Tickets are available for the annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner. The event is co-hosted by the El Dorado County Republican Central Committee and the El Dorado County Unit of the California Republican Assembly. Guest speakers include Rep. Tom McClintock, gubernatorial candidate Assemblyman Travis Allen; District 6 Assemblyman Kevin Kiley and El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson. […]
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Members of the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, which includes local, state and federal agencies, will continue prescribed fire operations this week in multiple locations around the Tahoe basin, weather permitting. North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, California Tahoe Conservancy and U.S. Forest Service operations will take place near General Creek west […]
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By Howie Nave Before the 90th Academy Awards show takes place this Sunday there’s another awards show happening the night before the Oscars that’s been around since 1981. Hollywood doesn’t like to give it much recognition. Why? Well, unlike the Emmys and the Golden Globes that are a barometer of who might win at the […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the mayor wants a discussion, the people of South Lake Tahoe want answers. And those answers were not always forthcoming because usually it’s staff who has them, not the electeds. Resident William Dickert attended last week’s gathering organized by Mayor Wendy David at the senior center. He told her that facts […]
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By Sally Jenkins, Washington Post Every four years, athletes scrape the grime and graft off of the Olympics, and restore them to magnificence. We should demand that the Jessie Digginses, Red Gerards, John Shusters and Lamoureux sisters become the genuine focus of this country’s Olympic movement. Congress should knock down the U.S. Olympic Committee, […]
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El Dorado County Supervisor Sue Novasel is hosting a town hall meeting on Feb. 28 about the issue of tourist traffic in neighborhoods. The large volume of traffic leaving the Tahoe basin on weekends, and the significant congestion and potential public safety issues is something the county is trying to address. County staff will be […]
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The U.S. Olympic Committee is recognizing Lake Tahoe/Reno natives Jamie Anderson and David Wise’s success in PyeongChang, South Korea, by naming them as finalists for the female and male Olympic athlete of the Games. People may cast their vote online. The full roster of Olympic finalists is included below. Female Olympic athlete of the Games: […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe is having an athlete appreciation/Olympic homecoming party for its athletes. Sierra’s athletes include Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman, Hannah Teter and Kyle Smaine. The event will be March 3 at the ski resort. The athletes are expected to arrive at 11:30am. There will be a welcome home ceremony at 12:30pm.
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada has brought in more than $30 million in tax revenue from marijuana in its first six months of legal recreational sales, according to the revenue numbers released Friday by the Nevada Department of Taxation. About that $19.5 million of that has come from the special 10 percent sales […]
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· Incline Village General Improvement District board is having a public hearing April 11 at 6pm regarding the proposed 3.4 percent water rate increase and 2.7 percent sewer hike. The meeting will be at the Chateau. · NoGlobe’s next meeting will be March 1 at 5:30pm at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center. · During […]
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