An off duty ski school instructor at Sugar Bowl Mountain Resort has been missing for nearly 24 hours. Carson May, 23, was last seen at the resort on Thursday afternoon. Resort officials were notified about 10am Jan. 15 that May was missing. John Monsoon with the resort off Interstate 80 told Lake Tahoe News the Placer […]
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Carl Rubino, the Winslow professor of Classics at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., will discuss the ancient mythological roots of the perennial Star Wars films in this free lecture on Feb. 6 at 7pm at Sierra Nevada College. Rubino’s teaching and research interests include ancient Greek and Roman literature, comparative literature and literary theory. In […]
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By USSA WENGEN, Switzerland – Jared Goldberg (Holladay, Utah) was the top placed American in Friday’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alpine combined event, but like the rest of the team, he chalked this one up as another training run for Saturday’s main event – the Lauberhorn downhill. “Today was a good day, just like […]
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Learn Something New Every Day at the Douglas County Public Library will increase people’s knowledge of myriad things. Every day the library will share a bit of interesting information mined from one of the many books and other materials in the library’s collection such as the first recorded to climb on a snowcapped peak was by […]
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By Scott Smith, AP The names of iconic hotels and other landmarks in the world-famous Yosemite National Park will soon change in an ongoing battle over who owns the intellectual property, park officials said Thursday. The luxurious Ahwahnee Hotel will become the Majestic Yosemite Hotel, and Curry Village will become Half Dome Village, said park […]
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To the community, January is National Mentoring Month. Here in South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Youth & Family Services supports a mentoring program and is in need of more adult mentors for children in this community. I have been a part of this program for over seven years mentoring the same girl and occasionally her older […]
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The future of the Joann Conner vs. city of South Lake Tahoe case remains in limbo. Conner wants someone other than El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steve Bailey to hear the case. However, Bailey has said he is capable of making an unbiased ruling. Now it will be up to a judge in neighboring […]
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With 18 inches of white stuff dropping overnight on parts of the Tahoe basin, Lake Tahoe Unified School District and Incline Village schools are closed today. However, the Friday night performance of “Cinderella” is still going on. Zephyr Cove Elementary and Whittell High schools are on a one-hour delay and buses will run main […]
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· Here is a video of Caltrans blowing up the boulder that blocked Highway 50 earlier this week. · A whimsical float called Sweet Shenanigans won the Lathrop K. Leishman Trophy for the most beautiful non-commercial entry at the 127 Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day. It was constructed by students from Cal […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy TRUCKEE – It’s always better to deliver good tidings to an enthusiastic crowd, and judging from the attendance (standing room only) and the attitude of the recent Good Morning Truckee crowd, they were ready to hear what’s new in Truckee. Rick Holliday, owner of Holliday Development headquartered in Emeryville, easily captured […]
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