Areas of Alpine County will be without power as Liberty Utilities replaces power poles. The work will be done on June 24 and July 1, between 9am and 5pm. Outages could last for eight hours each of those days. Affected areas begin at Turtle Rock Park and include Airport Road, Markleeville, Grover Hot Springs, Shay […]
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· Jane Freeman has been hired as deputy director of the California Tahoe Conservancy. · The 5th annual Aviation Roundup at the Minden-Tahoe Airport will be Aug. 22-23. The show will feature the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, Team Rocket, Bill Stein, Kyle Franklin, Matt Younkin, Manfred Radius, and Dan Buchanan. · Truckee is implementing a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Abandon the park; make it bigger and better. Those are the extreme viewpoints of what to do with South Lake Tahoe’s Regan Beach. About 40 people gathered this week at the city’s recreation department to discuss how to generate revenue to offset operations and maintenance costs, what to do to improve the […]
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By Jackie Calmes, New York Times WASHINGTON — Growing numbers of Americans are going cashless, but demands to finally put a woman on paper currency persist. And now theTreasury has announced that a portrait of a woman, to be determined soon, will grace the $10 bill. The note will continue to have some image, also […]
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World renowned pianist Joseph Kalichstein will open the Lake Tahoe SummerFest season on July 31. The Incline Village event goes through Aug. 16. The three weekend series of nine concerts will include masterpieces translated by renowned artists and a nationally acclaimed orchestra led by Joel Revzen, artistic director and conductor. Many of the players have principal […]
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Vail Resorts is increasing its minimum wage to $10 an hour effective Sept. 26. This is when annual salary increases are to take place. This is for employees companywide, including the three Tahoe area resorts. “This is a wage above current minimum wages in all states where we operate and will impact thousands of employees […]
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By Van Tieu, KRNV-TV There are new allegations in the officer involved shooting at the Tahoe Hacienda Inn in South Lake Tahoe earlier this week that left a 22-year-old man dead. An attorney for Kris Jackson’s family is pursuing wrongful death and violation of civil rights actions against the officer who shot him. Alan Laskin, […]
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By Larry Weitzman It’s been about three months since the CAO Pamela Knorr, obligated the taxpayers to a contract for legal services, except it appears the contract was for investigatory services. The contract, executed by Knorr and County Counsel Robyn Drivon had a spending limit of $50,000. A bill for services has already been received […]
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Publisher’s note: The following statement was issued by the Resort at Squaw Creek after the Bear League questioned why a bear trap was set. Thank you everyone for your feedback regarding the USDA Wildlife Services bear trap. While we appreciate the passionate response, we do want to keep to the facts of this particular situation, […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District board of directors this week unanimously decided to alter how members are elected. The board passed a resolution that says instead of running for a particular seat, candidates will all run together for the number of seats available. The candidates with the highest number of votes for the number […]
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