By USSA CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy 0- A shortened Cortina downhill became more of a sprint course on Friday, with first-starting Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore.) leading the United States. Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley) was eighth and Lindsey Vonn (Vail) 10, having to wait again for record win number 62 in the Audi FIS Ski World Cup. […]
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• The 24th annual Passport Weekend at El Dorado County wineries is April 11-12 and April 18-19. Purchase tickets before Jan. 31 for special pricing. • The Vagina Monologues will be performed at Lake Tahoe Golf Course on March 6 at 7pm. To buy tickets, go online. • Train is returning to Lake Tahoe on […]
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By Kathryn Reed Restoring the health of six meadows in the Lake Tahoe Basin is the goal of a project the U.S. Forest Service wants to undertake starting this summer. The agency is seeking comments on the environmental documents through the first week of February. Two options are part of the environmental assessment – do […]
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By Casey Beyer As the incoming chair of the 15-member Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board, this promises to be a hopeful and exciting year. 2015 will be full of opportunities, but also challenges, for the continued protection of Lake Tahoe. The No. 1 priority among our challenges is funding shortfalls. Federal and state funding that […]
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• McP’s Taphouse Grill in South Lake Tahoe at the shops at the Chateau is open. • On Jan. 23, the FNCTN Winter Music Series will rock the clubhouse inside the Lake Tahoe Golf Course. Forrest Day will kick off a series of concerts at the clubhouse. Big Sticky Mess, a funky jam band from […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit’s Ski with a Ranger at Heavenly Mountain Resort begins Jan. 16. Tours begin at the top of the gondola at 10am and 1pm every Monday and Friday. Spanish Ski with a Ranger returns Feb. 20, 2015, with tours offered every Friday at 10:30am. Both programs last […]
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Aramark officials have taken the Tahoe Queen out of service indefinitely because of the low lake level. The channel at Ski Run Marina in South Lake Tahoe is too narrow for the paddle-wheeler to operate, an Aramark official told Lake Tahoe News. The M.S. Dixie was put into service shortly after the Queen ran into […]
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By Kathryn Reed Chemicals – some of them banned substances in California – are flowing into streams, trees are being cut down without a permit, garbage is strewn about, human waste is not properly disposed of and the soil is so contaminated nothing may grow there again. This is going on throughout California as people […]
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By Associated Press A legal battle is brewing over the licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries in Washoe County. One of the license applicants has filed a lawsuit against the state that says the state ranking system undermines a part of the law intended to guard against monopolies. Lawyers for Washoe Dispensary LLC told the Reno […]
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Trent Getty of Douglas County has been charged with first degree murder in the death of his 2-month-old daughter. He is expected to appear in East Fork Justice Court in Minden on Jan. 16. Getty waived extradition to Nevada after being arrested in Sacramento on Jan. 13. He was being held without bail. — Lake Tahoe […]
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