The Sierra Cup Mountain Bike Racing Series wraps up the 2011 season on Oct. 2 with the Sawtooth Ridge Challenge at Northstar-at-Tahoe. The Sierra Cup is a seven race point series to determine the USA Cycling cross-country mountain bike champions for the Northern California/Nevada region. The Sawtooth Ridge Challenge, like the other Sierra Cup events, […]
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• Camp Richardson is looking for votes to be named The Most Awesome Family Resort. • The 9-hole Tahoe City Golf Course is about to be sold to the Tahoe City Public Utility District for $5 million by the Bechdolt family. • Joy Doyle, who most recently was ad manager for Northstar-at-Tahoe, is now executive […]
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On Oct. 5 from 5:30-6:30pm, Ahrin Koppel, a doctor at Tahoe Forest Cancer Center, will talk about how “Breast Health, Knowledge is Power”. The free health talk is at the Tahoe Center for Health and Sports Performance building located at 10710 Donner Pass Road, Truckee. Koppel will discuss the importance of knowing your family breast […]
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Saturday Mornings, the award-winning morning discussion and lecture series collaboration of Sierra Nevada College and Incline Village Parks & Recreation Senior Programs continue this fall. College faculty and other knowledgeable locals present bite-size offerings of intellectually stimulating material to pique people’s interest and challenge their sensibilities. An optional continental breakfast will be provided for $3. […]
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The El Dorado County Health Services Department, Public Health Division is offering a series of low-cost community flu clinics in South Lake Tahoe. The vaccine to protect against seasonal influenza will be offered at the flu clinics. The clinics will be at the senior center at 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd., 9am-1pm Sept. 29, Oct. 6, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Heavenly Mountain Resort is in the process of having the soil composition for the California Base Lodge and parking lots be reclassified. This is because a soil report the resort had done a year ago came back with a different analysis compared to what was recorded in the mid-1970s. Besides the soil […]
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Tahoe Arts Project kicks off its 25th season with the a cappella quintet The Standards on Oct. 7 at 7pm at MontBleu Theater in Stateline. The human voice, that’s how it all started for five brothers who shared a passion for music. Singing together at an early age, they began the makings of this one […]
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By Jason Epperson JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — If soldiers with the 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade are sent to Afghanistan, they’ll have to move equipment over mountains, damaged roads and rough terrain. They have a way to do it: “sling-load” it under helicopters. Arctic Sappers from the 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne) gave instructions on […]
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By James Dao and Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times As Washington looks to squeeze savings from once-sacrosanct entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, another big social welfare system is growing as rapidly, but with far less scrutiny: the health and pension benefits of military retirees. Military pensions and health care for active and retired […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s first black bear hunt can continue in future years under regulations unanimously adopted by wildlife officials Saturday. The Nevada Wildlife Commission, facing one of its most controversial issues in recent memory, voted to make regulations guiding the hunt permanent. The vote came after critics urged commissioners not to do […]
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