• Sierra-at-Tahoe’s 6th annual Buckle Up Slopestyle Jam in memory of freestyle athlete Greg Smith and that spreads seatbelt awareness is Jan. 21 from 11am-3pm. • Beginning Jan. 26, Placer County Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery will have monthly coffee meetings the fourth Thursday of every month from 9-10am on the second floor of the Customs House […]
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A 24-year-old Truckee man is presumed dead after the canoe he was in with a friend capsized on a windy Donner Lake Monday. His name is being withheld pending notification of family. A 19-year-old Truckee woman called police about 6:30pm Jan. 2 to report she had been with a friend in a canoe on Donner […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – More than 2,300 Nevada nonprofit groups have had their tax exempt status revoked by the Internal Revenue Service. The revocations run the gamut from the Edgewood Tahoe Men’s Club to the Lovelock Alfalfa Seed Growers. Most of the revocations occurred in 2010 but were just posted […]
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Beau is a one-of-a-kind pup. We call him a Bassador because he’s a Basset hound/Labrador mix. Beau is 1 year old, his birthday was Nov. 11, 2010, and he is a sweetheart. He loves to play with toys and other dogs, and he hasn’t chased the cats that he has met at the shelter. He […]
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Bruce Brown is going to see the May 19 baseball game at AT&T Park courtesy of Lake Tahoe News. The San Francisco Giants host the Oakland A’s that day. He and whomever he chooses to take are going because Brown was randomly chosen as the latest winner of Lake Tahoe News’ Random Acts of Kindness […]
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By Kathryn Reed No sport is without risk of injury or death. While common sense can play a roll in staying out of the hospital or morgue, sometimes it’s the other “players” who are the problem. Skiing and snowboarding are two sports where participants don’t often have control over whether they will be hurt. Out […]
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By Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post BUTLER, Pa. — One day after his shift at the steel mill, Gary Myers drove home in his 10-year-old Pontiac and told his wife he was going to run for Congress. The odds were long. At 34, Myers was the shift foreman at the “hot mill” of the Armco plant […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a legal update seminar for California and Nevada businesses. The event is Jan. 24 from 9am-noon at the chamber’s conference room at 169 Highway 50, Stateline. This employment law seminar includes updated information for managers and business professionals. Register before Jan. 16 for a price of […]
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As part of its Chamber EDucation program, the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce and the Sierra Human Resources Association is hosting a legal update for California business leaders and managers Jan. 17 from 9am-noon at Cedar House Sport Hotel, 10918 Brockway Road in Truckee. Deadline […]
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South Lake Tahoe officials want to know what people thought of the SnowGlobe Music Festival. The survey is online at the city’s website. Other opportunities to voice your opinion are in person at the South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting Jan. 3 at 9am. Public comments on non-agenda items — which includes SnowGlobe — are […]
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