U.S. Forest Service Fuels Management Crews will begin prescribed fire operations in the Meeks Bay/Meeks Meadow area on approximately 148 acres. These operations will be conducted as weather and staffing allow. Residents and travelers can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire project areas. Other fire protection agencies, state and local, may also be conducting […]
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Santa’s Candy Cane Lane is coming to the Horizon in Stateline for three days of holiday activities geared toward children. The festivities are Dec. 11 3-7pm, and Dec 12-13 noon-6pm in the convention center of the hotel-casino. Mrs. Claus will help each child write a message to Santa. The Horizon has checked with the North […]
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Kirkwood’s Tim Cohee, who is also an instructor at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, talks about the difficulties of operating a small ski resort and the need for a cooperative approach in the December issue of Skiing magazine. Also in that issue is a blurb about Sierra-at-Tahoe’s Huckleberry Canyon. Lake Tahoe is the cover […]
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By Tara Hall, LiveDaily Alt-musician Les Claypool has unveiled a short selection of winter dates early next year in support of his most recent solo set, “Of Fungi and Foe.” The Primus bassist, who will ring in 2010 with a New Year’s Eve performance in San Francisco, will hit the road for a solo excursion […]
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By Bruce Edwards, Rutland Herald Two Dartmouth College professors have come out with a report that accuses ski areas across the country of fudging snowfall totals. The study, “Wintertime for Deceptive Advertising?,” compares snowfall reports from eastern and western resorts with totals recorded by nearby government weather stations. The report co-authored by Eric Zitzewitz and […]
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By Forrest Hartman, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s been 68 years since the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, but Howard J. Spreeman of Carson City says he remembers nearly every detail of the attack that drew America into World War II.. “I was just ordering breakfast,†said Spreeman, who was an aviation radioman stationed at Naval Air Station […]
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Apres Wine Co. New Year’s Eve party starts at 9pm in South Lake Tahoe. Cost is $79 for singles, $149 per couple. Hourly Champagne toasts, plated dinner. (530) 544.9463
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Apres, a wine bar and shop in South Lake Tahoe, is having its one-year anniversary party on Dec. 29 from 6-8pm. Cost is $15. It includes a Champagne toast, food and prizes. www.apreswineco.com
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The South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce will host a mixer directly following the Green Builders Forum on Dec. 9. It will be at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe from 5:30-7pm and it open to the public. For more information, call (530) 542-5060.
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The Tahoe chapter of the Women Entrepreneurs will have a holiday mixer on Dec. 10 from 6-7:30pm. For more information, call (530) 544-7412.
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