A fire Wednesday night that completely destroyed a house in South Lake Tahoe looks to be have been deliberately set. Police officers had gone to the house in the 1100 block of Long Avenue the afternoon of Jan. 29 on a report of someone forcing their way in. Officers said it appeared someone had slept […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Several state legislators took a jaunt to Israel last year, touring the Holy Land and dining beside the Sea of Galilee. The largest Israeli lobbying group in the United States bankrolled the all-expenses trip, but when it came time this month for elected officials to report gifts they received […]
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By KOLO-TV VIRGINIA CITY — A swarm of earthquakes has hit the Virginia City area. The seismology lab at UNR has recorded 27 tremors since 7:30 Wednesday night. The most recent one, a 2.6 magnitude, occurred about 3:42 Thursday morning. Read the whole story
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The forecasters were right – it’s snowing in Lake Tahoe. Classes will be starting an hour later than usual at Zephyr Cove Elementary and Whittell High schools. All schools in Lake Tahoe Unified are open and operating on a normal schedule. The same goes for Lake Tahoe Community College. Incline Village schools are open, too. […]
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By Kathryn Reed A brainstorming session of more than 70 business owners and employees on Tuesday uncovered a wealth of topics designed to make the South Shore more successful. At the annual Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce breakfast Jan. 28 much of the focus was on tapping into what the people in the […]
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To the community, Last week several sources published a report that Angela Swanson was cleared of bribery charges. They simply quoted what the district attorney said as if it is fact. You asked no one else to comment while knowing full well that many of us came to question the district attorney’s actions and in […]
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North Lake Tahoe has caught the Olympic spirit. Tahoe City Public Utility District and North Lake Tahoe Resort Association have organized an event for people to show their support of Tahoe City Olympians and their families. There will be a “GO USA/NORTH TAHOE” group photo at 3pm Jan. 31, followed by a reception at the […]
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Flames were still shooting into the night sky Wednesday after a house erupted in flames in the early evening. Fire Chief Jeff Meston told Lake Tahoe News it is a difficult fire to fight. It’s a modified A-frame that was being remodeled. He expected crews would be out there quite a while. All city resources […]
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Truckee based landscape photographer Elizabeth Carmel has four black and white prints of Lake Tahoe in HGTV’s 2014 showcase dream home. The 2014 HGTV dream home is located in Truckee at Shaffer’s Mill. It will be given away during the HGTV sweepstakes. Truckee-based Ward-Young Architects designed the HGTV Dream Home. Proceeds from tours of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Julie Smith-Tunnell is accused of stealing her second vehicle in two months. The most recent time ended with the vehicle going into the front of Grace Hall at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in South Lake Tahoe. “We found her lying down behind a rock about 30 feet from the collision,” police Lt. […]
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