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RAOK: A little fuel to be able to keep stacking

Random Acts of Kindness is Lake Tahoe News' way to fire up that spirit of kindness that so often seems to be missing. Acts of kindness are just that — an act of kindness. It doesn't have to be...

Gaming win up in Nevada, down at Stateline

Despite a drop in Stateline casino gaming revenue in November, the state posted gains. Throughout Nevada revenues jumped 7 percent from November 2010 to November 2011. Casinos brought in $880 million....

Fitness center designed to get brides in shape

By John Seelmeyer, Northern Nevada Business Weekly. Nobody on the face of the earth, says Camie Cragg, is as interested in looking good as a bride whose wedding day is just a couple of months off. And...

Snippets about Lake Tahoe

Five time Winter X Games medalist Jaime Anderson is providing sponsorships for South Tahoe Middle School students Rosa Rosas and Jesus Vazquez-Macias to ski at her hometown resort Sierra-at-Tahoe. • R...

A need for care: How one family opened its home to South Lake Tahoe foster children

Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part series on foster parenting in South Lake Tahoe. The final story in the series will be published Jan. 13.SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - April Herrera has ...

New art exhibits open at college

Opening Thursday at Lake Tahoe Community College's Haldan Art Gallery will be a showcase of contemporary printmaking by a group of San Francisco Bay Area artists. A reception is scheduled for Thurs...

New art exhibits open at college

Opening Thursday at Lake Tahoe Community College's Haldan Art Gallery will be a showcase of contemporary printmaking by a group of San Francisco Bay Area artists. A reception is scheduled for Thurs...

MICHELLE MALKIN: Romney and McCain: the GOP Frenemies Club

Michael Corleone said to "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." But what, pray tell, do we do with our frenemies? This is the awful election-year quandary of movement conservatives....

MICHELLE MALKIN: Romney and McCain: the GOP Frenemies Club

Michael Corleone said to "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." But what, pray tell, do we do with our frenemies? This is the awful election-year quandary of movement conservatives....

USOC to resume talks with IOC; 2022 bid on hold

LONDON (AP) - U.S. Olympic Committee leaders will resume negotiations with the IOC this week about the revenue-sharing dispute that's been blocking potential American bids for the games, including ...

USOC to resume talks with IOC; 2022 bid on hold

LONDON (AP) - U.S. Olympic Committee leaders will resume negotiations with the IOC this week about the revenue-sharing dispute that's been blocking potential American bids for the games, including ...

Orphaned bear cubs returned to Calif. mountains

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Two orphaned bear cubs have been released in the California mountains nearly five months after a poacher killed their mother.Campers found the two California black bear cubs i...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: How about a compromise on special events?

Let's compromise by getting a reasonable sound ordinance in place for future festivals such as SnowGlobe.The sub-woofer power is the real culprit that must be controlled. Volume can be modified wit...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: How about a compromise on special events?

Let's compromise by getting a reasonable sound ordinance in place for future festivals such as SnowGlobe.The sub-woofer power is the real culprit that must be controlled. Volume can be modified wit...

Report: Dry first half not good news for wet winter

Chances for even average winter precipitation are slipping away as each day of January passes without any moisture.In a report issued Monday by the National Weather and Natural Resources Conservati...

Weekend antiques show in Minden

The biannual Antiques Show & Sale with appraisal clinic is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Carson Valley Inn in Minden. The show is in the ballroom on the lower level. Access is avai...

Avoid falling victim to the diabetes epidemic

The numbers are nuts: More than 25 million people in the United States have diabetes, and that's almost 10 percent of the population.Here's what's even crazier: Making just one key lifestyle change...

Lodging association to discuss holiday events

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The January meeting of the South Lake Tahoe Lodging Association begins at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Forest Suites Resort at 1 Lake Parkway.The featured presentation is by Sou...

TahoeChamber seeks input onSnowGlobe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce has posted a link to a survey on its home page at www.tahoechamber.org regarding business conditions during Christmas, New ...

TahoeChamber seeks input onSnowGlobe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce has posted a link to a survey on its home page at www.tahoechamber.org regarding business conditions during Christmas, New ...

Measure R committee applicants sought

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority is seeking applicants to the Bicycle Trail and Fields Advisory Committees required by the recently appro...

South Lake Tahoe Women's Center to change its name

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After 35 years of doing business as the South Lake Tahoe Women's Center, the agency is changing its name.The new name will be announced at a launch party from 5:30-7:30 p...

Potluck and identity theft program at senior center

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The community is invited to a potluck with entertainment on Friday at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd. The potluck begins at 5:30 p.m. with a pro...

Clicker training for animals, humans

From Harvard Professor B.F. Skinner's accidental pigeon experiment grew a still-evolving training method that has proven effective for multiple species, as well as human athletes, students and disa...

Tahoe Fund Recruiting Founding CEO

The non-profit Tahoe Fund has engaged Olive Grove Consulting of Belmont, CA to conduct a search for the Fund’s founding Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Over the next 10 years the CEO will be responsible for raising and distributing $50 million to restore and enhance the Lake, including work on bike trails, restoration projects, interpretive programs, public parks and related projects. Founded in 2010, Tahoe Fund raises private money to supplement the limited public funding available for such efforts.

OBITUARY: John F. Burruel

JUNE 27, 1944 - JANUARY 7, 2012JOHN F. BURRUEL, a beloved husband, father, and papa passed away January 7, 2012. John was born on June 27, 1944 in Los AngelCopyright 2012 Tahoe Daily Tribun...

Two bodies found in frigid Carson River

CARSON CITY, Nev. - The bodies of a man and woman believed to be a middle-aged Carson couple - possibly homeless - were found Tuesday in the Carson River by a passing hiker.Sheriff Ken Furlong said...

Back into the swing

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - In Kelly Alvarez's Street Jazz dance class at Lake Tahoe Community College, there's no reason to be shy."We're all in this together," Alvarez told her class Monday nig...

Made in Tahoe: Don the Baker dishes up shtick with his sweets

In this life, Don Ewing is a baker. In a previous life, he probably had his own TV show based on his life as a comedian who does shtick based on flour, yeast and water.
While South Shore is lucky to have Howie Nave as the emcee of all things standup comedy, Ewing, known around town as "Don the Baker," knows he can't compete on the same stage.
"I'm not really not funny," he says. "I'm not rich, either. I'm a baker's man who kneads dough."

Opinion: Good riddance to ethanol subsidy

Publisher's note: This editorial is from the Jan. 2, 2012, San Francisco Chronicle. Call it a holiday miracle. For decades, conservative critics have assailed federal ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../...

Canadian freestyle skier seriously hurt on superpipe

By Sheena McFarland and Michael C. Lewis, Salt Lake Tribune. A pioneer in women's freestyle skiing has been seriously injured in Park City. Sarah Burke, a ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../canadian-fre...

Ringo Starr's photographer releases book, to preform in Tahoe ...

Posted by admin in Grab Bag on January 6th, 2012 | no responses. Rob Shanahan, Ringo Starr's personal photographer and an acclaimed music photographer, ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../ringo-starrs-ph...

No snow = no classes for some students

Lack of snow is delaying the learning process for some students in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The snowshoe trek at Heavenly that is led by the U.S. Forest Service ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../no-snow-no-cl...

Snippets about Lake Tahoe

Five time Winter X Games medalist Jaime Anderson is providing sponsorships for South Tahoe Middle School students Rosa Rosas and Jesus Vazquez-Macias ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../snippets-about-lake-t...

Youth hockey players to take over S. Tahoe arena for 4 days

The South Tahoe Amateur Hockey Association is in full swing ready to host the 7th annual Lake Tahoe Invitational Hockey Tournament. This youth hockey ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../youth-hockey-players-...

SnowGlobe angst, praise keep reverberating in S. Tahoe

Balancing the needs of the environment, the economy and the residents was the overriding message delivered by seven people who spoke at the Lake Tahoe ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../snowglobe-angst-prai...

Law enforcement allocating more resources to Incline

Posted by admin in Grab Bag on January 10th, 2012 | no responses. The Washoe County Sheriff's Office and the Nevada Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol will be increasing law enforcement pr...

Canadian freestyle skier seriously hurt on superpipe

By Sheena McFarland and Michael C. Lewis, Salt Lake Tribune. A pioneer in women's freestyle skiing has been seriously injured in Park City. Sarah Burke, a Canadian freestyle skier who's a four...

No snow = no classes for some students

Lack of snow is delaying the learning process for some students in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The snowshoe trek at Heavenly that is led by the U.S. Forest Service for Lake Tahoe Unified students has been p...

SnowGlobe angst, praise keep reverberating in S. Tahoe

Balancing the needs of the environment, the economy and the residents was the overriding message delivered by seven people who spoke at the Lake Tahoe Community College board meeting Tuesday night abo...

Half-Pipe Veteran Skier Sarah Burke Seriously Injured in Park City Crash

Veteran halfpipe skier Sarah Burke sustained a serious head injury in a crash at Park City Mountain Resort Tuesday afternoon and was airlifted by helicopter to University Hospital in Salt Lake City, Powder Magazine reports.

Amodei Says He Rejects Congressional Earmarks

CARSON CITY — Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., said today he opposes the earmark process used to fund various projects around the country, advocating instead that state priorities for federal support go through a regular budget review.
“The problem with earmarks, when you look at them, it’s symbolic largely, because it’s not that it’s a huge part of the federal budget,” he said. “But a lot of them appear at the end with absolutely no hearings and they are in bills.

Manzarek says finding new Doors song like 'buried treasure'

The Doors have a new single. A producer discovered the song as he was preparing a 40th anniversary re-issue of “L.A. Woman,” the rock band's sixth and final album recorded while singer Jim Morrison was alive. “It was like a buried treasure,” said keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who performs at Harrah's Lake Tahoe Saturday.

Workshops to be taught by organic farming expert

Organic farming expert Eliot Coleman is coming to Northern Nevada. Coleman, a bestselling author, researcher and farmer, is putting on a two-day workshop ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../workshops-to-be-t...

Lack of snow not a total loss for outdoor enthusiasts in Tahoe

He hits the few open slopes early in the morning at the Tahoe resort to take advantage of the best ski conditions. Then, on Thursday, he put on shorts, boots and ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../lack-of-s...

South Lake Tahoe's newest resident born New Year's Day

Apparently Laird Lopaka McDaniel doesn't like to wait and likes to do things his own way. The newest South Lake Tahoe resident was born New Year's Day at ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-tah...

Kate McGee joins KUNR as Northern Nevada radio broadcast journalist

RENO, Nev. – Kate McGee has joined 88.7 FM KUNR – Reno Public Radio – as a broadcast journalist, coming to northern Nevada from the East Coast. She recently graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx, N.Y., with a dual bachelor's degree in American studies and history. She started her public radio career at Fordham’s WFUV Radio as a reporter, anchor and producer, where she covered everything from Mayor Mike Bloomberg to stickball tournaments.

Hangar construction completed at Lake Tahoe Airport

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Mountain West Aviation announced the completion of a new executive hangar at Lake Tahoe Airport this week.Completion of the hangar is the "most significant private inv...

Barton continues Home Health and Hospice services at Lake Tahoe

Barton Health continues to provide quality home health and hospice services at Lake Tahoe. Earlier this year, Barton closed their Carson City and Carson Valley operations of Home Health & Hospice. Barton Health has provided home health and hospice services to the Carson Valley and its surrounding areas since 1987, but with declining reimbursements and increasing regulations on home health and hospice services it has become cost-prohibitive to cover such a large area.

Aspen restoration begins near Pope and Baldwin beaches

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service began aspen restoration work Monday near the bike path running behind Pope and Baldwin beaches adjacent to California State Route 89.A Forest Serv...

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