Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. All profiles may be found […]
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By Emily Benson, New Scientist Species: Capnia lacustra Habitat: Lake Tahoe, 100 to 280 feet below the lake’s surface. An autumn birthday means one of these rare aquatic insects was born live; but a spring birthday bash means it probably hatched from an egg. The insect, a species of stonefly called Capnia lacustra, is one […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy INCLINE VILLAGE – Gratitude. The word slides easily off of our tongues. But have you ever thought about what it really means? According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, gratitude is a feeling of thankful appreciation for favors or benefits received; thankfulness. Easy enough definition to digest, but Bob Emmons, a scientific […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. Name: Nick D. Exline Age: […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal It’s been well-documented that the best people to ferret out sports cheats and game fixes are employed by Nevada’s legal sports books. After all, they have a financial interest in the outcome of every race, match and meet posted in their books. If the fix is in and […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. Name: Nancy Dalton Age: 53 […]
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By Kathryn Reed Someone – or multiple people – are lighting wildland fires in South Lake Tahoe, with crews having put out seven in the last week and a half. The latest occurred Sunday afternoon in Van Sickle Bi-State Park on the California side. It was called in at 4:02pm Sept. 4. More than an […]
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By Rob Jordan, Standford This past July was the hottest single month in Earth’s recorded history, but warming isn’t the only danger climate change holds in store. Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the simultaneous occurrence of extremely cold winter days in the Eastern United States and extremely warm winter days in the […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – Listen closely; echoes of the past seem to whisper through the pines. Is it the call of men hauling up timber from below? Or perhaps the sound of lumber splashing into the flumes? Tucked in a remote area above Incline Village are remnants of Lake Tahoe’s storied Comstock era. […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. Name: John Shearer Age: 49 […]
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