The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District has purchased new vehicle extrication tools through grant funds awarded to the fire district through the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety’s Zero Fatalities Program. The Zero Fatalities Program utilizes the Nevada Strategic Highway Safety Plan to educate citizens and increase awareness regarding safe driving practices in an effort […]
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By Kathryn Reed MINDEN – Ten thousand feet in the air without an engine. And I only have myself to blame. I pulled that yellow knob and the plane with an engine went one way and we went another. At this speed – about 55 knots – it would have been easy to pick out […]
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South Lake Tahoe police officers are advising vacation homeowners, rental companies, and future visitors to the area of a scam over the Internet through vacation rental websites. At least three families have been victimized by this scam recently, and it is suspected there may be more. The scam involves false postings on legitimate vacation rental […]
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By Barack Obama Last week, I spoke about what we need to do as a country to build a better bargain for the middle class — to make sure everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead in the 21st century economy. You see, over the past 4½ years, America has fought its […]
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A male black bear was tranquilized in Douglas County on Friday morning by wardens from the Nevada Department of Wildlife and was to released this evening in the Carson Range. The yearling male weighing between 80 and 100 pounds was found up a tree at a residence in the Gardnerville Ranchos. “We have the most […]
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Soaring NV takes riders over the Carson Valley and into the Lake Tahoe Basin.
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A $4,000 reward has been set up to help find the man who gunned down a South Lake Tahoe gas station clerk on Aug. 6. Manpreet Ghuman Singh, 27, was working behind the counter Tuesday night when he was shot at pointblank range in the upper torso. He died at the USA gas station on […]
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By Peggy Bourland-Madison INCLINE VILLAGE – The annual Oscar de la Renta and Saks Fifth Avenue Lake Tahoe benefit for the League to Save Lake Tahoe is a tradition that started in 1969. San Francisco-Tahoe philanthropist and socialite Diana Dollar Knowles conspired with a few of her notable friends, some still very involved today, to […]
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Harrah’s, Harveys Lake Tahoe and Harrah’s Reno are installing state-of-the-art electric vehicle charging stations at all three hotel casino properties. There will be eight stations at Harrah’s Reno and another eight stations at the Stateline properties. The deployment of EV charging stations at its establishments is designed to encourage cleaner transportation and the broader use […]
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By Trevor Wilson An alarming Gallup poll published earlier this year is still sending shockwaves throughout the business community: Most American workers either hate their jobs or don’t care one way or the other about them. Less than a third of Americans are actively engaged in their work, meaning they’re passionate about it, enthusiastic and […]
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