Ace Hardware on Lake Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe closed today. “We just can’t make it. We cannot afford to keep the store open,” said Neil, who answered the phone Monday afternoon, but would not give his last name. He said the closure had nothing to do with the DIY store opening nearby last […]
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By Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee Sacramento-area small-business development centers will receive more than $600,000, among the first in a wave of federal SBA grants to fund job creation programs, hire more small-business counselors and support microbusinesses across the country, the U.S. Small Business Administration has announced. “It’s about jobs, jobs, jobs – creating these jobs,” […]
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Updated Jan. 30 10am. A winter weather advisory is in effect until 4pm today for the Lake Tahoe Basin and Truckee. About 4 inches have fallen at lake level in South Lake Tahoe as of 7:30am, with it continuing to steadily come down. The National Weather Service in Reno said the white stuff will taper […]
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By Kathryn Reed After what seemed to be an endless quest to figure out what to do about a concessionaire for the marina and store at Fallen Leaf Lake, the Community Services District is back at square one. “Right now we are negotiating the separation agreement,” Sandy Wirth told Lake Tahoe News. She and her […]
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With funding for Nevada roads declining and double-digit unemployment rates, Nevadans have a chance to voice their transportation-related concerns and suggestions to Congress through the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ “I Told Congress About Transportation” social media campaign. The national campaign uses Facebook, YouTube videos and written comments to help people share […]
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By Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION — Despite January producing more sunny days than snowy ones, the water content at the top of Echo Summit is greater now than it was a month ago, but percentage-wise the average has dropped. Department of Water Resource officials were at the junction of Highway 50 and the entrance to […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The El Dorado Superior Court in the Phillip Garrido kidnap case has closed jury selection in the upcoming mental competency trial to the media, a move that sparked objections from a lawyer for The Bee and other news organizations. In a notice posted on the court’s website late Thursday, the […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal One day four years ago, Donald Kanare was waiting in traffic where Mount Rose Highway bottoms out at Lake Tahoe’s Nevada 28, “sucking exhaust,” when he had an idea. The Incline Village resident, a native of New England, thought the place might benefit from a roundabout intersection of the type […]
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By Kathryn Reed Although some would argue a survey did not need to be taken, South Lake Tahoe officials believe having current data in writing gives them the authority to make changes people want, instead of guessing what they want. City Manager Tony O’Rourke took his own analysis in September about the city. The new […]
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Truckee resident Keri L. Campbell, 37, was arrested Jan. 26 on embezzlement charges. Campbell is an independent contract bookkeeper for several businesses in the Truckee–Tahoe region. Campbell is alleged to have embezzled more than $80,000 from at least one business while employed as a part-time bookkeeper. Campbell was booked into the Nevada County Jail in […]
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