By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE — If you need to know where in the world something is, Hilton Atherton and Goody Walowit are the ones to ask. Atherton, a Zephyr Cove Elementary School sixth-grader, is headed for the Nevada state Geography Bee in Las Vegas next month. Walowit, a seventh-grader at South...

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is seeking public comment on the environmental assessment for its proposed action to restore the Angora Fire area, including fuels reduction, wildlife habitat improvement, aquatic habitat and watershed restoration, road and trail system improvements...

The builder of Incline Village ’s first LEED registered home construction project, located at 1085 Mill Creek Road below Highway 28, will host an informative tour March 20 from noon-4pm. Refreshments will be provided at this free event which showcases green technologies being implemented in the house. Professionals...

By Kathryn Reed Lights. That was the one thing the three panelists keep repeating – how paying attention to lighting can translate into thousands of dollars. Change the bulbs, turn them off, and start saving money. David Mattocks, president of Green Pro Systems in Truckee, told the group gathered at...

By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE — Buy the cheap hamburger. The lean stuff produces about as much grease as the fatty kind. That’s what Aubrey Felton discovered in his science experiment. The Zephyr Cove Elementary School sixth-grader took first place Tuesday night for his grade level. Aubrey Felton's...

American Buddhist monk Venerable Sumati Marut returns to Mountain Yoga in South Lake Tahoe April 6 from 7-9pm with his talk “Aspiration and Acceptance: When to Work Hard and When to Relax in the Spiritual Life.” Marut has been teaching in the Lake Tahoe area on a regular basis for more than five...

California Highway Patrol is offering a Spanish version of the Winter Driving Safety & Survival Class. Winter Driving Safety & Survival is aimed at helping educate all drivers about the hazards of winter driving. The class was created in an effort to preemptively reduce the incidence of injuries...

By Kathryn Reed After being in the business of chronicling the lives of those on the South Shore since the 1960s, Laine Photolabs is about to close shop. “It provided me, for 20 years, the lifestyle I needed. I needed complete control of my time,” Brooke Laine said. It meant being able to raise her...

For many youth growing up in South Lake Tahoe, being able to go snowboarding is only an item on their wish list. For five weeks, that wish came true for 24 sixth- through 12th-graders because of the collaborative efforts and generosity of SOS Outreach program, Heavenly Mountain Resort, Heavenly Ski...

By Kathryn Reed Laramie, Wyoming, and South Lake Tahoe, California, have more in common than the latter would probably like to admit. The populations are about the same. Both are small Western towns. Both have snowcapped mountains to look at this time of year. One relied on the railroad and now mostly...