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Thank you for your assistance with my heating/boiler dilemma. Your prompt and professional service has won me over for all future heating issues. I had another local business to my home on three se...

Of all the political tactics used to protect business interests, none is as powerful as the layer ploy - the one in which an ugly corporate giveaway is hidden one layer beneath something popular. I...

I manage Pearl Izumi, a local business in the cycling industry and am a cyclist. There are many in our community who utilize a bicycle as their primary mode of transportation. While I recognize tha...

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s jobless rate fell from a revised 13 percent in December to 12.7 percent in January, down from 13.8 percent a year ago and a peak of 14 percent in October 2010. The number of unemployed Nevadans remained relatively flat at 174,700, but is down 16,300 from the same month last year.

Government officials will be in Pollock Pines on Thursday, March 15, at 6 pm, at the Pollock Pines/Camino Community Center to discuss ADA (American Disability Act) issues and how they affect local businesses. This visit is an opportunity to discuss the ADA issues, their fairness or unfairness, as applied to local businesses. All interested citizens are invited to this free presentation. For information call the Pollock Pines/Camino Community Center at (530)647-8005.

For local business owners who are looking to rent desk space or an office, call Substitute Personnel. Sharing the space helps with rent and utilities, and they may be able to offer needed business services as well. Location is in the center of town near Sierra Tract.
Desk space could start as low as $250 per month including utilities and snow removal; separate office space would be $600 per month including utilities. Space includes furnishings,shared kitchen area and bathroom (not wheelchair accessible).

The Nevada State Demographer’s Office, located at the University of Nevada, Reno College of Business, has released its 2011 population estimates. The state gained an estimated 17,152 people from July 2010 to July 2011, an estimated increase of 0.6 percent, about equivalent to the increase of 0.7 percent the prior year. Two years ago, the state lost 27,677 people, a decrease of about 1.0 percent.

CARSON CITY – A regulation requiring thousands of home-based businesses to pay a $200 annual fee won approval today from a legislative panel.
Secretary of State Ross Miller has been trying to get the regulation approved for several months, but has seen the regulation stymied by strong opposition from some Nevada residents and Republican lawmakers who argued the regulation exceeded his authority.

One of the critical issues continuously expressed by our citizens has been the condition of our town. Rundown, second rate and blighted are words often used in the same sentence as City of South Lake Tahoe. We love where we live, but we hate how we keep it.

That message was loud and clear in the City’s 2011 Citizen Survey we recently received. More than 70 percent of respondents said the appearance of our town was poor. More than 80 percent considered our roads the same way, poor or worse.

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in locating family members of elderly twins, Patricia and Joan Miller, 73, who were found dead in their South Lake Tahoe home on February 26. The nature of their deaths hasn't been determined, however, foul play has been ruled out, said Sheriff's Lt. Bryan Golmitz. The cause and manner of death is still being investigated by El Dorado County Sheriff’s detectives and the South Lake Tahoe Police Department.

The South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce meets every first Monday of the month at a member's restaurant or location to discuss issues related to local businesses.
Come to the Cantina Bar and Grill at 6:30pm to meet board and chamber members. For questions or to know more about membership, call the Chamber Office at (530) 542-5060 or see them online.

Businesses signed up for the 2012 Business Expo by Thursday will be able to attend one of two workshops free.The Expo will will take place 4-8 p.m. March 30 at Harrah's Convention Center.The Expo P...

Recognized for stewardship and care taken in the building and construction of developments around Lake Tahoe, the 22nd annual Best in the Basin awards were announced Tuesday by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
The TRPA, which sets policy for development around Lake Tahoe, will recognize the winners, listed below, during the 2011 Best in the Basin awards presentation during the meeting of its Governing Board on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in Stateline. Go here for the agenda.

For reasons that remain unclear among many in town, Caltrans wants to raise the speed limit by 5 mph through portions of South Lake Tahoe and Meyers. On Tuesday, city leaders and the community will hear presentations by Caltrans representatives regarding future plans.

After El Dorado County supervisors agreed in fall to table the concept, plans are in the works to again bring federal protection measures to the Upper Truckee River.

A public meeting to discuss plans by Caltrans to increase speed limits within the Meyers area will be discussed at a public meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 5:30 p.m. at the Lake Valley Fire Department.
Last fall Caltrans had announced it was reviewing speed limits between Meyers and South Lake Tahoe, with the idea of increasing the speed limit by 5 mph.
The meeting is being hosted by the Meyers Roundtable Committee and the Meyers Business Group. The public is encouraged to attend and should park on Keetak Street due to limited on-site parking.

(Editor's note: The following ran in the January issue of the Tahoe Mountain News. The second part of the series that examines public agency salaries for managers is in the February issue, on newsstands now.)

Here are the latest salaries and benefits available for the South Lake Tahoe Public Utilities Commission, the South Lake Tahoe City Council, El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, the Douglas County (Nevada) Board of County Commissioners, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board and the board of the Douglas County School District.

For those born after 1976, the Cork and More is older than they are. The specialty food and wine shop recently celebrated a milestone, marking its thirty-fifth year in business last month. From a small wine and cheese shop to a complete culinary business, the store has grown and changed over the years to offer the consumer gourmet food, products and accessories for the kitchen and the table.

RENO — Gov. Brian Sandoval used the University of Nevada, Reno on Tuesday as a backdrop to unveil his economic development plan, and he challenged the business community and all partners to work to create 50,000 new jobs by the end of 2014.

The City of South Lake Tahoe would like to partner with citizens to help increase communications with neighbors and facilitate improvements.
If you live, own or work at a business in any of the neighborhoods listed below, please join us for the
Neighborhood Service Team Area #6 Meeting
For neighborhoods: Stateline Residential, Lakeside Park, Heavenly Valley, Tahoe Meadows and Bijou Park
Tuesday, February 21st 2:30 – 4:00 pm at the Best Western Station House in the conference room
901 Park Avenue
Come be part of YOUR Neighborhood!

Lake Tahoe Community College received notice today from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accrediting commission that the college's accreditation is being reaffirmed.

RENO — From a cheering crowd of several hundred at a brief but energetic Mitt Romney rally to a more subdued event for Rick Santorum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition to another well-attended rally for Ron Paul, it was a trifecta of presidential candidates in Reno ahead of the Saturday GOP caucus.

Romney got the balling rolling at the Grove, with an estimated 800 supporters packed inside and standing outside the event center in South Reno. Romney spoke briefly to those standing outside before giving a short but enthusiastic speech to those crowded inside.