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Tahoe Tails — Adoptable Pets in South Lake Tahoe

Misty is a talkative 9-year-old Singapura who likes other well-mannered cats. She has a beautiful coat and would like to be an indoor cat. Misty is spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter in Meyers, along with many other dogs and cats who are waiting for their new […]

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STPUD candidates try to distinguish themselves

By Kathryn Reed Not much separated the six South Tahoe Public Utility District board candidates in terms of their responses to questions posed to them Wednesday night. They politely sparred for 2½ hours before more than 40 people – mostly employees. All will hire qualified disabled employees, all would prefer local contractors be hired if […]

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Opinion: TRPA thankful for successful community event

To the community, The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency would like to thank the many organizations and individuals that contributed to our recent Community Appreciation and Lake Spirit Award event including: • Members of the community for joining us in celebrating all those who work to protect Lake Tahoe; • Red Hut for donating the ice […]

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S. Tahoe campground becomes ghoulish at night

Terror in Tahoe returns — this year at the Campground by the Lake — the dead center of South Lake Tahoe. It is open Thursday-Sunday from 7pm-midnight throughout October. Tickets are $15, children under 12 are $7.50. The haunted trail is not recommended for those under 12. There are things for younger kids to do. […]

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Carbon monoxide alarms are the law in California

By Teri Mizuhara Carbon Monoxide, aka CO, is widely known as the “silent killer” because you can not see it, taste it, or smell it. Annually, more than 400 people die and another 20,000 are hospitalized due to CO poisoning. So what exactly is carbon monoxide? CO is the result of combustion (burning) of a […]

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Public-private deal stops tons of silt from clouding Tahoe

By Anne Knowles Installation of a stormwater treatment system at the Sierra Colina Village development site this week marks the completion of the first private-public partnership project many say is the kind of work that is key to Lake Tahoe’s future. The system will filter, treat and store runoff from the development and from Echo […]

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Nev. bear season half over, 10 killed — none in Tahoe

By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Ten bears have been killed in Nevada’s first black bear hunt, bringing the number of animals than can be taken to the halfway point. A female bear was killed Sunday and a male bear on Monday, the first since Sept. 18. The other seven bears were all killed during the […]

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Prescribed fire coming on Highway 431

North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District is planning on conducting a prescribed burn on Oct. 14 depending on proper weather conditions and fuel moisture content. The 7 acre prescribed burn will be in the upper Apollo subdivision area, off Highway 431. Smoke resulting from the prescribed burns will affect the surrounding area for approximately 24 […]

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Bat lecture completes chamber mixer in Tahoe City

UC Davis is hosting a Haunted Halloween Chamber Mixer with Masters of the Night bat lecture immediately following at Historic Fish Hatchery. The event is Oct. 20, with the mixer from 5-6pm and lecture from 6-7pm. The cost is $10. There will be a no-host, cash-only bar. All proceeds go to UC Davis Tahoe Environmental […]

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USFS burning piles throughout South Shore

U.S. Forest Service fire and fuels management crews will be conducting prescribed fire operations in the Andria Drive area off Kingsbury Grade in Stateline through the rest of the week. If conditions allow, the Forest Service also may resume operations in the Angora area, focusing on the area below Angora Ridge Road and west of […]

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