Snippets about Lake Tahoe
• Barton Health has launched an interactive website. • Kawika Liu is now director for Barton Community Health Center. • We Olive & Wine Bar grand opening is Feb. 21-22 in Reno from 11am-7pm each day.
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Health lecture focuses on food issues
Healthy Foods: Tips from our Ancestors is the subject of a March 4 lecture. Registered dietician Lynn Norton will discuss how people lived years ago and what they age, food intolerance and preventable diseases. The free talk begins at 6pm. It will be at Lake Tahoe Community College in the board room.
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Then and now: Highway 50 in S. Lake Tahoe
Highway 50 in the Tahoe Valley area in the early 1960s had overhead wires and billboards, like the distant Bank of America billboard seen halfway up the right margin. There was a second billboard to the right of that one, out of view here. The gap between the bridge and those billboards was a large […]
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Douglas County putting on dog obedience class
Douglas County Parks & Recreation will be offering a dog obedience class at Kahle Community Center in Stateline from March 5-April 9 from 7-8pm. Cost of $80. Instructor Guy Yeaman uses a light-handed approach to help dogs obey commands. Dogs must be at least 4 months old and shot records need to be brought to […]
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Snippets about Lake Tahoe
• The final environmental impact report and statement are available online for Heavenly Mountain Resort’s Epic Discovery Project and proposed amendments to the 2007 Heavenly Master Plan. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Advisory Planning Commission is scheduled to review the final EIR/EIS document and make a recommendation on certification March 11. The TRPA Governing Board is […]
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Snippets about Lake Tahoe
• A workshop Feb. 17 by the South Lake City Council regarding vacation rentals could affect those who use Airbnb. The meeting starts at 9am at Lake Tahoe Airport. • Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty purchased the Tahoe City, Truckee and Incline Village branches of Better Homes & Gardens. • Brad Trexell, a former Opera Colorado […]
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Brush with Kindness looking for homes to work on
A Brush with Kindness program is available for qualified low income homeowners in South Lake Tahoe. Volunteers work to improve the condition of homes by painting, landscaping and providing minor exterior repairs at a minimum charge or no cost to homeowners who would be unable to complete the work on their own. Applications are being […]
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Snippets about Lake Tahoe
• On March 12 at 3pm there will be a public hearing before the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission regarding Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care’s new headquarters to be built on Al Tahoe Boulevard near Pioneer Trail. The meeting is at Lake Tahoe Airport. Comments on the negative mitigation declaration are being taken until March 10 […]
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NHP going after drivers using handheld devices
Between now and Feb. 23, Nevada’s Joining Forces law enforcement team will be cracking down on distracted drivers throughout the state. Nevada’s ban on handheld devices while driving went into effect three years ago and still law enforcement continues to spot and cite offenders every day. The law was enacted because of the more than 3,500 distraction-related […]
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Mardi Gras fundraiser for Austin’s House
The seventh annual Cowboy Mardi Gras fundraiser benefitting Austin’s House is Feb. 27 at the Carson Valley Inn from 6-10pm. The party atmosphere will be like Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday. Carson City Toyota Scion donated $4,000 to sponsor the fundraiser. The Cowboy Mardi Gras starts at 6pm with a cocktail hour. […]
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