Tahoe Swim Club Summer League is July 5-Aug. 25 from 6-6:30pm. at the community pool in South Lake Tahoe. Cost is $180. The program is for ages 5 and up and swimmers should be able to swim the length of the pool with limited assistance. The coach is Jorie Turner. Email jorieturner@gmail.com with questions or […]
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After a national review of exemplary children’s museum efforts conducted by Metlife Foundation and Association of Children’s Museum, the KidZone Museum, a nonprofit children’s museum in Truckee, was one of the three museums to receive top honors and a $10,000 cash award. The educational experiences at the KidZone Museum are highly interactive, creating a place […]
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The Pacific Crest Trail Association and the Tahoe Rim Trail Association are presenting the National Geographic Film “America’s Wild Spaces: The Pacific Crest Trail” on June 28 at 6:30pm. There is no charge. This hour-long film chronicles the peaks and valleys of this epic 2,650 mile long trail that stretches from Mexico to Canada, cutting […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Rushing waters from a melting snowpack are causing some flooding problems along the Walker River, with flows expected to peak later this week, experts said Monday. Minor to moderate flooding occurred in Mason Valley on Monday after officials were forced to release large volumes of water from Topaz and Bridgeport […]
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Stop by the Lake Tahoe News booth during North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce’s 25th Annual Business Expo on Wednesday. The 5-7:30pm event is at the North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 North Tahoe Blvd., Kings Beach. This business expo is free. A mix of chamber and non-chamber members will be talking about their businesses. More […]
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By Mike Anton, Los Angeles Times YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — It’s nearly summer, and swarms of cars, buses and RVs breeze through Yosemite Valley as if on conveyor belts of asphalt. But up here at 8,400 feet, along the snowbound solitude of Tioga Road, winter is still in control. Three members of a National Park […]
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By Ski Racing During its latest session, the Utah Legislature handed down a new law that will reach far beyond state borders as all U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association coaches and officials now have the legal responsibility to remove young athletes with suspected head injuries from competition and training. The new law (Utah House Bill […]
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By David Brooks, New York Times Over the past few weeks, America’s colleges have sent another class of graduates off into the world. These graduates possess something of inestimable value. Nearly every sensible middle-aged person would give away all their money to be able to go back to age 22 and begin adulthood anew. But, […]
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Immortalized by Brooks and Dunn in “Just Another Neon Night” and followed by cowboys with the pro-rodeo circuit with an almost a cult-like fervor, Ricky & the Redstreaks is returning to the El Dorado County Fairgrounds for a reunion concert that promises to fill the house. It was 1968 at the El Dorado County Fair […]
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By Louis Freedberg and Stephen K. Doig, California Watch State lawmakers have struggled for decades to bring equality to how school districts are funded, yet some districts receive thousands more per student than others, a California Watch analysis has found. And the data shows spending more provides no assurance of academic success. Last year, California […]
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