• Drink Up magazine is about all things related to wine in the Sierra foothills. • A meeting Sept. 7 at Lake Tahoe Community College is designed to talk about the needs of those between the ages of 18 and 26. For more information, contact Vonnie Shane at ShaneV@flc.losrios.edu or (530) 642.5682. • When asked […]
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Everything Spanish was the rule of the day this month at Lake Tahoe Community College with 527 students attending the college’s 18th Intensive Spanish Summer Institute. Approximately 470 of those students came from outside the Lake Tahoe Basin. With them came an influx of more than $60,000 for local merchants, hotel owners, restaurants and more, […]
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• Edgewood is the only Lake Tahoe restaurant on OpenTable Diners’ list of Most Scenic Restaurants in the United States. • Great Tahoe Flume Race-Sierra Cup No. 6 is Sept. 10. All proceeds from this event support the bike patrol, which has grown significantly this year to one of IMBA’s largest National Mountain Bike Patrol […]
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Lake Tahoe News turns 2-years-old next month. We think everyone should wear a Lake Tahoe News T-shirt that day to celebrate. It would be your gift to us. We have T-shirts to give away. Just post a comment stating what you like about Lake Tahoe News or what story you’ve liked that LTN has covered […]
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• AAA has given its five diamond designation to the Ritz-Carlton at Northstar. • A tribute to Olga Hopkins will be Sept. 16. Click on flyer for more details. • Tahoe Keepers is a free training program designed to help non-motorized watercraft operators guard against inadvertently transporting aquatic invasive species. • Kiwanis Club of Lake […]
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The California Arts Council is giving Tahoe Arts Project a 2010-11 Creating Public Value grant worth $7,500. The grant was given to support and expand participation in performing arts programs for K-12 students and public performances for residents and tourists in South Lake Tahoe. Funds support more than 5,000 K-12 students and more than 3,000 […]
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in two upcoming high-visibility traffic enforcement details. During the late evening/early morning hours of Aug. 26-27 and Sept. 2-3 deputies of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office working with deputies of the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting increased DUI enforcement patrols along the corridors of highways […]
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The second annual Firefighter’s Poker Pedal, organized by members of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local No. 2139 Incline Village and Crystal Bay firefighters of the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, proved to be another success, as they pedaled their way to raise $1,500 ($500 more than last year’s event) that will go […]
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• Lake Tahoe residents receive a 15 percent discount on any of the Lake Tahoe Marathon events in September. Just put Tahoe Local in the promo box when registering on the website. • Volunteers are needed for the 22nd annual Lake in the Sky Air Show on Aug. 27. Contact Tracy Franklin at (530) 542.6093 […]
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Each year, the National Pony Express Association re-creates the Pony Express of 1860-1861 by riding from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacramento. Mormon Station State Historic Park is hosting this event in Genoa on Aug. 26 at 8am. The national, 10-day, 24 hour-a-day event includes more than 600 riders stationed at intervals to relay a mochila […]
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