· The eight candidates vying for the four seats on the Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District board are having a forum Oct. 1 from 6-8pm at the park. The election is in November. · The North Tahoe Ski and Sports Swap celebrates its 52nd year on Oct. 24 from 9am-3pm at North Tahoe High School. […]
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Starting Oct. 1, Lake Tahoe boat inspections will move to select launch ramps and winter hours will begin. Tahoe Resource Conservation District inspectors will be stationed at Cave Rock and Lake Forest boat launches from 6am-4pm seven days a week, weather permitting. All boats without an intact Tahoe inspection seal are required to get an […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Booming season pass sales and an expanding foot print in the West’s top ski destination states of Colorado, Utah and California are helping Vail Resorts thrive despite fickle snowfall. North America’s largest resort operator on Monday reported $1.4 billion in revenue for its fiscal 2015 year, up 11.6 percent from […]
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is hosting meetings this week at both ends of the lake to gather input from residents about unmet transit needs. The first gathering is Sept. 30 at 1pm at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd. The Tahoe City meeting is Oct. 1 at 1pm the transit center on West Lake Boulevard. For […]
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By Powder Erik Roner, father, husband and beloved member of the action-sports community, has tragically died after a parachuting accident this morning in Squaw Valley. As a member of a small four-man team of parachuters jumping as part of the opening ceremonies of the fourth annual Squaw Valley Institute Celebrity Golf Tournament, Roner descended into […]
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A Homewood man was cited Sept. 25 for allegedly furnishing alcoholic beverages to a minor. South Lake Tahoe police officers on Friday conducted a decoy shoulder tap operation in the Emerald Bay Road-Lake Tahoe Boulevard area to see if businesses were selling booze to under age people. Under the program a minor under the direct supervision […]
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By Harriet Baskas, CNBC Gerda Stoof was delighted last week to be looking up at the 60-foot-tall stone faces of Mount Rushmore National Memorial near Keystone, South Dakota. She and her husband made a pit stop on their drive home from visiting new twin grandchildren in Ontario. “I’ve heard about this all my life and have […]
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By Ben Egel, Sacramento Bee The Truckee Bike Park was born out of grief. Co-founder Cortney Knudson was deep in mourning after her father passed away, and to cheer her up, her boyfriend, Brooks McMullin, suggested a vacation away from their North Lake Tahoe routine. They found themselves in Hailey, Idaho in 2011, visiting friends […]
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The Kids Super Hero Pumpkin Fun Run, part of the Lake Tahoe Marathon, is Oct. 10 on the South Shore. Free fun runs start at 10:30am for ages 1-10. The distance is approximately 50 yards. The Super Hero 5K is for older kids. It starts at 11:15am. Events will be at the Beach House Grill, 4081 Lakeshore Blvd. […]
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By Associated Press UNR plans to accept more than 2,000 boxes of documents chronicling Sen. Harry Reid’s decades-long career in Washington. The university already has about 30 boxes of documents from Reid’s time as a congressman. But it’s expecting hundreds more, along with three terabytes of digital information, when Reid’s Senate career ends in 2017. The […]
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