By Dan Hinxman, Reno Gazette-Journal The Reno-Tahoe Open isn’t the only prominent local golf tournament making changes to its course this year. The 22nd annual American Century Championship celebrity tournament, which starts today at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, has switched its first and second holes with Nos. 10 and 11 in an effort to create […]
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By Kathryn Reed Oh, to dine like a celebrity. It’s possible at the American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament. Although not everything that is available to the players is available to their admirers, some of it is. During the six-day event that begins today at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline, a lot of food is consumed. In […]
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By Diana Lambert and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee It’s a trend that would seem to defy conventional wisdom: As public school spending has declined in California in recent years, student achievement test scores have gone up. Statewide, school districts spent 6 percent less from 2008 to 2010, but the percentage of second- to seventh-grade students […]
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To the community, The Bringing Art to Schools (BATS) program would like to thank all the supporters and volunteers who contributed to a successful and stimulating art instruction program in all the South Lake Tahoe elementary schools this past school year. We would like to thank the following organizations for their financial support; Lake Tahoe […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A contractors representative told the state Transportation Board today that officials missed out on opportunities to increase road funding in the 2011 legislative session, and that failing to act promptly on the issue could cost Northern Nevada a competitive bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. John […]
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State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, and El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson today launched a joint effort to strengthen California’s public safety protection in light of the circumstances surrounding Jaycee Lee Dugard’s kidnapping and captivity. Gaines and Pierson have scheduled a public meeting Aug. 3 at the Capitol with law enforcement leaders and victims’ […]
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El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services CERT Program began in 2007 with overwhelming success. To date, more than 150 individuals have received training. The CERT concept is based on increasing disaster preparedness awareness within El Dorado County by having a group of trained individuals capable of assisting themselves, their families and their neighbors […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Washoe County gaming revenues fell for a seventh straight month in May, the state reported Monday, as the region continues to struggle with recession and competition for gamblers’ dollars. “Some day we’ll get to the bottom of this, and it will stabilize at some point and we’ll see minor growth,” […]
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Lake Tahoe News is sending more people to the American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament this week. The latest people to win a pair of tickets to one day of the July 12-17 event at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline are: Amin Aminian, Richard Matera, Julia Nold and Rich Thurow. Final preparations for the tournament were being […]
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The Animal Coalition of Tahoe has been working hard since the Mutt Strut in October — raising funds raffling several snowboards during the long winter, issuing more than 40 spay-neuter vouchers to bring the total in the past seven years to more than 1,500. The next fundraiser (dinner and drinks) is July 19 from 6-9pm […]
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