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Workshops to offer tips on BMPs
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:18pmThe 13th annual workshops for Erosion Control Best Management Practices in the Tahoe Basin will be held April 20 and 27 in Incline Village, Nev., and Stateline, Nev.Erosion control BMPS are designe...
Organizations benefit from Good Neighbor Donation Day
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:11pmTahoe Youth & Family Services and Christmas Cheer received more than $5,000 and a 12-foot trailer full of donations collected during Good Neighbor Donation Day on March 31.Good Neighbor Donation...
Biz briefs: April 7, 2012
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:09pmExhibitor deadline approaching for Truckee Donner business expoThe deadline to exhibit at the 20th Annual Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce Business Expo & Chamber Mixer is Tuesday.The event will ...
ACLU: Local police tracking cellphones without warrants
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:45pmHow women, girls are faring in education, jobs in Calif.
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 1:00pmSaturday marks fourth annual Memorial Celebration in Honor of Sgt. Timothy Smith
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 10:27am
The 4th annual Memorial Celebration in Honor of Sgt. Timothy Smith will be on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Sierra-at-Tahoe. This year the memorial gathering will also benefit Operation Rebound.
Utah officials think 2022 Olympics bid is longshot
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 10:02amSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah officials think a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics is a longshot but worth exploring, regardless.The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/HQ8qAa) a proposal submitted ...
Haase announces hiring of three assistant coaches
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 8:28amBIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Newly-appointed UAB men's basketball head coach Jerod Haase has announced the hiring of three new assistant coaches. Haase announced the additions of Robert Ehsan, Richie Riley ...
S. Tahoe fair participants don’t have to travel to Placerville
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 9:21amOBITUARY: Jim Cowan
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 7:55amHUSBAND, LOVER, FRIEND 1934 - 2011" Do all you can with what you have, for as long as you can, wherever you are." Love and Rememberance Live Forever, Fiona and KinjanaCopyright 2012 Tahoe Daily Tri...
OBITUARY: EDWARD WILLIAM RUNNE SR.
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amSeptember 23, 1922 - March 30, 2012Edward William Runne Sr., age 89, died peacefully in his sleep in Diamond Springs, CA on March 30, 2012 surrounded by his family after a brief fight with cance...
Meyers plan gets fresh look
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amHow to make Meyers a "recreational Mecca" is one part of discussions that kicked off at the South Shore this week.A meeting held at Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School Wednesday night...
TRPA to host workshops, public hearings
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amCARSON CITY, Nev. - Environmental regulators at Lake Tahoe are preparing to release draft proposals amending a regional plan that hasn't been updated in more than two decades - a delay that has cau...
Mac the Naw: Fishing season opens this month
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amHello fellow anglers, I want to ask each and everyone who reads this to do me a favor. For the last few weeks while driving around our local area I have noticed vehicles that have a brake light or ...
STHS golf finishes seventh at Fallon
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amFALLON, Nev. - The young South Tahoe golf team shot a 490 at Fallon on Tuesday, finishing seventh behind Fernley, which shot a 461, and a fifth-place Fallon, which shot a 461. The Vikings were able...
As the Bull Wheel Turns: Gunbarrel 25 this Saturday at Heavenly
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amGlen Plake and the Gunbarrel 25 return to the slopes of Heavenly this Saturday as part of Heavenly's Spring Loaded promotion. The Gunbarrel 25 is a marathon 25-lap event for the average Joe down th...
South Tahoe track battles weather
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amWith the girls' 3200-meter race in progress, the storm everyone was expecting finally arrived in Reno on Saturday during the Reed Sparks Rotary Invitational. The men's 4x400 meter team was warmi...
Local drummer stirring up a beat in national competition
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amIt would be silly to say Liz Broscoe steps to the beat of a different drum. In reality, she steps to the beat of a lot of different drums.
The lifelong percussionist and South Lake Tahoe resident has been practicing rhythms for more than 30 years. She's practiced on a variety of types of the instrument, developed her own show, and even created a children's book about drumming.
Letter to the Editor: Planning agency's program is too complicated to be useful
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amThe waterfront application produced by our planning agency requires that you finish the design before you can apply the rules that govern it, which to me is like saying, "go dig a hole and when you...
Letter to the Editor: Murder suspect's arrest dredges up memories
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amIt is very difficult to celebrate the capture of the ruthless killer of Richard Swanson with the loss of a fine, intelligent, ambitious and good-looking young man whose future was cut short.It was ...
Rice fine with being the underdog at ACC
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 5:00amDuring press call on Wednesday, former "Seinfeld" actor John O'Hurley was asked who he though would finish atop the leader board at this year's American Century Championship, which will be played a...
Remember — your brain needs to continually be stimulated
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:01amTourism officials urge changes to lure more visitors to U.S.
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:00amOpinion: Lake Tahoe’s future depends on Regional Plan update
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:00amMeyers restarts process to be a more livable community
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 1:59amZephyr Cove businessman indicted on federal drug charges
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 9:02pmRice fine with being the underdog at ACC
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 6:46pmDuring press call on Wednesday, former "Seinfeld" actor John O'Hurley was asked who he though would finish atop the leader board at this year's American Century Championship, which will be played a...
South Shore's filmmakers hard at work
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 5:53pmThese days, with GoPro cameras, cheap laptops, and YouTube, almost anyone can be a filmmaker. But to produce a high-quality film worth worldwide attention, it takes a lot of work.Three filmmaker...
South Lake Tahoe man indicted for plane full of pot in Neb.
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 5:24pmOMAHA, Neb. - A California man accused of landing a plane loaded with 175 pounds of pot in Nebraska has been indicted on federal drug charges.The U.S. attorney's office in Omaha says 29-year-old Ju...
Man arrested on suspicion of fraud
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 5:02pmAbout 3:45 a.m.. on Saturday, Douglas County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man on suspicion of fraud for allegedly attempting to pass a fake $100 bill at a cashier's cage at MontBleu Resort Casino ...
Man arrested after reportedly discharging fire extinguisher at Harrah's
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 4:59pmDouglas County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 26-year-old South Lake Tahoe man on suspicion of breaching the peace, vandalism and trespassing after security personnel reported he discharged a fire e...
Man arrested after allegedly stabbing fellow party-goer
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 4:56pmA 20-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon March 28 after allegedly stabbing a fellow party-goer in the hand with a knife.The man got into an argum...
Man arrested for allegedly failing to register as a sex offender
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 4:46pmEl Dorado County Sheriff's Deputy arrested a 49-year-old man on suspicion of failing to register as a sex offender early Wednesday morning after he was reportedly banging on a door at Camp Richards...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Easter picnic with chicken, eggs and carrot muffins
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 12:12pmFood and pets are good for you. This week during Easter break I get it. There is a common thread between what we eat and our four-leggers. They are constant. We have control on what we feed ours...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Easter picnic with chicken, eggs and carrot muffins
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 12:12pmFood and pets are good for you. This week during Easter break I get it. There is a common thread between what we eat and our four-leggers. They are constant. We have control on what we feed ours...
Ozomatli's sax player selects the right course, makes it back to Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 12:06pmOzomatli's sound is all over the map, and fortunately for Tahoe, the band's GPS often points to Tahoe. The seven-piece group has played both major North Shore casinos, along with MontBleu and, t...
Long live the queen
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 12:02pmJulia Roberts submits to middle-age, portraying an aging queen determined to hang on to her beauty as a means to power. To ensure her rivals and "crinkles" both remain at bay, her highness order...
Mats effective in killing invasive clams on East Coast
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 1:00pmBurning Howie Nave's candles at both ends
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 11:58amI couldn't have asked for a better birthday present than having Rocky LaPorte and Ron Morey on the same bill this week. Both of these guys are hilarious and very improvisational. Rocky is one of...
Karl Denson and Anders Osborne perform Rolling Stones' album 'Sticky Fingers' at Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 11:52am"Wild Horses" couldn't drag Karl Denson and Anders Osborne away for long.The saxophone player and rock guitarist from February's four-night Snowlive in the Crystal Bay Casino will be together ag...
Sirota: Where we're going, we don't need roads
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 10:21amInterstate 70 in Colorado, one of the nation's best-known arteries, is the latest thoroughfare to incite an archetypal fight. Running at capacity as it cuts through Denver, this gateway to the Rock...
