• Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s blood drives for the year are Feb. 6, April 2, June 11, Aug. 6, Oct. 1 and Dec. 3 from noon-6pm at Embassy Suites, 4130 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. For more information, contact Dan Kerr at (775) 588.2376 or (775) 781.5345. • Truckee-based Crux Events launched a new […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will resume prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin on Feb. 6. Operations may take place north of Emerald Bay, Kingsbury Grade near North Benjamin, the Logan Creek area, the Kings Beach area and the Elizabeth Road area of McKinney Bay near Homewood. Locations and […]
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Placer County planning commissioners will discuss proposed changes to Squaw Valley at the Feb.9 meeting. The meeting is at the North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 North Lake Blvd. The meeting start is at 10am. More information is online.
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Businesses in South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County are invited to a forum to learn about what low-cost, no-cost services and loans are available. The Feb. 29 3:30-5:30pm forum is being put on by the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce and Lake Tahoe Community College. The meeting is at Lake Tahoe Community […]
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Licensed natural health care practitioners in the South Shore are being invited to join a free networking/referral group to help promote their practices and the benefits of natural health care to the community. The group is called South Lake Tahoe Health Connective. It is being spearheaded by Mandy Kendall. Email mandykendall1@gmail.com for more information or […]
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The Kings Beach Snowfest Parade is March 10 from 11:30am-12:30pm. The North Tahoe Business Association hosts this annual fun-filled event featuring entertaining entries from many local community and nonprofit organizations. After the parade there are Snowfest activities and events. For more information, call (530) 546.9000.
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• Packers QB Aaron Rodgers will make his debut at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am next week. For the past two years he’s had throngs of followers when he played the American Century Championship in Stateline at Edgewood Tahoe. • Bona Fide HQ (1069 Magua St., No. 4, Meyers) is hosting an evening of […]
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On Feb. 5, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office patrol division will have a DUI checkpoint in the Spanish Springs area of Sparks. This DUI checkpoint will be a multi-agency partnership with the Reno Police Department, Nevada Highway Patrol, Sparks Police Department, Washoe County School Police, University of Nevada Police Department, and the Storey County Sheriff’s […]
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Executive Director Joanne Marchetta is hosting a “fireside chat” at Lake Tahoe Community College on Feb. 8 from 6-7:30pm on “21st Century Environmentalism and the Regional Plan Update.” This is the first of two evening talks on how Marchetta is transitioning the bi-state agency from its once-needed focus on stopping runaway […]
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• UNR Professor Peter Goin through Arcadia Publishing has released “Lake Tahoe: A Maritime History”. • Yosemite National Park’s plans to rehab the historic Ahwahnee hotel won’t have a significant impact on park operations and the nearby environment, the National Park Service says. The findings are online. • Mountain Travel Symposium’s registration for the 38th […]
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