• Resort at Squaw Creek is turning 25 this year. • The 256 businesses and 1,420 shoppers who participated in the Shop Local Holiday Contest in North Lake Tahoe-Truckee generated $407,476 in revenue for local businesses. This is an increase from 2012 campaign when $192,225 was generated. • Winter Discovery Center at Tahoe XC is […]
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Washoe County Sheriff’s Department is replacing the boat that sank on Memorial Day with 28-foot Titan T280 Pilot aluminum boat with twin 300-horsepower Mercury outboard motors that cost about $275,000. The new vessel will be ready for the upcoming boating season. It is expected to be delivered the second week of May. It will be equipped with the […]
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By Ed Joyce, Capital Public Radio More than three years of drought has reduced reservoir storage in California and groundwater supply. Some wine grape growers in Amador County are worried the limited resource could make this season more challenging. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that, barring “epic rain and snowfall,” the drought will […]
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Tahoe Institute for Natural Science is putting on a five scotch tasting and dinner fundraiser in February. The scotches will be accompanied by a four course meal designed to complement the flavors of the evening, with rib-eye steak as the main course. The tasting will be led by Evan Fletcher, a scotch enthusiast and certified […]
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By Matt Higgins, New York Times Stowing his side projects as a mogul and a musician for a moment, Shaun White was back on his snowboard beneath the lights at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo., on Monday night, launching himself from the halfpipe during practice for this week’s Winter X Games. A dominant and decorated […]
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By USSA ASPEN, Colo. — The first day of X Games 2015 is in the books, and the women’s superpipe gold medal is in familiar territory. In a field stocked full of eight world-class freeskiers from countries spanning the world, Maddie Bowman (Meyers) stomped her first run through Buttermilk’s halfpipe to win another gold medal. Brita […]
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By Riley Snyder, Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada health department officials are expecting a financial penalty from the federal government over simmering issues with the state’s food stamp program. Welfare program administrator Steve Fisher told a legislative budget committee Wednesday he expects the penalty due to delays in processing food stamp applications and a […]
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By Kathryn Reed January is destined to be a record for the weather books. And it might be for some companies in the Lake Tahoe Basin, too. No snow means no money for many businesses, which in turn means no paycheck or a smaller one because of reduced hours for employees. And with locals not […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Jan. 21, 2015, Los Angeles Times. Today, the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Roe vs. Wade, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill to ban abortions at 20 weeks. The bill is expected to pass the House and may pass […]
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• Registration is open for the June 7 America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride – 72 miles around Lake Tahoe. Click here for more info. • An electronic copy of the South Lake Tahoe’s 2014-15 budget document is available online. • Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation’s Speaker Spotlight Series on Jan. 28 features Bruce Armbrust, a […]
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