In commemoration of this being 75 years since the Nevada State Parks were created, the agency is having two contests open to park visitors. The first contest is comprised of two separate photo contests. In the first one, contestants can choose to visit any 12 of the state parks over the next six months to […]
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South Shore residents are invited to participate in a Community Graffiti Clean Up Day by Leadership Lake Tahoe. Members are working in conjunction with the Lake Tahoe Boys & Girls Club. Meet at the Boys & Girls Club (old Al Tahoe Elementary School in South Lake Tahoe) on May 1 at 10am. Volunteers will paint […]
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Lake Tahoe fine artist Reds Regan will be performing a live painting execution and displaying his primitive contemporary artwork at Lava Cap Winery during the Passport event in Apple Hill this weekend. Regan is exhibiting his internationally recognized acrylic paintings at the winery and will be undertaking a live painting execution demonstrating his ambidextrous painting […]
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By BBC Scottish tenor Kenneth McKellar has died at the age of 82 after a very short illness. Mr. McKellar passed away at the home of his daughter Jane, in Lake Tahoe in the United States. The singer was known for his recordings of Scots songs, particularly those of Robert Burns, and appeared in musicals, […]
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Don’t miss the Heavenly ski patrol fundraiser ($10 donation) party from 4:40-8:30pm on the top level of the Heavenly Village Parking Garage. Here is the ski report for Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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The 38th annual Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance will be Father’s Day — June 18-20 — at the Sierra Boat Company in Carnelian Bay on Lake Tahoe’s North Shore. “We changed the date from August to June last year for the first time, allowing our event participants a full summer’s use of their cherished woodies, and […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The American River Conservancy has announced a summer program for teenagers that combines adventure travel and community service. Epic Sierra Adventures invites youths 15 to 18 to participate in the River, Rocks and Ranges tour during July and August. The cost is $1,650. Read the whole story
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The Tahoe Earth Day Foundation is hosting two screenings of the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival at two venues. The first screening is April 20 at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences (291 Country Club Drive, on the campus of Sierra Nevada College) in Incline Village. The second screening is April 23 at the […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 2, 2010, Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Two safety-related bills now making their way through the state Legislature are being viewed as either examples of exemplary caution or inexplicable nannyism. While we understand the sentiment of those wanting to protect free choice, we see these bills — one […]
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By Kathryn Reed MINDEN — Starting June 1 the cost of a hotel room in Douglas County is likely going to be 3 percent higher. Notices were sent out Tuesday to the hundreds of properties that will be affected by increasing the hotel tax from 10 percent to 13 percent. The commissioners on April 15 […]
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