By USSA KITZBUEHEL, Austria – Austria’s Matthias Mayer kicked off ski racing’s Super Bowl weekend and whipped the home-country crowd into a celebratory frenzy with a victory in Friday’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup super G. Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) paced three Americans into the top 20, finishing 11th. Christof Innerhofer from Italy and Switzerland’s […]
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It’s a snow day at Zephyr Cove and Whittell High schools, as well as for Truckee Tahoe Unified. Incline Village schools are on a two-hour delay. This morning high winds and blowing snow are making the Sierra passes problematic for drivers. Expect white-out conditions at times. Click on the state icons on the home page […]
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To the community, First off I want to thank Paul Reder for his investment in this community with The Loft and other ventures. Having been here 40 continuous years I know it’s not easy in this town. I also want to say that I am all for events in the area. I was in the […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories looking at the affordable housing issue in the Tahoe-Truckee area. “For any community, the quality of life experienced by its residents depends, to a great extent, on the quantity and quality of available housing.” — 20-20 Committee report to the South Lake Tahoe […]
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By Jim Lawrence Twenty-five years ago, I finished my graduate work in Oregon and moved to Northern Nevada for a planning position at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Having spent a large part of my youth hiking and camping at Tahoe and in the Sierra, the move felt like coming home. Today, I am still […]
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· The Community Action Council of El Dorado County is seeking an individual or agency to represent the interests and concerns of low-income people living in El Dorado County, with special attention on housing, nutrition and low-income program needs. The deadline to submit an application is Feb. 17. Contact Star Walker at 530.621.6255 or 7star.walker@edcgov.us. · Placer County Air […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College’s theater department will exist for another academic year, but not without substantive changes. The board of trustees this week decided to pursue a public-private model for operating the actual theater. The college in 2017-18 will put on one production, which will be in the spring. The rest of the time scheduling […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Thursday’s weather was nothing compared to what is expected to come. Remember last week? Part II is about to hit. “I would encourage residents and visitors to do their grocery and supply shopping on Friday and Saturday and to stay off the roadways on Sunday and Monday. Thankfully, it looks like we’ll get a break starting on Tuesday,” Tracy […]
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To the community, My two contacts with Liberty Utilities were via the phone number published by local media for “electric outage reports”. Each call was answered quickly by a friendly and efficient live person. In addition, I received a follow up welfare call from what I think was a field technician within one hour of […]
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By Devon O’Neil, Powder Ever since the traditional ski-shop business model—buy a lot of product and hope to sell it for twice as much—ran into the e-commerce meat grinder a decade ago, it has only gotten tougher for shops to exist, never mind thrive. According to SnowSports Industries America, consumers bought nearly $1 billion […]
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