By Susan Wood Forget that time heals all wounds. With respect to South Lake Tahoe roads, time is the enemy – one the City Council has grappled with for more than eight years. While the debate over how to fund street repair continued in council chambers last month, the network of 130 miles of roads […]
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Hear Justin Boeger, president of the El Dorado Winery Association, on KTHO AM-590 (www.kthoradio.com) at 10am Saturday or Monday at 6pm talk about what’s going on with this year’s crush and what else is going on with the wine industry in El Dorado County.
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When all was said and done, Douglas County School District Superintendent Carol Lark was given an extension to her contract. It now expires July 2011. The board met more than once to decide if it would honor Lark’s request to have the one-year extension. “It was hard fought, but it was not as ugly as […]
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By Kathryn Reed The identity of the man found on the bottom of Lake Tahoe in 7 feet of water by a fishing captain could be released today. A captain with Tahoe Sportfishing in South Lake Tahoe spotted the man who was wearing only jeans just after 7am Thursday. He called his boss John Shearer, […]
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The Forest Service is looking at the possibility of turning the Grouse Ridge Fire Lookout Tower into a rental facility. A preliminary planning meeting will be Sept. 23 at 5:30pm at the Tahoe National Forest Headquarters in Nevada City. “The lookout is no longer being used to spot wildfires but it is a favorite amongst […]
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Water is the topic of a film festival at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village starting Sept. 30 with the screening of “FLOW.” The Nevada college along with UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center will also show “Blue Gold: World Water Wars,†and “Poisoned Waters.†The movies delve into pollution, privatization and access with a […]
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Today is the last day to submit nominations for Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s 2009 Best in the Basin awards. Categories are: new residential, residential modification, rebuild projects, new commercial, commercial modification, commercial rebuild, shorezone, green building, public service, erosion control, restoration, BMP retrofit, defensible space, mixed-use project and green remodel. Entry forms are at www.trpa.org. […]
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By Kathryn Reed A captain of a fishing boat found a man face down early this morning in the shallow water of Lake Tahoe near the Tahoe Queen paddle-wheeler. The captain called his boss, John Shearer, owner of Tahoe Sportfishing, who then called the South Lake Tahoe Police Department about 7:15am. “They were backing out […]
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South Lake Tahoe police are currently at Ski Run Marina on reports of a drowning. More details as they come in …
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Check website for exact time. Tahoe Arts Project brings Kahurangi Maori Dance Theater of New Zealand to the South Shore. (530) 542.3632 or tahoeartsproject.org
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