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  • Hearing planned in Incline tree-felling case - The federal trial for an Incline Village woman charged with hiring a tree-cutting company to chop three Ponderosa Pines from her Lake Tahoe property has been canceled and a change-of-plea hearing scheduled May 1.
  • Truckee man takes torch to North Pole - A Truckee man who reached the North Pole this week carrying an unlit torch for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games plans to discuss his experience and environmental issues Saturday by audio and video transmissions with participants at a Lake Tahoe festival.
  • Quake pattern watched closely - As earthquakes continue to shake Reno, two reports released this month give new insight into the likely characteristics of a temblor at Lake Tahoe.
  • Truckee park plans move forward - Plans are moving forward for a pocket park in downtown Truckee that will connect more trails, provide a gathering place and maybe even serve as a music and arts venue.
  • Tahoe-Truckee Teachers picket after mediation meeting - More than 100 faculty and community members gathered outside Sierra Mountain Educational Center in Truckee Monday holding picket signs to protest languishing contract negotiations with the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District.
  • HEATING UP: Tahoe-Truckee heads into what has become an already volatile fire season for California - Wildfires are already burning in California and throughout the West and below average perception in Tahoe-Truckee for April, the region’s fire season could be a busy one, fire officials said.
  • Save our schools with additional funding - In the early 1700s the University of Edinburgh taught that democracy was doomed to failure because once people found they could vote to tax others and spend the revenue on themselves, the economic system would collapse.
  • Local families feel the food price squeeze - A substantial spike in global food prices coupled with the dramatic oil inflation has taken its toll on the American economy, generating hardships for Tahoe-Truckee residents trying to make ends meet and provide for a family.
  • New restrictions on propane grills result of destructive 2007 wildfire - A Lake Tahoe community is cracking down on certain barbecue grills after one was blamed for igniting a wildfire and destroying five homes on the lake’s West Shore last summer.
  • Horror movie star dies at Lake Tahoe home - Classic movie and television actress Hazel Court, who lived in the Lake Tahoe area, died Tuesday morning at age 82.
  • Residents leery of Biltmore renovation - Redevelopment of an aging hotel-casino on Lake Tahoe’s north shore is alternately described as a needed change to boost an ailing economy or as an over-the-top proposal threatening the area’s rustic alpine character.
  • Barkley makes good on $100,000 pledge for Angora victims - STATELINE — Former NBA star Charles Barkley has made good on the promise he made at a celebrity golf tournament to donate $100,000 to victims of last summer’s devastating wildfire at Lake Tahoe.
  • Fallen Tahoe soldier returns with honors - SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Muffled sobs and the occasional snap of a windblown flag were the only sounds Monday as the jet carrying the remains of Army Sgt. Timothy Smith taxied onto the apron of the Lake Tahoe Airport.
  • Readers write - I was pleased to read that some boat inspections will occur to prevent the zebra mussel from entering Lake Tahoe, but I was not happy to read that these will be random boat inspections.
  • New schools chief faces many challenges - Steve Jennings may be new to Truckee-Tahoe, but the challenges he’ll be facing as the area’s new school district superintendent aren’t unfamiliar.
  • Majority of Reno-Tahoe locals want Winter Olympics - RENO (AP) Organizers of an effort to bring a future Winter Olympics to Reno and Lake Tahoe said Thursday they are encouraged by new poll results that show a majority of area residents support the idea.
  • Three arrested in South Tahoe crime spree - Three men were arrested Saturday in connection with a string of burglaries and vandalism incidents around South Lake Tahoe, police said.
  • Missing runner found safe after night outdoors in Sierra west of Tahoe - FORESTHILL, Calif. (AP) An endurance runner who went missing during a training run in the Sierra foothills has been rescued after spending a night in near-freezing temperatures.
  • TRPA board to hear about lake’s clarity - The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Governing Board will mull over items on an unusually short agenda during its monthly meeting Wednesday.
  • North Shore hand crews could merge - The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District’s board of directors tentatively agreed Wednesday to the terms of a joint hand crew between their district and the North Tahoe Fire Protection District.

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