By AP Nevada County prosecutors have filed manslaughter charges against a Truckee-based contractor whose negligence they say produced the carbon monoxide that killed two men at a home north of Lake Tahoe last fall. Assistant District Attorney Anna Ferguson said 41-year-old Kurt Schoemig was charged Monday with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. She said in […]
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Carrie Underwood has sold more than 15 million albums, has 18 No. 1 singles, six Grammys, and countless other accolades. The country music powerhouse will be at Harveys Outdoor Concert Series on July 18 at 8pm. Tickets range in price from $89.50 to $175.50. They go on sale March 22 through Ticketmaster.
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By Henry Grabar, Salon If you were driving on an American highway earlier this month, you probably passed one. They came from Nashville, New York and New Orleans, from Boston and Seattle and Chicago and Los Angeles, and from four dozen other countries entirely: 2,000 musical acts, in vans brimming with equipment and ambition and […]
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• The Fabulous Thunderbirds will be at MontBleu in Stateline on April 12 at 9pm. Tickets are $20 – 888.829.7630. • Here is the El Dorado-Tahoe road work schedule for the week from Caltrans. • Again, the Rubicon Trail is closed until further notice. • Colleen Manzer with RE/MAX Realty Today receive an award with being […]
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To the community, Meyers has a rich history behind what you see today. But in some ways it really hasn’t changed much. Jim Wilson, land developer, began developing Meyers – then called Tahoe Paradise – in the 1950s. He traveled the world in search for the right recreational ideas for this new development. Wilson called […]
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By Conor Shine, Las Vegas Sun Ever look around at the signs of recovery here — the construction and rebound in travel and tourism — and wonder why it doesn’t feel like the recession has ended for you? There’s a reason: It hasn’t in terms of wages in Nevada. But the slow increase in most […]
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For decades scientists have studied the health and clarity of the deep waters of Lake Tahoe, but now the research boats are coming closer to shore. Alan Heyvaert of the Desert Research Institute will present research findings and recommendations that address Lake Tahoe’s aquatic nears hore environment. This public lecture is April 3 at 6pm, […]
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Four people, including two South Lake Tahoe residents, were arrested this weekend in an operation targeting people buying alcohol for minors. Dubbed Shoulder Tap Decoy Operation, the March 15 event had more than 100 law enforcement agencies in the state involved. Arrested in South Lake Tahoe were: Stevie Smith, 23, from Pasadena; Harvey Hampton, 58, […]
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By Martha Rosenberg,AlterNet Americans have become huge. Between the 1960s and the 2000s, Americans grew, on the average, an inch taller and 24 pounds heavier. The average American man today weights 194 pounds and the average woman 165 pounds. The growing girth has led to the creation of special-sized ambulances, operating tables and coffins as […]
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By Kathryn Reed Improving the circulation of traffic and pedestrians are major goals of a proposed project at the Tallac Historic Site on the South Shore. The U.S. Forest Service wants to get rid of the access point at Heritage Way that is across from Fallen Leaf Lake Road and the one at the Valhalla […]
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