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South Tahoe and Whittell basketball players had a season of hard work campaigning for them when the All-League vote rolled around this year. "Typically, I attend these meetings with stats in han...

Nevada son and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid addressed a joint session of the Nevada State Legislature today in Carson City. Here is the text of his speech:

When we exercise our right to vote, we are casting a vote for the future of education, property values, safety, economy and the very fabric of our community. As individuals we conduct our research ...

The deadline for submittal of applications for one appointed seat on the South Lake Tahoe City Council closed Friday at 5 p.m. and nine applications have been received, City Clerk Susan Alessi reports.

Applicants will be interviewed in the following order at the Special City Council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 29, beginning at 9 a.m. The first interviewee is Howard Bittner, followed by Kathay Lovell, Joan Walthall, Brooke Laine, Bruce Grego, Austin Sass, Billy Crawford, Scott Valentine, and Kay Ogden.

As Prepared for Delivery Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013:

Madam Speaker, Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Legislature, Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Officers, Senator Heller, honored guests…...

For the first time since 1987, Lake Tahoe has a new regional plan for development and land use.
Twelve of the 14 voting members of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's governing board voted in favor of the new plan, with one member voting against it and another abstaining, according to TRPA spokesman Jeff Cowan.

Business interests say the plan is an overdue overhaul of regulations that will jump-start Tahoe's tourism economy while also protecting its environment.

After years of debate, discussion and delay, Lake Tahoe's future could be decided next week.The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Governing Board is scheduled to vote on its Regional Plan Update dur...

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will vote on adoption of a new 2012 Regional Plan on Dec. 12. The outcome will send a powerful signal to community, local, state and federal partners and private capi...

After years of scientific study and public involvement, the Regional Plan Update is headed to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board for a final vote in December. Depending on the final...

Follow the money trail on the “Hole” fiasco and you will find a mess. When the hole first stopped all of the reasons that were given by Randy Lane were false, wrong and an outright lie to the people of South Lake Tahoe. The real reason work was stopped was due to the two liens filed by two Nevada companies that did work and never got paid.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is putting the finishing touches on the final draft Regional Plan Update and associated documents and would like to hear the public’s thoughts on the Plan during their two-day joint Advisory Planning Commission and Governing Board meetings taking place on Wednesday, November 14 at the Chateau in Incline Village, and Thursday, November 15 at Harveys Lake Tahoe in Stateline. The Board is expected to take action on the Plan on December 12.

In line with the early absentee counts, South Lake Tahoe voters tapped community jack-of-all-trades JoAnn Conner and incumbent Hal Cole to lead the town over the next four years. With all precincts reporting by 12:40am, Cole received 26 percent of the vote with 1980 ballots cast. Conner seized the second seat with 1928 votes at 25.3 percent.

California schools are in trouble. For the past four years, the state has been cutting and "deferring" payments to school districts, requiring the local school districts to operate with fewer and f...

With the presidential debates over, it's now time to vote for the best candidate. I'm voting for President Barack Obama. The last debate showed that Mr Romney isn't qualified when it comes to forei...

Propostion 37 simply asks that food be labeled so that shoppers may make an informed choice and know if there's a genetically engineered ingredient inside. Countries all over the world are demandin...

Early voting for the general election in Nevada begins today. Lake Tahoe voters living in Douglas County can cast their votes at the county's Stateline Kahle Community Center offices at 175 Hwy 50. According to the Douglas County Clerk, early voting at Stateline will continue today to 4 p.m. again on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Taxes? The very word puts me on my guard. And yes, this fall we will vote on taxes. Measure L. Right now, we pay $17.58 per year, per parcel, to support our library. If Measure L passes, we will pa...

Follow the money trail on the “Hole” fiasco and you will find a mess. When the hole first stopped all of the reasons that were given by Randy Lane were false, wrong and an outright lie to the people of South Lake Tahoe. The real reason work was stopped was due to the two liens filed by two Nevada companies that did work and never got paid. In California when there is a lien on a job all work stops until the contractors are paid, no money no work.

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association announced Thursday that it is suing to end a $150 annual state fire fee imposed on California's rural residents and obtain refunds for those who have already paid.
The group alleges in Sacramento Superior Court that the fee, which the state began collecting in August, amounts to a tax that was illegally approved without the necessary two-thirds majority of lawmakers.

CARSON CITY – It took all of about ten minutes for Sen. Dean Heller and Rep Shelley Berkley to mix it up in their first debate in the U.S. Senate race Thursday, criticizing each other on campaign issues ranging from ethics to Medicare to big oil subsidies.
The hour-long debate on KNPB-TV in Reno was the first chance for many voters to see the two candidates spar on the issues, most of which have already been the focus of campaign attacks in the race to date.