• Two more shows have been added to the lineup for the Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series at Harveys. Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan will perform June 24 and classic rockers Boston and the Doobie Brothers share the bill Aug. 3. • Robert Levy, 49, of Markleeville has been reappointed to the 18th District Agricultural Association, Eastern […]
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“My name is Nir Voloshin and I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area, and my dream prom date would be with none other than Olympian snowboarder Jamie Anderson. I know it’s a long shot, but I’m foolish enough to at least try.” Here is his video:
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By Kathryn Reed On the one hand Barton Health is struggling because the number of patients is declining. On the other hand based on the agency’s 2012 tax return the top 12 people in the organization collectively had annual salaries of more than $3.2 million, with CEO John Williams taking in nearly $600,000. Those figures […]
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To the community, The Lake Tahoe Humane Society and SPCA thanks South Lake Tahoe for the great turn out at their open house and ribbon cutting on Feb. 25 in honor of World Spay Day. Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce was present to officiate the ribbon cutting and Mayor Hal Cole cut the […]
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By Lydia O’Connor, Huffington Post It ain’t easy being beautiful — just ask a California redwood tree. Prized for their beauty, age and size, California’s precious redwood trees have increasingly become the victims of poachers eyeing them for easy profit, forcing park officials to close the gates. In a press release announcing the nighttime closure […]
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By Kathryn Reed Physically, Jim Duke believes everything Lake Tahoe Community College has become is wonderful. What the state has done to the system, that’s another story. “The philosophy of the community college has changed significantly,” Duke told Lake Tahoe News. “It was called the people’s college.” When he started LTCC in 1975 tuition was […]
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Jim Duke, Lake Tahoe Community College’s first president, talks about the early years.
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By Hannah Dreier, AP LAS VEGAS — Time was, gamblers didn’t even want credit card companies maintaining a record of their time in Las Vegas. Now, visitors want loyalty points from mainstream hotel chains for the days they spend holed up in Strip casinos. Casino corporations MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corp. have announced […]
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The Nevada Highway Patrol has “exhausted all leads” in the Aug. 10, 2013, fatal accident in Stateline. Officers are hoping someone will come forward with information about the incident. An unknown driver hit and killed 31-year-old Cody J. Dobson of Carson City as he was crossing Highway 50 east of MontBleu. The accident happened at […]
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Mike Wilson shared this video of a Tahoe athlete’s trip to South Africa. “This fall we built a 600-foot rope jump, with a 450-plus foot free-fall and had an amazing time. Growing up in Tahoe gave me the experience and knowledge to set up some of the biggest jumps and stunts in the world, and […]
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