Sugar Bowl Resort will host its annual Environmental Awareness Day on Feb. 4. A vendor village on the Judah Lodge deck will showcase local environmental organization’s services and programs, offering tips and ideas on how to live a greener lifestyle. Sugar Bowl will provide insight and details on the resort’s programs and policies in place […]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal Carson City is the metropolitan area hardest hit by the recession while Reno-Sparks ranks second hardest hit, a financial website said. The site 247wallst.com analyzed data in the US Conference of Mayors’ 2012 U.S. Metro Economy report and came up with a list it described as The Nine American Cities […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – Don’t let their name fool you. Fitz and the Tantrums provided a mixed generation of concert-goers who rocked the Harrah’s Lake Tahoe South Shore Room Saturday night with an adult-sized performance. The packed crowd rewarded the high-energy band with hours of screaming, clapping, dancing, partying and encroaching on the stage […]
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Experience the swing and rhythm of the 1940s on Feb. 10 from 7-9:30pm when the North Tahoe High School jazz band takes to Tahoe City’s Granlibakken ballroom stage. The ’40s Night brings to life an era when all of America was listening and dancing to the same music: Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and […]
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During the Jan. 17-21 California Association of Realtors business meetings in Indian Wells the South Tahoe Association of Realtors received a $5,000 state impact grant. It will be used to pay for STAR Governmental Affairs Director Hayley Williamson to attend the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Regional Plan Update meetings. In addition, the grant will allow […]
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Placer County Board of Supervisors approved two measures for the June ballot. One asks North Lake Tahoe area residents to renew the transient occupancy tax for the North Lake Tahoe area. An additional 2 percent TOT is collected on rooms in the area. Since the increase was initially approved in 1996, funds that have been […]
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On Feb. 4 at 6pm Squaw Valley, Dynafit, and Alpenglow Sports will host California’s first Nachtspektakel ski touring event. A Nachtspektakel (say-knocked-shpeck-tockle) is a traditional European-style ski event that bonds people through the sport of ski touring. A cultural norm in Europe, Nachtspektakel are new ways to combine skiing, beer and food that are sure […]
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Friends of the Library is having a book sale Feb. 11 from 10am-3pm at the South Lake Tahoe branch library. The library is at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. For more information, call (530) 573.3185.
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Fees are changing at Lake Tahoe for boats needing to be inspected. The TRPA Governing Board at its meeting this month voted to not alter the Tahoe Only boat fee, while increasing watercraft inspection fees for boats coming from other water bodies or have never been inspected. Another change is the addition of a new […]
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By USSA CALGARY, Alberta -– Olympic champion Hannah Kearney of Norwich, Vt., extended her FIS freestyle World Cup record streak to 12 Saturday with a win at the Canada Olympic Park, while Mikael Kingsbury of Canada was the men’s winner. Kearney was joined on the podium by K.C. Oakley of Piedmont in third for her […]
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