Placer County Executive Officer Thomas Miller on Thursday signed an order declaring the presence of propane leaks beneath significant snowpack at numerous sites a threat to public safety. This order encompasses not only the Serene Lakes subdivision area near Donner Summit, but other eastern Placer County communities. The order authorizes the director of Environmental Health […]
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By Felicity Barringer, New York Times Not quite five months ago, on Nov. 27, the level of Lake Mead, the massive federal reservoir that serves faucets and fields in Nevada, Arizona and California, hit an all-time low level of 1,081.85 feet above sea level. Seven feet lower, and the first water shortage ever would have […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal All that water rushing from the mountains has state biologists putting fish-stocking plans for Northern Nevada rivers on hold. Most years, the Nevada Department of Wildlife is planting trout in the rivers as early as March. Not this year. March storms kept river levels high, and as a plentiful mountain […]
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What do black and yellow and bleu have in common? Billboard’s Top 100 hit “Black and Yellow” will be performed by Pittsburgh hip hopper Wiz Khalifa at MontBleu casino in Stateline on June 21. Khalifa has been selling out stadiums across the country following the release of Rolling Papers, his freshman album. It debuted at […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sue Niehoff, vice president of Business Services at Lake Tahoe Community College, submitted her resignation Thursday. Niehoff has been the subject of several board meetings this calendar year. She was not immediately available for comment Friday. Board President Fritz Wenck told Lake Tahoe News that at the April 26 meeting his group […]
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Ski Run neighborhood businesses are sponsoring an Easter egg hunt for kids. Events will include pictures with the Easter bunny with kids and/or animals, animal owner look alike contest and a cake walk. The event is April 23 from 11am-2pm on Ski Run Boulevard at Larch Avenue in South Lake Tahoe. The egg hunt starts […]
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Kirkwood Mountain Classic at the Kirkwood Ski Area/Bike Park is July 23. This cross country race is part of the Sierra Cup Mountain Bike Series. All proceeds from this event go to TAMBA. The race will also include a Le Mans start Super-D race in the afternoon.
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TAMBA meeting April 27 at 6:30pm at Las Panchitas, 8345 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach.
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Celebrate on the slopes that tax day isn’t until April 18 this year. Somehow you must be able to write-off your ski day. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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My brother and I went to Emerald Bay to say hi and remember my mother. We found this. (See full photo below.) We were disgusted to find that someone graffitied the rocks facing Highway 50 and Eagle Falls. My brother and I were born and raised here and have never seen such disrespect to this […]
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