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  • Sheehan: Balance economics with infrastructure needs

    Sheehan: Balance economics with infrastructure needs

    Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling the six candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. They are being published in the order they were submitted. Kelly Sheehan is challenging the incumbent. Name: Kelly Sheehan Age: 53 How long have you lived on the South […]

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  • Rise: Implement a freeze on water, sewer rates

    Rise: Implement a freeze on water, sewer rates

    Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling the six candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. They are being published in the order they were submitted. Dale Rise is the incumbent. Name: Dale Rise Age: 59 How long have you lived on the South Shore?: […]

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  • Kortge: Time to replace aging infrastructure is now

    Kortge: Time to replace aging infrastructure is now

    Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling the six candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. They are being published in the order they were submitted. Mary Kortge is running for the seat vacated by Marylou Mosbacher. Name: Mary Kortge Age: As of Oct. 15 […]

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  • Runnels: District needs to shrink, reevaluate its budget

    Runnels: District needs to shrink, reevaluate its budget

    Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling the six candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. They are being published in the order they were submitted. John Runnels is running for the seat vacated by Marylou Mosbacher. Name: John Wright Runnels Age: 61 How long […]

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  • Gunsch: Pay as you go is better than getting into debt

    Gunsch: Pay as you go is better than getting into debt

    Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling the six candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. They are being published in the order they were submitted. Claude Gunsch is running for the seat vacated by Marylou Mosbacher. Name: Claude Gunsch Age: 62 How long have […]

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  • Vogelgesang: ‘The key word in STPUD is public’

    Vogelgesang: ‘The key word in STPUD is public’

    Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling the six candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. They are being published in the order they were submitted. Randy Vogelgesang is running for the seat vacated by Marylou Mosbacher. Name: Randy Vogelgesang Age: 54 How long have […]

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  • Squaw-Alpine join forces to become one ski company

    Squaw-Alpine join forces to become one ski company

    By Kathryn Reed The owners of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are forming a company that will own and operate the two legendary North Shore resorts. KSL Capital Partners bought the 1960 Olympic venue in November 2010, while JMA Ventures took over the neighboring resort in 2007. With the Tahoe-Reno area going after the 2022 […]

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  • Human trafficking — a concern for girls on the streets

    Human trafficking — a concern for girls on the streets

    By Kathryn Reed While people coming across the border illegally in the back of truck, then sold for slave labor is often the image people conjure when they hear the phrase “human trafficking,” it is not the only kind. Young girls lured into prostitution to be part of a stable for some pimp are also […]

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  • Heavenly taking strides to overhaul Cal Base Lodge

    Heavenly taking strides to overhaul Cal Base Lodge

    By Kathryn Reed Heavenly Mountain Resort is in the process of having the soil composition for the California Base Lodge and parking lots be reclassified. This is because a soil report the resort had done a year ago came back with a different analysis compared to what was recorded in the mid-1970s. Besides the soil […]

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  • ‘Back yard’ camping trip opens up new terrain

    ‘Back yard’ camping trip opens up new terrain

    By Kathryn Reed MARKLEEVILLE – Hiking into Thornburg Canyon I kept wondering why it had taken me so long to even know this area about an hour from South Lake Tahoe even exists. Thank goodness for the recommendation from the Grover Hot Springs State Park employee that we explore this gorgeous area with its expansive […]

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