As part of its Chamber EDucation program, the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Sierra Economic Development Corporation is hosting a Business Identity Theft Compliance Workshop on Oct. 26, noon to 1:30pm, at Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort, 6834 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe Vista. Deadline to register is Oct. 24. Attendees will learn […]
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The Tahoe Mountain Sports 5th Annual Pro/Am Disc Golf Tournament was a huge success; selling out to the full 90- player capacity for the first time in five years. The Oct. 8-9 tournament, a PDGA Sanctioned “B” Pro/Am event, brought high-caliber disc golfers from nine states across the country to the Tahoe Vista course. Top […]
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Challenged by today’s industrial food system, many small farms are looking for new and creative ways to sell their products directly to consumers. Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute offers a workshop on “Direct Marketing for Small Farms” on Nov. 5, 9am-5pm, at WNC Carson City campus, 2201 West College Pkwy. Cost is $35 when […]
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By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times The California golden trout — the official state fish — will not receive protection under the Endangered Species Act after a 10-year review of scientific information and conservation programs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday. “Conservation measures throughout the trout’s historic range have done much to protect […]
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Some people are still jumping – which is a good thing if the effort is going to set a world record. At Tahoe Valley Elementary School on Tuesday, 431 students and teachers did jumping jacks for one minute without stopping. “Our state PE organization, CAHPERD, was promoting the record attempt and I signed up our […]
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• On Oct. 15 participating businesses at the Village Shopping Center in South Lake Tahoe will donate a portion of that day’s revenue to South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center to support efforts to stop domestic violence. Free Starbucks coffee to the first 50 shoppers who stop by the Shop to Stop booth. • Sierra Resort’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – Students in Douglas County who want to participate in extra-curricular activities have apparently gotten the message – do drugs and you are on the bench. The school board on Tuesday heard a report about the program. This is the third academic year the policy has been in place. Of […]
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I like all the creative decorations — like this house on the corner of Jeffery Street and Tahoe Keys Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe. — Kathryn Reed
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To the community, Let me preface this opinion with this statement: I believe that teaching history to our future presidents is a waste of time. “History repeats itself” because it is taught to do so. Let’s break that cycle. What is about to happen tomorrow is infinitely more important than what happened (under totally different […]
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By Robert Schimmel You’ve got talent? Absolutely. But it’s still a great question in this day of unrealistic “reality” and overdone “wannabe” shows dialed in on huge, detail saturated LCD screens. The hard to digest truth is we’ve all got it. It’s not the end of the story, but really just the beginning because so […]
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