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Several environmental gains over the last five years have been made at the Lake Tahoe Basin, according to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s “Threshold Evaluation Report” released Wednesday, which highlights water quality as a continued area of concern.

The comprehensive report offers a snapshot of the health of the ecosystem in the Tahoe Basin by documenting the status and trends of more than 100 environmental standards ranging from air and water quality to fish and wildlife. The biggest improvements were documented in air and water quality, and scenic resources.

Lake Tahoe's future is bound in thousands of pages of documents set to hit the public in coming days.The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will release its Draft 2012 Regional Plan, Draft 2012 Regiona...

Projects for the Meyers community will be discussed tonight, Wednesday, April 18, at the Lake Valley Fire Protection District office. The Meyers Roundtable Committee will take up the following:

— Presentation of Road Runner Canopy Project
— Government reports
— Report on the Meyers Community Plan Update
— Public Forum – discussions are to be no longer than 5 minutes per issue due to time constraints

All attendees are encouraged to park on Keetak Street due to limited on-site parking. The meeting will be held in the mobile unit located behind the fire station.

CARSON CITY – A state agency today reported that significant changes have been made to the unemployment insurance benefit structure affecting both current and future recipients.

Fitch Ratings affirmed South Tahoe Public Utility District on Monday as part of its ongoing survey of public agencies, noting the ratings outlook remains within the organization remains "stable."
The firm, which positions itself as a global rating agency dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data, gave the water and sewer district a AA+ rating, noting $10.8 million sewer revenue certificates of participation. The ratings agency also asserts that STPUD continues to have strong reserves in place that protects the district against a reduction in its property tax revenues.

Driving home the future of visitors and spending to the Silver State, the Nevada Commission on Tourism's annual Rural Roundup at Lake Tahoe April 18-20 will headline the acclaimed author of "The Experience Economy and Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want."

James H. Gilmore's book, whom he co-authored with Joe Pine, was recognized by Time magazine as one of the “Ten Ideas That Are Changing the World." In it he asserts that consumers want authentic products and experiences — something rural Nevada is singularly positioned to offer with its historic destinations and attractions.

Skiers and snowshoe enthusiasts may have seen the last of the groomed trails at Spooner Lake now that Max Jones and his wife, Patti McMullen, have announced they will no longer run the Cross Country Ski Area there.

It is very difficult to celebrate the capture of the ruthless killer of Richard Swanson with the loss of a fine, intelligent, ambitious and good-looking young man whose future was cut short.It was ...

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency announced the schedule of public meetings and workshops for public input on the Regional Plan Update draft and environmental documents for Lake Tahoe being released later this month.

This April, the League to Save Lake Tahoe will partner with Aveda's Earth Month 2012 campaign in which local Northern California and Nevada Aveda salons raise money to help Keep Tahoe Blue.

Lake Tahoe Community College’s Haldan Art Gallery is the next stop for the Nevada Arts Council’s traveling exhibition program. There will be an artists’ reception April 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. for “Great Basin Exteriors: A Photographic Survey.”

At least $50,000 worth of stolen property was recovered, drugs were seized and two people were arrested on the West Slope of El Dorado County.
Detectives and the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Detail served search warrants, including a storage container, at two different locations in Pollock Pines on March 21, said Lt. Tim Becker in a news release.

The blockbuster film "The Hunger Games," now at the Heavenly Village Cinema in South Lake Tahoe, is an entertaining sci-fi film that has broken box-office records nationwide. Its chief virtue is the star, Jennifer Lawrence, as Katniss Everdeen, who lives with her widowed mother and younger sister Primrose Everdeen (Willow Shields). They are in district 12 of the world government which has replaced all others worldwide following a disastrous world war.

(Editor's note: This is the fourth in a regular feature by South Lake Tahoe-based Certified Wellness Coach and Advanced Integrative Therapist Krista Kline. Visit her website at www.kristaekline.com.)

I want to have fun and live life to the fullest, do it all, see it all! I love to laugh, spend time with family and friends, listen to music, travel, eat, try new things, be challenged, learn, help others, and the list goes on. What is on your list? What are you doing (or better yet, what aren't you doing) to have a little fun in your life?

The U.S. Forest Service and Lake Tahoe Community College will host a free screening of “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time” On March 28. Filmmakers Ann and Steve Dunsky will be available to answer questions after the screening.

The study of climate change through Earth history has produced a wealth of information on the operation of the ocean-atmosphere system during climate transitions as well as the feedbacks that impact the magnitude and rate of climate change on the planet. A public lecture on Thursday at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences will address some of what has been found.

Dance into Spring with Bison and the Smugglin Hooch Jug Band on Saturday, March 31 beginning at 7:30 at the American Legion in South Lake Tahoe. This is a benefit for the Sierra Nevada Alliance. Suggested donation of $10 is appreciated! For more information please contact: Carissa@sierranevadaalliance.org.

California Highway Patrol will offer a free driver safety class Monday at the South Tahoe High School Library.The class, Start Smart, is aimed at helping newly licensed and future licensed teenage ...

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval said today he will propose to extend a package of taxes now set to expire in June 2013 into the next budget to avoid further cuts to education, which he said cannot withstand further reductions.
To maintain a basically flat spending plan for the two-year budget that will begin on July 1, 2013, Sandoval said the modified business tax that was maintained at a higher rate for large businesses in the 2011 legislative session, along with a small increase in the sales tax, must be continued.

MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa in Stateline, Nev., Lake Tahoe announced today that Jef Bauer, General Manager, resigned effective immediately.
Bauer served as general manager since October 2010, according to a news release. A reason for his departure was not given.

(Editor's note: This is the third in a regular feature by South Lake Tahoe-based Certified Wellness Coach and Advanced Integrative Therapist Krista Kline. Visit her website at www.kristaekline.com.)

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of creating a vision plan in order to begin getting what you want out of life. Just ONE thing you’d like to be different. Many people when faced with this task don’t know where to start because they get overwhelmed with thinking about ALL the things they want to change. Suddenly their eyes glaze over, their thoughts race in a thousand different directions, and frustration or helplessness sets in. Making changes just feels too difficult or even impossible to tackle.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency announced that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a favorable ruling on Shorezone litigation between TRPA and the League to Save Lake Tahoe, allowing the agency discretion on how to determine its baseline measurement of buoys on the lake.

New Lake Tahoe license plates are appearing on the vehicle fleets of major ski resorts and businesses in the Tahoe Basin, as support for the Tahoe plate program in California and Nevada continues this winter.

Heavenly Ski Resort helped launch the program in 1996 and has 140 vehicles plated for Tahoe. Northstar Resort, Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, and Tahoe Dave’s Skis and Boards have ordered new Tahoe plates.

As the news spread on Wednesday morning that Vail Resorts had purchased Kirkwood Mountain Resort, there was, naturally, a genuine concern for one the future of the one of the most iconic ski areas in the American West. As someone who made a personal decision a few years ago to stop supporting a corporate-owned ski resort (Heavenly) and start buying my pass at one of the last independent ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area (Kirkwood) – the fact that Kirkwood is a better mountain for all the right reasons didn’t hurt either – this news affected me, but it did not shock me.