The North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce and the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Sierra Human Resources Association are offering The Generations and Sexual Harassment: Awareness and Prevention for Business Owners and Managers on Aug. 24 from 8:30-11am at Cedar House Sport Hotel, 10918 Brockway Road in Truckee. This workshop, required […]
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Each year, the National Pony Express Association re-creates the Pony Express of 1860-1861 by riding from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacramento. Mormon Station State Historic Park is hosting this event in Genoa on Aug. 26 at 8am. The national, 10-day, 24 hour-a-day event includes more than 600 riders stationed at intervals to relay a mochila […]
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The inaugural Rose to Toads Mountain Bike Ride is Sept. 4 starting at 7:30am. TAMBA is calling this self-supported event an epic ride from the North Shore to the South Shore. There are spots to shorten the 60-plus mile ride. Meet at the Mt. Rose Tahoe Rim Trail trailhead. This ride encompasses the Tahoe Rim […]
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• Keb Mo, who was in town last weekend, told Harrah’s Lake Tahoe officials he would consider recording a live album in the South Shore Room. • Burger King is inviting all Lake Tahoe families to celebrate the last days of summer with an ice cream party on Aug. 21 from 11am-7pm. The restaurant in […]
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By Laurie Brazil If you haven’t visited our jewel of Emerald Bay – Vikingsholm – this year or perhaps not at all, now is the time to take the one-mile hike down to the south end of Emerald Bay. Earlier this summer, new and stately crossed dragon beams were installed along the roof ridges of […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – The state Board of Examiners this week approved a 10-year, $27.6 million contract to install kiosks in grocery stores statewide where Nevadans will be able to renew car registrations, extend driver’s licenses and perform other tasks that might otherwise require a trip to a Department of […]
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Publisher’s note: The following editorial is from the Aug. 13, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. The threat posed to Lake Tahoe by an invasion by quagga mussels no longer is theoretical. With the discovery of the invasive mussels on a boat bound for Tahoe last week at the Spooner Summit inspection station turned the worrisome theory to […]
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A well known Yosemite climber and speaker, three movies and a Native American storyteller will be featured this fall supporting the popular One Book, One Campus program at Sierra Nevada College. The program that began in 2009 continues this year with the reading selection “Flight” by Native American author Sherman Alexie. The film series begins […]
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The Sierra Summer Festival presents families in the Tahoe-Reno region with a new entertainment option Aug. 26-28 at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Event’s Center. The event, which is indoors and out, features live entertainment, freestyle motocross, a carnival midway, demolition derby and more. Tickets are $5 for children and $10 for adults, in advance. Tickets may […]
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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 Thinking of Selling Your Business Workshop on Aug. 31 from noon to 1:30pm at the Mark Twain Cultural Center, 760 Mays Blvd., Ste. 10 in Incline Village. Deadline to register […]
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