By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – It’s not often the secret ingredient is wiggling around on the counter. But that is what two chefs had to overcome during the annual Blazing Pans competition. 2011 champion Chef Sean Conry of Longboards Bar & Grill at Plumas Pines took on Chef Elsa Corrigan of Mamasake Sushi from the […]
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Dave Beauchamp will share what is known about Lake trout, Kokanee salmon and Mysid shrimp interactions in the open water (pelagic zone) of Lake Tahoe based on past research and will also describe the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services efforts to fill in information gaps related to the Kokanee salmon, Mysid shrimp, and other Lake […]
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Your dog could be the next cover girl (or boy) of the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe 2013 calendar. Entries are due Oct. 15. Photos must have been taken in and around the Truckee-Tahoe area. If you have adopted or rescued a dog and would like to show off their happy smiling face, enter your best […]
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By Susan Wood TRUCKEE – After logging almost three years on the slopes of Northstar, the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe has shown how easy it is to mix business with pleasure. That’s because some may say the only AAA five-diamond hotel in the Tahoe region has been good for guests, village retailers and even Placer County […]
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Unity at the Lake invites all interested movie-goers to a special showing of “Peace One Day” on Sept. 28 at 7pm. This documentary poses the question, “Can one individual really make a difference?” For filmmaker Jeremy Gilley the answer is a resounding yes. After five years, he persuaded the United Nations – and the world […]
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By Beth Potter, Boulder County Business Report BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Vail Resorts Inc. reported income of $16.5 million for its fiscal year, and ski pass sales are up for the coming ski season, according to an earnings statement released Sept. 25. Broomfield-based Vail Resorts said income fell from $34.5 million for the previous fiscal year. […]
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• Heavenly Mountain Resort expects to fire up its snowmaking guns Nov. 1. • Expect the highways around Lake Tahoe to be impacted by the Lake Tahoe Marathon Sept. 28-30. This website provides details. • Truckee is making changes to its transit system starting Oct. 12. • Sierra Avalanche Center has hired Jenny Hatch as […]
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Caltrans Adopt-A-Highway Program honored the Clean Tahoe Program with the 2011 Adopt –A-Highway Program Volunteer of the Year award for the group’s outstanding efforts in keeping a portion of Highway 50 from the Y to state line in South Lake Tahoe clean. “It is a thankless job to pick up litter on the side of […]
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A Truckee resident was arrested for allegedly growing marijuana at his residence in his in the Glenshire subdivision on Saxon Way. On the morning of Sept. 20, officers searched the house. They said they found, “The entire interior of the three-bedroom house had been converted into a marijuana growing operation.” About 40 marijuana plants were […]
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