The Avoid the 6 DUI Campaign will be deploying officers this holiday weekend at DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols to continue efforts toward arresting drunken drivers, lowering deaths and injuries, and educating the public about the dangers of impaired driving. As the summer season kicks off at the end of May holiday travelers, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Will Styrofoam be banned from use in South Lake Tahoe? It’s what the Sustainability Commission wants and recommended to the City Council this month. But the council was mum on its opinion about getting rid of the product that many restaurants use for to-go containers. The problem with polystyrene is it doesn’t […]
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Publisher’s note: Updated May 28, 2010, at 11:55am. By Kathryn Reed MV Transit may walk away from its three-year contract to provide bus service to the South Shore of Lake Tahoe if something isn’t done about the more than $2 million it is owed. The Fairfield-based company entered the contract Aug. 1, 2009. On May […]
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By Kathryn Reed Whittell High School’s new principal could be named June 8. The two finalists will be at the school May 28 for a meet-and-greet. The first candidate will be on campus at 11:30am, the second at 1pm. The names of the two are not being released until then. Before arriving in Zephyr Cove […]
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Hundreds of South Tahoe Public Utility District customers were without water for a couple hours on Tuesday afternoon. The liquid was flowing at 5:50pm A major water main broke at Tahoe Keys Boulevard and Arizona Street. Officials at the plant didn’t know what caused the brake. No water meter work was being done in this […]
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By Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle Central Community College has named Paul Tracy Killpatrick its new president. Killpatrick, currently the superintendent-president of Lake Tahoe Community College in California, will replace Mildred Ollée, who retired after serving seven years at the school. Killpatrick has served as president of the Lake Tahoe school for two years. Read […]
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Chickenfoot, the hard rockin’ supergroup featuring Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith and Michael Anthony, return to the scene of their hit Northern Nevada debut for a blowout concert at the 2010 Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series at Harveys Outdoor Arena in Stateline on Sept. 11. Aaron Hagar and The Wabos open the show. Chickenfoot […]
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Chickenfoot, the hard rockin’ supergroup featuring Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith and Michael Anthony, return to the scene of their hit Northern Nevada debut for a blowout concert at the 2010 Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series at Harveys Outdoor Arena in Stateline on Sept. 11. Aaron Hagar and The Wabos open the show. Tickets […]
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By Laurie Brazil The enthusiastic and impassioned Carolyn Treanor recently treated guests and members of Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra to the history and background of adventurer and educator Richard Halliburton (1900-1939). Among many of his accomplishments, he was the author of seven books, all of them New York Times bestsellers. They included: “The Royal […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is offering a Leave No Trace Training for Trainers on June 12–13 in Incline Village and D.L. Bliss State Park. This training will teach not only Leave No Trace wilderness skills and ethics, but also how to share the knowledge with others including teaching techniques and interactive Leave No Trace […]
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