California Tahoe Conservancy is ready to go forward with improving access to the former Tahoe Pines Campground and improving the grounds along the Upper Truckee River on Highway 50 in Meyers. The Conservancy plans to restore and protect the natural floodplain and riparian habitat of the 8.5-acre site, while providing picnic tables, benches, hiking trails […]
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Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board is looking to find ways to contain the aquatic weeds that are so prolific in the Tahoe Keys. The state agency this week released a draft permit for public review, which aims to reduce and prevent the aquatic weed infestation in the 372-acre waterway in South Lake Tahoe. Milfoil […]
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By Lesia Witkowsky Water and sewer bills for South Tahoe Public Utility District customers will be going up July 1. The board on a 5-0 vote made it official June 5. Water rates will increase 6.5 percent for each of the next four years, with the fifth year being 5 percent. The base pay for […]
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Joseph Nissensohn was sentenced to death June 5 for the murder of a South Lake Tahoe teenager and two others. El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Kingsbury upheld the December recommendation of the jury. Nissensohn, 62, was convicted in October in the first-degree murders of Kathy Graves, 15, of South Lake Tahoe in 1989, […]
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By Sandra Chereb, AP CARSON CITY — Don Quilici has snookered a few Carson City newcomers with bets that it would snow the week of his birthday in early May. Unsuspecting gamblers often don’t know that a sliver of the western Nevada city’s boundaries extend to Lake Tahoe and encompass Snow Valley Peak at a […]
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South Lake Tahoe police officers on Tuesday chased down a suspect who reportedly was breaking into a residence on Bonanza Avenue. Officers said the suspect was carrying bags of stolen items from the residence. Officers chased him through yards and over a fence to the meadow near D Street and Highway 50, where he allegedly […]
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Truckee residents unquestionably want more trails. Measure R won with 74.99 percent of the votes or 1,367 votes. Voting no were 456 people or 25.01 percent of the voters. The decision means Truckee’s sales tax will grow by one-quarter cent to 8.375 percent. Nevada County’s sales tax is 7.625 percent, while the state average is […]
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By Susan Wood and Kathryn Reed While some longtime El Dorado County officeholders faced opposition for the first time in years, they all retained their seats. The challenges had a lot more to do with political sparring on the West Slope and less about how well the incumbents were doing their job. The heads of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sue Novasel and Kevin Brown, as the top two vote getters for El Dorado County District 5 supervisor, will be squaring off in November. They never relinquished their lead as numbers started coming in just after 8pm June 3. With all precincts reporting, Novasel garnered 27.46 percent of the vote (1,135 votes), […]
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By Susan Wood South Lake Tahoe voters spoke loudly when they turned funding support of the El Dorado County Library into a no brainer during Tuesday’s primary election. With its funding to operate teetering, citizens overwhelmingly passed the $20-to-$28 a year parcel fee with 2,552 votes at 78.52 percent. Measure L needed two thirds of […]
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