The Young Americans, a group of more than 40 college-age performers, will host three days of music, dance, theater, self-esteem, self-worth, and fun in Tahoe Nov. 1-3. On Nov. 3 at 7:30pm will be a performace featuring the Young Americans and all the kids who participated in the workshops. All this will be held at […]
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By Susan Wood LAS VEGAS — She still has it. Most women can only hope to have their act together in their 60s like the graceful, energetic Divine Miss M. “Las Vegas, you look divine,” Bette Midler belts out to another near sold-out show on a hot Vegas night. She could have been looking in […]
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Publisher’s Note: California Department of Fish & Game reports Li’l Smokey’s signal was picked up via telemetry on Sept. 30 in the same general area where he has been heard from in the past. By Susan Wood CalFire firefighter Adam Deem will carry a story of a lifetime, but it doesn’t involve saving a home […]
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With a high of 44 degrees expected today, be sure to bundle up when heading out to Camp Richardson for the annual Oktoberfest or to the Kokanee Festival at Taylor Creek. Oktoberfest has plenty of beer and food to consume. Artists are ready to sell you some of their work. Hay rides are part of […]
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Sierra Nevada based landscape photographer Elizabeth Carmel is releasing her latest book on Nov. 1 — “The Changing Range of Light – Portraits of the Sierra Nevada. The book combines Carmel’s landscape photography with important information about how the depicted landscapes are threatened by climate change. This collection of photographs captures both the intimate details […]
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By Kathryn Reed The face of Carnival Cabaret lives on even though his voice has been silenced. Hunter — his legal and stage name — did such an incredible rendition of Cher that it was hard to know it wasn’t her, let alone it was a man in those outrageous costumes. Hunter’s image was […]
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Cadets of Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Post No. 2015 won numerous top honors at a Law Enforcement Explorer Cadet competition in Paso Robles Sept. 24-26. The 10th Annual Central Coast Law Enforcement Explorer Competition hosted 521 law enforcement explorer cadets from 47 various law enforcement agencies throughout California and Nevada. The competition was extremely […]
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By Kathryn Reed In the early 1900s, Congress allowed the U.S. Forest Service to lease cabins in an attempt to get more people to use the National Forests which were then in their infancy. And use them they did. The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the USFS oversees 594 Recreation Residence Special Use Permits […]
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El Dorado Transit will once again operate the free Apple Hill Shuttle, every Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm, Oct. 3-25. For the second consecutive year, shuttle parking will be available at a second parking lot in Camino. Free shuttle parking will be offered at Schnell School in Placerville and the U.S. Forest Services […]
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By Kathryn Reed An injury rate of 76 percent below the average for post offices is one reason the employees of the main office in South Lake Tahoe were honored by the Occupational Safety and Heath Administration. A slew of dignitaries expressed their appreciation for the hard work of the staff at the Al Tahoe […]
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