isolated and almost fully contained....

Miss Chinese competition comes to Tahoe and Reno

23-30 event will take place in Lake Tahoe and Reno. The contest moves around the world each year, last year taking place in Australia. This is the first time the pageant has been in the United States....

Bike event is all about kids

Nevada State Parks in cooperation with the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park Backcounrty Patrol, the Reno Wheelmen, and the Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association will host young riders, ages 6 to 16, for ...

Flu shots available on South Shore

Flu and pneumonia vaccinations will be available at South Tahoe Middle School multipurpose room on Oct. 12 from 3-7pm; and at the Stateline Medical Center ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../flu-shots-availa...

Small group owns 40% of Incline's lakefront property

Billionaires and millionaires have flocked to Lake Tahoe to build estates for decades. But the recession has presented additional opportunities for those who ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../small-group-o...

Tahoe City's Fanny Bridge in need of rehab

After 83 years of service, Tahoe City's landmark – but crumbling – Fanny Bridge may soon be relieved of major duty. Transportation officials have drawn up ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-citys-...

Tribune Sports Talk

Joe Proudman and Tim Parsons talk South Lake football as the Vikings travel to Dayton and Whittell faces Yerington at Home. --Tribune Sports TalkSeptember, 22 2011 4:51 pm MST...

Tourism focus groups know little about Nevada

Another mapmaker locatedVegasBeautiful Tahoe Winnemucca Wendover and Area 51 in approximately the right locations labeling the rest of the state asnothing ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tourism-focus-gr...

The Standards - A Cappella Quintet

Event Date: 
October 7, 2011 - 7:00pm

TAHOE ARTS PROJECT kicks off their 25th season with the a cappella quintet THE STANDARDS. The human voice, that’s how it all started for five brothers who shared a passion for music. Singing together at an early age, they began the makings of this one of a kind vocal group, forging a relationship beyond brotherhood and taking harmony to perfection. Hailed as one of the most sought after harmony vocal groups of today, The Standards have enjoyed success worldwide for their unique approach to vocal entertainment. Their shows offer more than just a typical music concert.

Location

MontBleu Theater
Stateline, NV
United States
38° 57' 44.6688" N, 119° 56' 23.6508" W

Fuels reduction project impacts East Shore beach parking

By Lisa Herron
The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin fuels reduction and forest health thinning work near two East Shore beaches the week of Sept. 26, 2011. The project areas are located on National Forest System lands on approximately 15 acres near the Chimney Beach parking lot and 18 acres near Secret Harbor Beach on the Lake Tahoe’s East Shore.

Motor oil identified in Taylor Creek spill

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Motor oil appears to be the substance that was dumped in Taylor Creek this weekend, according to Scott Ferguson, the chief of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control ...

Jaycee Dugard Sues Feds Over Handling of Abductor

Kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard has filed a claim against the U.S. government over failings by federal parole agents to detect her presence in the home of sex offender Phillip Garrido from 1991 through 1999, according to her publicist. Go here for the Sacramento Bee story.

Jaycee Dugard sues feds over handling of abductor

SAN FRANCISCO-Jaycee Dugard is suing the federal government for failing to monitor the convicted sex offender who kidnapped her and held her captive for 18 years.The complaint filed in U.S. Distric...

OBITUARY - John E. Peery III - 6/22/58 - 8/31/11

John attended George Whitell High School,excelling in all sports. He graduated in 1977. After graduating from high school he moved to Santa Barbaraand established a successful electrical contrac...

OBITUARY - John E. Peery III - 6/22/58 - 8/31/11

John attended George Whitell High School,excelling in all sports. He graduated in 1977. After graduating from high school he moved to Santa Barbaraand established a successful electrical contrac...

Nevada cellphone warnings begin Oct. 1

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - While the Nevada bill outlawing texting and talking on non-hands-free cellphones while driving officially becomes law in January, regional law enforcement plans to be active...

Experts: Pilot likely unconscious in Reno crash

RENO - The veteran aviator whose plane slammed into a crowd of Nevada air race spectators at 400 mph had no chance to save his ill-fated flight after likely losing consciousness from acceleratio...

Gardnerville air race crash victim's son back in school

MINDEN, Nev. - Gardnerville contractor John Craik was one of a group of a half dozen people who were attending the National Air Races together on Sept. 16.His 12-year-old son Ethan was standing nex...

County approves new dog breeding rules

MINDEN, Nev. - Douglas County commissioners approved the first reading of an ordinance that implements the state's new puppy mill law.The bill was approved in the last Legislative session and targe...

Ziggy Marley carries the torch

Q Where you living now, Ziggy?A California, Florida, Jamaica - mostly California. (Where I) make music with different people with different experiences in life, which I like. No one thing is a p...

Wolfgang Gartner rocks the electro house

It is great to see new scenes populating our backyard. In this case, it happens to be the electro music scene, bringing one of the biggest DJs and producers in electro house, Wolfgang Gartner. A...

A driving force

Once in a while, a spectacular piece of movie-making reminds us that films are capable of telling stories in a unique way. "Drive," a 100-minute film that easily navigates a broad range of emoti...

Hick rock Americana comes in from heat

Country rock is a pretty broad musical description so Reckless Kelly's frontman explained his band's sound. "We've always called it roots rock or hick rock Americana," Willy Braun said. "It'--Hi...

On deck: Halford bats cleanup in the Crystal Bay Club's Red Room

Jeffrey Halford is the master of storytelling in songs. George Thorogood is a loquacious teller of stories. So it's no surprise their recent show together started a little bit late."He wouldn't ...

Dogs get their own special day on the Tahoe Rim Trail

"Who Let the Dogs Out" is an unforgettable song, even if you want to forget it.An event with the same name and offered by the Tahoe Rim Trail Association will prove to be an unforgettable experi...

Living to tell about it, outdoor writer back at Mark Twain Center

A longtime outdoor reporter and award-winning book author, Paul McHugh always carries with him a notepad, upon which he came up with a mantra: "Don't be too careful or someday you might wind up ...

East Coast flavor this week at Harveys Improv

Nick Griffin's back and not a moment too soon. The star at the Tahoe Improv through Sunday, Sept. 25, just finished doing his seventh "Letterman" appearance in addition to appearances on "Conan ...

CTC acquires land it wants to eventually swap with S. Tahoe

A long dormant piece of land between Fantasy Inn and IHOP in South Lake Tahoe may have a chance of being developed even though the California Tahoe Conservancy now owns it. This is one of three parcel...

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