Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is hosting a Compost Your Combustibles kickoff event May 24 from 9am to 2pm to raise awareness about becoming a fire adaptive community. Fire district staff and the Zephyr Fire Crew will provide wildfire landscape information, breakfast and barbecue lunch that day. Compost Your Combustibles will go through Aug. 3 […]
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By Jeremy Miller I’ve been dying to see “Godzilla” for the past several months. Having been very well educated by my old man, Godzilla was a household favorite for me. Mothra, Rodan, whoever, I loved it. So, when I heard that Gareth Edwards was doing the reboot I was pumped. He wrote and directed 2010’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – It’s never done – the work, the hiking, the enjoyment. That was the message of Mary Bennington. For the past four years she has been executive director of the Tahoe Rim Trail Association. The motto of the nonprofit is “A Trail Like No Other”. While it is 165 miles around, […]
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To the community, The Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe is pleased to announce they have received a generous donation from Kingsbury Crossing. Kingsbury Crossing has a history of helping out the Boys and Girls Club when they are able to. They donated tables, chairs, blinds, vases, mirrors, framed pictures, and coffee tables. Thanks […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times Anthony Jackson, the former Marine major general who took over California’s parks department with a mandate to reform the troubled agency, is leaving after 18 months on the job. Jackson became the department’s director in the wake of an accounting scandal, and he is departing in the middle of […]
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Billy Ray Cyrus will perform at the Red, White and Tahoe Blue Festival in Incline Village on July 4-5. Performances will take place outside on the Village Green directly across from the beach. On July 4 Cyrus will join the Reno Philharmonic during their grand concert celebrating the 200th anniversary of the “Star-Spangled Banner”. Cyrus […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post A Utah District Court ruled Wednesday that Park City Mountain Resort officials failed to renew their historic lease for a majority of their ski terrain and the landowner is allowed to lease the ski area’s upper terrain to a new operator. That means Vail Resorts just won the rights to […]
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El Dorado County supervisor candidate Teresa Piper is quick to point out she is a dual-resident because she owns homes in Pollock Pines and South Lake Take. And with this assertion, she said it makes her more qualified than the other five candidates because she understands issues in both parts of what is now District […]
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For the first time in five years fatalities are up nationwide for people not wearing a seatbelt, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 2012, 10,335 unbelted vehicle occupants lost their lives. In Nevada, 41 unbelted vehicle occupants died last year. The Nevada Highway Patrol is trying to reduce those numbers with the […]
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AAA Travel projects 36.1 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a 1.5 percent increase from the 35.5 million people who traveled last year. More than eight in 10 travelers will be driving to their destinations. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as May […]
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