Two men with long ties to the South Shore have died in the past few days – Jon Springmeyer and Ron Bricker. Mr. Springmeyer, the son of Marjorie Springmeyer and the late Buzz Springmeyer, was an attorney in Carson City. He died of cancer. Mr. Bricker moved to South Lake Tahoe in 1987. One of […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is waiting for a $30,000 check so it can begin its due diligence – aka background and financial checks – of Woodridge Capital Partners LLC, the firm wanting to take over the would-be convention center. At the City Council meeting this month, attorney Lew Feldman, who has represented original […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE — Whittell High School’s four-day school week is almost exactly how Principal Sue Shannon wants to leave it for her successor starting in the fall. The only thing the school board didn’t agree to on Tuesday afternoon was to put the snow days on Fridays in April or May instead […]
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By Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal A portion of the Mount Rose Highway is scheduled to be closed to traffic through Thursday from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. to allow construction on a bridge, Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Magruder said. The section of Mount Rose Highway beneath the Interstate 580 bridge will be closed […]
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By Susan Wood Although a contract for a new concessionaire at the Fallen Leaf Lake store and marina was sealed last weekend, some want two community service board members to be recalled. Two notices obtained by Lake Tahoe News target CSD board members Mike Kraft, the president, and Eric Thaden. “Unresponsiveness to (their constituencies)” is […]
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By Susan Wood The community services district managing Fallen Leaf Lake operations put to bed months of ambiguity by awarding its concessionaire contract to Rob and Sandy Wirth, who run a South Shore electrical company with ties to the mountain haven. The Fallen Leaf CSD board voted 4-0 Saturday in a special meeting at Lake […]
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The fedora-wearing bank robber struck again. This time it was the Bank of the West in Carson City on Monday about 4pm. The suspect, who authorities believe to be the same person, has hit Bank of the West branches in Grass Valley on Dec. 22 and March 31, South Lake Tahoe on Feb. 18 and […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal A defrocked Catholic priest now at the center of a Vatican pedophilia scandal is a former Truckee resident who in 2002 was investigated for possible connections to the 1988 disappearance of Amber Swartz — for whom Amber Alerts are named — and to the 1991 abduction of South […]
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A wind advisory has been issued for the Lake Tahoe area, including the lake, from 11am to 6pm today. The National Weather Service says to expect winds from the southwest at 15-20mph, with gusts up to 35 mph. Waves could be 2-3 feet high. The highest waves will be along the northeast shores from Kings […]
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A winter weather advisory for snow remains in effect from 5pm this afternoon to 9am Monday. Snow will develop this afternoon, then become heavy at times tonight with snowfall from 1 to 2 inches per hour. Numerous snow showers will continue through Monday. Snow accumulations through Monday morning of 8 to 14 inches will affect […]
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