Greenstone Quarry
Greenstone Quarry at Divided Sky in Meyers on June 17 at 10pm.
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Reggae Mondaze on June 14 from 10pm to 1am the next day at Divided Sky in Meyers.
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Reducing business tax up to South Tahoe voters in November
By Kathryn Reed Taxes, if voters think it’s a good idea, will go down next year for most businesses in South Lake Tahoe. The City Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to put on the Nov. 2 ballot the proposal to reduce the business license fee by 10 percent and raise the cap to $10,000. This […]
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Snippets about Lake Tahoe
• Northstar-at-Tahoe’s mountain bike park opens June 11. • NV Energy has a rebate program for commercial properties retrofitting their buildings. The offer expires July 9. Call 800.342.6335 for details. • On July 1, the Red Cross offices in Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, east Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and east Yolo […]
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Pony Express riders rumbling into Nevada
By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Hoofing it through Nevada starts today as Pony Express riders leave their overnight rest stop of Woodfords this morning en route to Genoa, Carson City and destinations farther east along Highway 50. “I think the unique part about the Pony Express was the endurance where you had man and beast […]
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Collectible sticker showcases work of Truckee photographer
Sunset, Bonsai Rock by Elizabeth Carmel has been selected as the Tahoe Arts and Mountain Culture collectible sticker No. 4 to honor the alpine lake sanctuary and the interconnectedness with nature and one another. “It was calling me all day,” Carmel, a landscape photographer and retired urban planner from Truckee, said in a press release. […]
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Run-off for El Dorado sheriff; CA-NV races set for Nov.
Publisher’s note: Updated 9am June 9 with link to Alpine County. By Kathryn Reed and Susan Wood It will be John D’Agostini and Craig Therkildsen vying to be sheriff of El Dorado County in November. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, it was D’Agostini with 9,277 votes or 25.26 percent and Therkildsen with 8,479 […]
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Financial aid class for college students/parents
Westface Financial, an independent financial planning company in Truckee, is offering a free College Planning Relief workshop June 15 at 6pm at the Truckee Community Arts Center. Presented by Beatrice Schultz, a licensed College Planning Relief specialist and co-founder of Westface Financial, the workshop will educate parents on how to be efficient with their money […]
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Boxer faces biggest challenge in years with Fiorina on ballot
By Rob Hotakainen, Sacramento Bee Former businesswoman Carly Fiorina won the Republican Senate nomination Tuesday night, setting up a November matchup with Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer. Fiorina, the former chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard (HP), had 58 percent of the vote, with 12 percent of precincts reporting as of 9 p.m. Former Rep. Tom Campbell […]
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California election system does 180 with Prop. 14 approval
By Susan Ferriss, Sacramento Bee Disgruntled California voters have blown up their election system by approving Proposition 14, which tosses out the current political party-based primary system in all but presidential races. The measure was far ahead in returns, with about 60 percent of votes in favor and 40 against with more than 20 percent […]
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