• The Fields Committee of the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will meet Dec. 17 from 4–6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. • The work of Tahoe City architecture and engineering firm Gary Davis Group was recently featured as the cover story in Residential Design + Build magazine. • Passage of Proposition 30 […]
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By Steven E.F. Brown, San Francisco Business Times AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah said California gas prices have been falling and will likely continue to fall, a holiday boon for Golden State drivers. The Emeryville-based auto club said Tuesday that California’s average price for a gallon of gas is $3.62, down 23 cents from […]
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By Kathryn Reed Six years after the first mound of dirt was moved on the then-$410 million hotel-convention center project, more may be turned over. Bill Owens, who owns 20 of the 29 parcels on the 11-plus-acre site by Stateline, is ready to build part of the project. The goal is in summer 2013 work […]
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By Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg Businessweek Mention the game of baccarat and images of international spies, playboys or tuxedo-clad royalty come to mind. But don’t tell that to Dallas Teerlink, director of table games at the Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minn. After he introduced the card game to his Midwest customers two years ago, […]
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Sugar Bowl Resort is giving away an all-inclusive adventure with Daron Rahlves, one of the most versatile and accomplished U.S. skiers. Contestants can win a full day of fun with Rahlves just by “liking” Sugar Bowl’s Facebook page. Once on the page, click the “Enter To Win” sweepstakes tab near the top of the page. […]
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To the community, We wanted to write to thank all of the residents of the Lake Tahoe area who generously gave of their time and resources to help impact thousands of hurting children this Christmas through Operation Christmas Child. Together we were able to pack 47,500 shoe boxes — filled with toys, school supplies and […]
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By USSA TELLURIDE — Ski Cross USA’s John Teller of Mammoth skied his way into the semifinals in the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup at Telluride, but just missed the finals finishing seventh to lead the U.S. Slovenian Filip Flisar won a close men’s final with Swiss Fanny Smith taking the women’s title. It […]
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Douglas County library is having a Winter Lego Building Challenge. Use Legos to create a winter themed work of art. Bring the creation to the Minden or Zephyr Cove library between Dec. 15 and noon Jan. 3. Lego prizes will be awarded to the first and second place winner in each age category. Children and […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee Two U.S. congressmen are once again calling for a probe of a little-known federal agency called Wildlife Services, citing photos of animal abuse posted on the Internet by an agency employee. “We are gravely concerned that (the) photographs … do not represent an isolated occurrence, but may reflect a deep-rooted […]
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Updated: Dec. 13 10:05am An injury accident on the east side of the Cave Rock tunnel sent one person to the hospital and made the commute into Carson City even slower. Patricia Schille, 48, from Carson City crossed over the center line in her Subaru, striking a maroon truck driven by 58-year-old Richard Kline of […]
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