he Douglas County Public Library in Minden and Zephyr Cove will be closed Nov. 27-28. Both libraries will close at 5pm Nov. 26. The Minden library will resume its regular schedule on Nov. 29 at 10am. The Zephyr Cove library will reopen Nov. 29 at 9am.
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• Devin Middlebrook has been hired by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency as an environmental education specialist. He replaces Kristi Boosman. Lucia Maloney has been hired as an associate planner, replacing Shay Navarro who took another position within TRPA. Bruce Barr has been hired as the forester to replace Megan Scheeline. • Mammoth Mountain is […]
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Beginning Monday there will be public transit between the Carson Valley and Reno. Amador Stage Lines will provide the Carson Valley Airporter service. It is being subsidized by $365,000 in federal transportation funds administered by the Nevada Department of Transportation. Stops include: Gardnerville Community Center, Carson Valley Inn, Minden Holiday Inn, Courtyard Marriott in Carson City, Carson City transit […]
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Perry Boys’ Smorgy in the 1960s offered cafeteria-style lunch for $1.15 and dinner for $1.75 in the Crescent V Center near the state line. Next door to the right was Raley’s Supermarket and Lawrence’s Department Store. That same corner location today offers pizza and art in the remodeled and renamed Village Center. Years after Perry […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Resort Association is accepting applications for three open seats on the association’s marketing committee. Appointments will be made based on marketing experience, type of business the member is affiliated with and the portion of North Tahoe the member represents. New members will be appointed at the January board meeting and will […]
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South Lake Tahoe Police Department has been awarded a $47,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for a yearlong program of special enforcements and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic related deaths and injuries. After falling dramatically between 2006 and 2010, the number of people killed and injured in traffic collisions saw slight increases […]
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• The Black Bear Inn in South Lake Tahoe isn’t allowed to name the network or show, but a production crew and cast just wrapped up the pilot for a new reality show to be aired the second quarter of 2015. • El Dorado Arts Council is now the 501(c)3 BATS (Bring Arts to Schools) […]
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Nevada’s Joining Forces multi-county law enforcement program is launching its Click it or Ticket education effort alongside the nationwide effort to encourage motorists to strap on their seat belts. Between now and Dec. 2, law enforcement officers will fan out across Nevada in search of motorists who are not buckled up. Nevada statistics show that […]
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Two Douglas County businesses took home top honors from the Northern Nevada Development Authority. The Pioneer awards recognize businesses in the five-county region. Each county chose a business of the year. Douglas County’s business of the year award went to Bently Enterprises. Bently was selected based on alignment with the county’s five guiding economic vitality principles: Improves business […]
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• Zawadisha’s third annual Holiday Bazaar is Nov. 29 from 10am-3pm at Bona Fide Books HQ in Meyers. • There is a teen writing group every Saturday at 3pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library. For more info, go online. • Sugar Bowl will be opening for the season Nov. 26. • Lt. Bryan Golmitz […]
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