NBC is already predicting it will lose money on the Vancouver Olympics, which it will televise Feb. 12-28. Although ads for the Winter Games are already airing, sales were slow, according to published reports. Apparently they are picking up. Part of the broadcasting firm’s financial problems stem from it costing $820 million to secure the […]
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South Lake Tahoe officials and the South Tahoe Public Utility District will meet Feb. 18 regarding redevelopment. A South Tahoe PUD official plans to be at the Feb. 2 El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting when the city speaks. For more information about the issue, click here. The utility district had $845,000 in property […]
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Find out what South Lake Tahoe’s Sustainability Commission is up to and what it wants to do with plastic bags. Chairwoman Kirstin Cattell takes to the airwaves Saturday at 10am on KTHO FM-96.1/AM590; or listen at www.kthoradio.com.
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Tahoe Youth & Family Services needs volunteers to help in the South Lake Tahoe office, Gardnerville office and both Drop In Centers. Answering phones, odd office jobs and help with bulk mailings is needed. Interested? Contact the office you are interested in — Gardnerville (775) 782.4202 or South Lake Tahoe (530) 541.2445.
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South Shore radio stations KRLT and KOWL are in need of a general manager. Betsy Miller’s last day was Jan. 6. Thane McCall is back in real estate with offices opening this month in South Lake Tahoe and Round Hill. With Wells Fargo now owning Sue Abrams house in the Angora burn area of El […]
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Norma Santiago, who represents Lake Tahoe on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, will chair that elected body for the next year. On Tuesday, Ray Nutting was elected first vice chairman and John Knight second vice chairman.
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At the Jan. 12 Douglas County School District board of education meeting, the seven members picked new leaders. Teri Jamin is now president. Tom Moore is vice president and Keith Roman is the clerk.
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The business community is invited to attend “Trash Talk with Attorneys†on Jan. 15 at Resort at Squaw Creek from 9am to noon. Co-sponsored by the Truckee Donner and North Lake Tahoe chambers of commerce, in partnership with the Sierra Human Resources Association, this seminar includes updated information managers and business professionals need to know […]
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Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School in Meyers has been selected by California Business for Education Excellence as one of 1,304 public schools in California to receive the title of 2009 Honor Roll school. Schools receiving this distinction from California’s business community have demonstrated consistently high student academic achievement and have made significant progress toward […]
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The South Tahoe Public Utility District is offering a $200 rebate on water efficient clothes washers effective immediately. To be eligible, clothes washers must have a water factor of 8.5 or lower, must have been purchased between Jan. 1, 2008, through Jan. 15, 2010, and installed within the district’s service area. Applications must be turned […]
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