Whittell High School’s boys basketball team was not able to put together consecutive state championships. The Warriors, seeded second going into last weekend’s championships in Las Vegas, lost to Spring Mountain 69-54 on Feb. 27. Spring Mountain went on to be crowned state champions. WHS finished the regular season with a 15-1 record. Whittell should be […]
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• Early-bird registration open for Race the Lake of the Sky standup paddleboard competition June 27-28 in South Lake Tahoe. • Stress: The Effects on Body and Mind is a lecture that will be given April 2, 6-7pm by Sonia Rupp with Barton Psychiatry at Lake Tahoe Community College’s board room. It will focus on […]
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Mondavi arrived at our partner Umbrella of Hope with a badly broken rear leg, which ended up needing to be removed. He had a rough time during the operation, but has recovered extremely well. He has now arrived in Tahoe to find his new home. He is very active and doesn’t seem to realize he’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed After 32 years in public education, Lisa Noonan is ready for a change. Now in her fifth year as superintendent of Douglas County School District, Noonan will not be at the helm next school year. At least that is the plan. She has not given the board a hard retirement date, but […]
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By Larry Weitzman On Feb. 10, a rather innocuous item was on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors consent calendar agenda. It was item No. 5 and its purpose was to receive and file a development impact mitigation fee report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, and authorize reimbursement to the El […]
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By USSA GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Austria’s Marcel Hirscher took revenge for his World Championship loss, posting a 1.99 second first run before charging to a 3.28 second win in an Audi FIS Ski World Cup giant slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Ted Ligety (Park City) was fourth. Ligety was eighth after first run, on a run he […]
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Ellie Waller is about to own the first eight books published by Lake Tahoe author Todd Borg. This is all because she won the latest Lake Tahoe News subscriber contest. Subscribers wrote in why they should be the recipient of the books. The responses were read to an LTN reporter who chose the winner without knowing who […]
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By Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times First in Detroit, then in Stockton, and now in New Jersey, judges and other top officials are challenging the widespread belief that public pensions are untouchable. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey delivered the latest blow on Tuesday, when he proposed to freeze that state’s public pension plans […]
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As part of North Lake Tahoe’s SnowFest, the 11th annual I-Did-A-Run returns to Tahoe Donner on March 8 at the Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area no matter the weather. Dogs of all shapes and sizes will compete in this timed dog pull race. The event pits dog against dog in a race against the clock, […]
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• Guy Lease, former Lake Tahoe Community College president, has been selected to be the special trustee of City College of San Francisco. In this role he makes all the decisions until July when the governing power is returned to the elected board of trustees. • The Community Athletic Coordinating Council, an organization consisting of […]
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