· The second annual Lake Tahoe Dance Connection will consist of a camp from Aug. 12-14 and a dance intensive weekend Aug. 15-16 on the South Shore. To register, call 530.541.4660, ext. 717. Lake Tahoe Dance Connection is a product of the Lake Tahoe Community College Dance Department and Connect Community Education. · FNCTN and Tahoe […]
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Washoe County sheriff’s investigators have a new theory in the unsolved murder of a woman found off the Mount Rose Highway in 1982. On July 17, 1982, a white female was found dead near the Sheep’s Flat area a few miles above Incline Village. The victim was wearing a powder blue T-shirt, blue jeans and […]
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A single-car accident near Cave Rock on Tuesday left the driver with minor injuries. The car wound up in the rocks on the side of the road. The name and hometown of the driver has not been released. The accident occurred about 4pm July 21. About an hour later officials were still waiting for the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Firefighting capabilities in the Lake Tahoe region have increased to a level not seen before when there wasn’t a fire already raging. “This brings continuous water drops. That’s what sets it apart,” Kevin Merrill, national amphibious aircraft manager with the U.S. Forest Service, told Lake Tahoe News as he walked around the […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. struck an agreement with a large group of the casino company‘s second-tier debt holders, which gives the creditors “a substantial improvement in recoveries” once the bankruptcy restructuring of its largest operating division is completed. In a statement released late Monday night, Caesars said the agreement with the […]
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A memorial service for Tom Ritchie will be at Rojo’s in South Lake Tahoe on July 24 starting at 8pm. Ritchie passed away at Renown Regional Medical Center on Jan. 1 after receiving fatal injuries in a fall. He was 60. He moved to Lake Tahoe in 1979. He spent a lot of time hiking […]
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By Associated Press Nevada again ranked poorly in a national child welfare report, coming in dead last when it comes to education. According to the latest Kids Count Data Book issued by the child advocacy group the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Nevada ranked 47th overall among the 50 states. The state scored in the bottom […]
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Work begins this week on the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit’s plans to improve the Camp Richardson area. The first phase of the Campground and Vehicle Circulation Best Management Practices Retrofit is designed to meet current standards for water quality protection and universal accessibility. About 250 trees in the campground on the north […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association, Tahoe Institute for Natural Science, and city of South Lake Tahoe are partnering for a three-day program that will introduce teens (ages 12-14) to a wildlife survivor’s state of mind. The youth backcountry camp has teens unplugging and gaining a greater awareness of Tahoe’s natural inhabitants. Participants will learn about wilderness survival, […]
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The inaugural beach-wrestling tournament at El Dorado Beach is July 25 starting at 11am. There will be kids as young as 5 competing, as well as high school students, an open division and a women’s event. People younger than 18 compete for free. Open division wrestlers pay $5 each, with the winner getting half the […]
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