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27 South Shore nonprofits divide $100000
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 11:45amAt the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority meeting Dec. 8 representatives from the 27 local groups were on hand to receive their checks. For the picture, some held ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../27-south-shor...
Tahoe tensions over environment explored in news segment
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 12:35pmA new Nevada law could force the state to withdraw from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, the bi-state agency designed to protect Lake Tahoe. Many do not want Nevada to leave the agency, but others say making the threat was important to protect the future of the lake — and it is working. Go here for the story from KRNV and MyNews4.com.
City pushes for Measure S refinancing
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 5:53pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will consider refinancing bonds sold under Measure S following a request by the city of South Lake Tahoe...
Financial cracks emerge in South Tahoe ice rink deal
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 4:29pmWhile there is no proving meetings occurred between John Upton, the lone paid employee of the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority, ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../financial-crac...
Reno-Tahoe International Airport to undergo $40 million in renovations
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 9:53am
Beginning today the Reno-Tahoe International Airport will be undergoing $40 million in renovations, including a Lake Tahoe-themed ticket lobby. The Gateway Project, which will bring about 275 jobs now through April 2013, features an upgrade to the baggage claim area, creating a first floor single security checkpoint, plus new retail and places to eat.
Joint Powers Authority to meet to discuss Measure R
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 10:41amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will meet to confirm the success of Measure R, and to establish the process and schedule for seeking app...
South Shore recreation JPA board to meet
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 2:49pmThe South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will meet Dec. 5 at 1pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. The board expects to establish the process and schedule for seeking applicants for the ...
LTVA receives $10000 from Nevada tourism officials
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 1:37amA $10000 grant to help the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority develop its sports tourism initiative was among nearly a half-million dollars in rural tourism grants ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../ltva-receive...
South Shore recreation JPA board to meet
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 1:37amThe South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will meet Dec . 5 at 1pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. The board expects to establish the process ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-shore-re...
Joint Powers Authority to meet to discuss Measure R
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 9:54amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will meet to confirm the success of Measure R, and to establish the process and schedule for seeking app...
Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority among Nevada grant recipients
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 7:12pmA $10,000 grant to help the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority develop its sports tourism initiative was among nearly a half-million dollars in rural tourism grants announced Tuesday. The Nevada Commission on Tourism doled out a total of $492,711 to 72 applicants, including the LTVA. Go here for the Reno Gazette-Journal story.
Nevada Seeks New State Public Schools Chief To Implement Education Reforms
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 2:40pmBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Nevada is looking for a new state public schools chief to push forward with education reforms sought by Gov. Brian Sandoval and approved by lawmakers in the 2011 legislative session.
Keith Rheault, Nevada’s superintendent of public instruction since 2004, is retiring in early April and Sandoval wants to have a new schools chief to take over the Department of Education by then.
Feeling the Squeeze: City's recent round of layoffs will be noticeable
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 8:42pmBy Li Terrell
The South Lake Tahoe City Council voted October 18 to approve the budget for Fiscal Year 2011-2012, which imposed layoffs for 19 employees who were relieved of their duties last Friday, November 18.
Music Festivals, Entertainment and Fireworks on tap over holidays at South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 1:09pm
By the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority
Lake Tahoe South is New Year’s celebration central with Snow Globe, a three-day outdoor music festival with over 40 world-class musicians on three main stages, firework shows, combined with a myriad of outdoor recreation, entertainment and nightlife, providing action-packed holiday season for kids of all ages.
Community Christmas Tree & Menorah Lighting
Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 7:23pmJoin Santa, and his elves for this Annual Community Holiday Celebration Friday, December 2 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Sponsored by the Lake Tahoe visitors Authority.
Annual Holiday in History - LT Historical Museum
Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 7:00pm
Join us at the Lake Tahoe Historical Museum on Friday, December 2, 12:00pm to 8:00pm. Share hot apple cider, homemade cookies and a Victorian style Christmas tree in the museum. Tour our 1930s log cabin decorated for the season. Find good buys in our bookstore and on our white elephant table.
South Lake Tahoe to light holiday tree, menorah
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 6:03pmLake Tahoe Visitors Authority winter tree is Dec. 2 from 5-7pm at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center (3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd.). Instead of standing outside the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-lake-ta...
South Shore nonprofits can benefit from
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 5:19pm5 and checks will be presented at the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority board meeting Dec. 8 at 3pm. A committee of tournament representatives will review each submission. For funding consideration, organ...
TRPA committee endorses new local government permit process
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 6:01pmBy the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
A committee of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board took a major step forward this week in moving toward a different permitting system at Lake Tahoe where many parcel-by-parcel regulations would shift to local county or city governments.
American Century Championship money goes back to South Lake Tahoe area non-profits
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 12:41pm
The American Century Championship will keep $100,000 in the community that helps make the annual event a success. LIVESTRONG®, the celebrity golf tournament’s nationally designated charity, in partnership with Tahoe South, NBC Sports and American Century Investments has committed funds to benefit South Lake Tahoe area non-profit organizations.
Funding, details of S. Shore economic study
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 1:43pmDouglas County and Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority have each put in $10000 and the South Tahoe Association of Resorts is contributing $5000. South Shore ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../funding-details-of-s...
South Lake Tahoe jail set to get more crowded
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 1:19pm
By Heather Gould
As of October 1, nine new inmates have been incarcerated in the El Dorado County jail who would have previously gone to state prison. With the state short of funds and under a court mandate to relieve overcrowding in its state prisons, those committing non-violent, non-serious and non-sex offenses will be housed in county jails rather than state prisons under a program dubbed "realignment."
Nevada Panel Begins Work On Creating Uniform Education Data Reporting System
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 4:56pmBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – It’s hard to know how well Nevada’s public school and college students are doing if there is no uniform and reliable data to view their performance over time.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is working to change that.
STATA's bumblings seeping out in court documents
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 8:37pmSouth Tahoe Area Transit Authority's board voted to file for bankruptcy in August 2010. MV filed a lawsuit a couple months before that after the STATA board severed the transit operator's agre...
STATA's bumblings seeping out in court documents
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 7:43amSouth Tahoe Area Transit Authority's board voted to file for bankruptcy in August 2010. MV filed a lawsuit a couple months before that after the STATA board ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../statas-bum...
Nevada GOP opposes high court redistricting position
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 5:29amBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Attorneys for the Nevada Republican Party filed a brief on Monday with the Nevada Supreme Court opposing Secretary of State Ross Miller’s emergency petition seeking to intervene on the question of the authority of the courts to decide the state’s political boundaries instead of the Legislature.
Nominations are in for the 2011 Blue Ribbon Awards
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:55am
By TahoeChamber.org
TahoeChamber.org would like to thank all those who took the time to nominate a business or individual for the 4th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards. Over the four years that the awards program has been in existence, community participation and support has increased annually by leaps and bounds. This year brought in a record amount of nominations, which resulted in over 100 businesses and individuals being nominated for the eight different award catagories.
Blue Ribbon Award nominees selected
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 6:02amLake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce this week announced the contenders ... Tourism Award (sponsored by Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority): Getaway ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../blue-ribbon-award-nom...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Measure R should be passed
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:21amMeasure R is a good thing for South Lake Tahoe, and I urge local voters to support it. Most importantly, its passage will allow the use of existing unused joint powers recreation authority funds fo...
Measure S bond action taking place illegally
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 12:48pmBy Kathryn Reed. South Lake Tahoe has begun the process to refinance Measure S bonds without the proper authority to do so. The city is one of three entities that is part of the South Lake Tahoe Recre...
Quiet Council Meeting Yields Interim Budget
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 8:53amBy Li Terrell
The South Lake Tahoe City Council met Tuesday to pass an interim budget in an effort to have more time to work out labor negotiation and budget shortfall issues that have the community up in arms. There were no comments offered by council or the public, and the motion passed unanimously. Prior to the meeting there was a closed session for bargaining units to meet, and following was another closed session for council to hear the latest of the negotiations.
Iron Girl Triathlon brings economic boost to Lake Tahoe region
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 4:30pmThe Athleta Iron Girl Triathlon at Tahoe South, Sept. 18, attracted an estimated 1,000 participants, visitors, families and fans from California, Nevada, and 14 other states, local tourism officials report.
Lake Tahoe, Reno to host Chinese Cosmos pageant
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 5:10pmNevada will host 18 contestants from all over the world who are competing in the Miss Chinese Cosmos Semi-Finals, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, chair of the Nevada Commission on Tourism, announced today in a press release.
The event will take place in Reno and Lake Tahoe from Sept. 23-30, 2011. The contest moves around the world each year, last year taking place in Sydney, Australia. This is the first time the pageant has been held in the United States.
2nd Annual Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week is Oct. 2-9
Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 8:17amThe 2nd Annual Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week is a celebration of the scrumptious cuisine and culinary talent that has made the Lake Tahoe region the best mountain-dining destination in the country.
November election has 12 candidates, one ballot measure
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 9:55am
By Heather Gould
Amid voting for favorite websites, blogs, restaurants, American Idol contestants and more, residents of South Lake Tahoe have the opportunity to vote in an actual public election. Elections for the Lake Tahoe Community College board, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board, the South Tahoe Public Utility District board and a ballot measure regarding recreation funds will all be decided by voters on Nov. 8.
New terrain, wider trails and a whole lot of South Lake Tahoe festivities ahead
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 7:48pm
LAKE TAHOE — If another La Nina visits the Sierra this winter – all-time records were approached in 2010-11 with more than 700 inches of snow – Tahoe South ski resorts are ready to roll on another epic season.
South Shore bus bankruptcy case pushed back 2 months
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 10:55pmAt issue is MV Transportation has sued the now bankrupt South Tahoe Area Transit Authority in hopes of getting back the nearly $2 million the Fairfield company ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-shore...
Barton Health hosts triathlete workshop
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:22pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The first of three Tri Connect Workshops, organized by Barton Health, Lake Tahoe Community College and Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, was held Saturday at Lakeside Bea...
Measure S bonds to be resold to accommodate S. Tahoe ice rink ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:09pmAt least that is what South Lake Tahoe wants done with them. But the city is just one-third of the equation. The joint powers authority that oversees the voter approved recreation measure must vote on...
Summer transitions to fall with Labor Day and beyond
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 6:12pm
Before summer segues to fall Tahoe South will celebrate a Labor Day last call: an amped-up holiday weekend of non-stop activities on and off the water including a food and wine festival, sternwheeler race, outdoor and showroom concerts and a fireworks extravaganza.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Measure R ready for November ballot
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 9:27amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Bike paths and ball fields will be on the ballot come November.The three-member South Lake Tahoe Recreational Facilities Joint Powers Authority unanimously voted Wedne...
Tahoe Visitor's Authority prepares bid for Amgen 2012
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 9:25amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Though the overall start has already been awarded, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority is preparing a bid for any stage of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California."We want to ...
KUDOS & KINDNESS: Thank you for celebrity golf experience
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 3:00pmThe Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation wishes to thank Michael Milthorpe, American Century Championship Golf Tournament Director, and Sue Barton, Deputy Director, Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, for ...
