Toogee Sielsch is going to the El Dorado County Fair next week. This Tahoe resident is the latest person to win tickets to the June 13-16 extravaganza in Placerville. Lake Tahoe News in cooperation with the fair has two more pairs of tickets to give away. One pair will be given away on the news […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — A bill to legalize online poker after Congress failed to do it? Check. A bill to protect big casino resorts from slot machine parlors and bars with sports betting kiosks? Check. A $233 million lawsuit settlement that eliminates a disputed tax on comped meals? Check. (Well, […]
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The U.S. Forest Service wants to know what the public thinks of Mount Rose Ski Area’s plans to expand. The project area is located on Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and private land. The Forest Service is proposing to authorize a special use permit boundary adjustment for 112 acres on NFS lands to create the Atoma lift […]
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Motorists driving between downtown Truckee and the Pioneer Trail roundabout on Donner Pass Road may not realize that they are passing by the future home of the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe. The animal shelter is in its final stages of construction. It is tucked out of sight from the main thoroughfare on a back parcel […]
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By Zoe Zellers, TheDailyMeal.com “Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd, buy me some … Twinkies split down the middle, stuffed with a hot dog, and topped off with whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles with a cherry on top … It may be an edible heart attack, but I […]
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By Dave Garshelis, Outdoor Fatal black bear attacks on people are extremely rare. There are 700,000 to 900,000 black bears living in North America, and in recent years, they’ve killed an average of two people a year. And despite popular perception, most black bears that kill people aren’t mothers protecting their cubs, but adult males […]
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Plans for the HGTV Dream Home 2014 are well under way in Truckee. The HGTV Dream Home 2014 is a custom-built, fully furnished home set in the Schaffer’s Mill community, with panoramic views of the mountains. The 18th annual HGTV Dream Home is part of a grand prize package that will be awarded in March […]
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What will your child be doing for the summer? Lake Tahoe Boys & Girls Club has programs for youth ages 5-18 that ensure they will be safe, have fun and be participating in activities that will help them retain what they learned throughout the school year. The weekly rate is $60/child. Additional siblings receive a […]
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By Kathryn Reed “I don’t golf, but I have golfed” is how I describe my experience with that little white ball and those odd looking clubs. It had been at least a dozen years since I swung a club other than at putt, putt golf. Nik and Kevin play two or three times a week […]
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By Kathryn Reed While modern golf dates to the Middle Ages in Scotland, Tahoe’s links history isn’t quite 100 years old. “There were kids around in the neighborhood who would get odd jobs as caddies. I did that. One time I caddied for Max Baer the fighter. He trained in the summertime with Mr. Goldman […]
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