An email from South Lake Tahoe City Manager Dave Jinkens on Oct. 18 to Lake Tahoe News: “I have had contact with Target representatives over the last 2½ years regarding their possible interest in coming to South Lake Tahoe. Recently, I was told that Target would be interested in locating in South Lake Tahoe if […]
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Want to know if you have swine flu? The only place to find out on the South Shore is at Stateline Medical Center. Folks their will test people who come in with flu symptoms. The only way Barton Memorial Hospital will test for H1N1 is if someone is being admitted to the hospital.
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Caltrans workers began to stripe part of Highway 50 near the Y in South Lake Tahoe on Friday. Traffic backed up a bit because lanes were shutdown. The guys doing the work said everything should be wrapped today “barring any problems.”
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Forest fires sweep through numerous regions of California each year. After the embers have died and the smoke fades away, Forest Service archaeologists, who are also involved with fire suppression, are sent in to conduct surveys to record new prehistoric and historic sites, and to assess damage to previously recorded sites. U.S. Forest Service archaeaologist […]
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Find out on KTHO AM-590 what the South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center is doing this month for Domestic Violence Awareness month. Listen Saturday at 10am or Monday at 6pm. It’s also streaming at www.KTHOradio.com.
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South Tahoe High grad Chuck Garric will be in town tonight in Harrah’s Showroom because he is part of Alice Cooper’s band. Garric will be at the Hard Rock Café instead Harveys at 4:30pm to chat with fans and friends. The $5 fee for the party goes toward STHS’s music program. For more information, call […]
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Much of the smoke you are likely to see today in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin is coming from various controlled burns. There is one near Stateline, Fallen Leaf Lake and another farther up the West Shore. The burns are scheduled on days without wind, when the temperature is ideal and humidity levels are […]
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Business Boot Camps are being offered throughout the region –Â South Lake Tahoe Oct. 20-22, North Lake Tahoe Nov. 17-19, Auburn Jan. 26-28, and Placerville Feb. 23-25. They are from 8am-8pm the first two days and until 5pm the third day. Lunch, dinner and homework included. The three-day course covers market analysis, marketing strategies, finances, […]
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The El Dorado County Commission on Aging has a vacancy. The preference is for someone at least 60 years old. The deadline to submit an application is Oct. 30. Call (530) 642.4833 for an application. Commissioners act in an advisory role to the Area Agency on Aging and the county Board of Supervisors.
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No appropriate code exists for when an emergency vehicle arrives at its destination not under its own power. Such was the case Wednesday as Scott DeChambeau of South Tahoe Towing brought a South Lake Tahoe firetruck to the city’s maintenance yard on D Street. Phil Harwood, a city mechanic, said the turbo will have to […]
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