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Squaw Valley fireworks

Squaw Valley is putting on free fireworks July 3 at 9:15pm.

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Fireworks in Kings Beach

Kings Beach hosts its annual fireworks display July 3. The free show and deck party celebration at the North Tahoe Event Center begins at 7pm.

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Derby Dames bout at home

Tahoe Derby Dames take on the NorCal Roller Girls on July 9 at 5pm. Gates at Bijou Community Park open at 4pm. Tickets are $10 at the door. Kids 10 and under free. Click here for Derby Dames info.

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Boat inspections, fees required throughout Nevada

By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Statewide boat inspections to detect aquatic invaders are required and should be under way next year under a plan signed into law Wednesday by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval. More immediate changes — making it unlawful to deliberately introduce invasive species into Nevada’s waters — take effect in July, with violators […]

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Kings Beach landscaper donates services to spruce up area

By Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal Mark Osberg, owner of Estate Landscape in Kings Beach, has fixed up four public gardens around the Lake Tahoe community for free to improve the area’s appearance and raise the spirits of snow-weary residents. “I saw these areas that looked kind of untidy, and I had the capacity and interest […]

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Rumors circulate Squaw, Alpine in merger talks

By Jeremy Benson, ESPN Action Sports Recently, there has been chatter that Squaw Valley’s new owner, KSL Capital Partners, is attempting to purchase neighboring Alpine Meadows from its owner, JMA Ventures. The rumors have been circulating mostly on websites like Unofficialsquaw.com and Epicski.com. UnofficialSquaw.com contributor Miles Clark recently posted that a “letter of intent” had […]

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Studying tree rings leads to answers about water issues

By Craig Welch, Seattle Times They looked at the rings of thousands of ancient trees in the mountains above the most important rivers in the West. What they found may influence how water gets used from Arizona to Canada — and particularly in the Columbia River basin. Despite odd years like this one, researchers have […]

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Tax and business planning workshop

John Urrutia and Chris Mann from Mann, Urrutia, Nelson, CPAs & Associates are hosting an interactive workshop to help business owners review their tax and business planning strategies. The workshop is June 29 from 10-11:30am at the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce, 169 Highway 50, Building D, Stateline. The two are offering a […]

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Full El Dorado County Grand Jury report out next week

By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County should make use of private volunteers in evaluating the efficiency of government operations, the 2010-2011 grand jury wrote in sections of its report released Tuesday. The full report was supposed to be released in tandem with the regular Board of Supervisors meeting, but it was pulled back […]

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Student’s words reveal stark reality of life’s injustices

Tolerance is a subject Joemae Santos is teaching adults. She is doing it with words – and showing how other people’s words are ones of intolerance. The incoming South Tahoe High School ninth-grader wowed the crowd at Tuesday night’s Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education meeting with two poems. These are the same […]