Rescue crews are still searching for snowboarder Shanwte Marie Willis, 25, of Tahoma. She was last seen on the backside of Alpine Meadows Ski Resort on Dec. 28 at 1:30pm. Her boyfriend reported her missing at 4pm. Placer County sheriff’s Capt. Jeffrey Ausnow said Wednesday at 8am search and rescue efforts are under way, including […]
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Even though the National Ski Areas Association reports a decline in the number of ski injuries in the last decade, the same cannot be said for deaths. The 2010-11 ski season is starting off with some unusual deaths. This story from the Vancouver Sun talks about a rider who died at Blackcomb when he fell […]
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• Tahoe City resident Roger Paul Huff has published another book – “Journey of the Lost Princess.” • Hear Lake Tahoe Unified School District Superintendent Jim Tarwater’s webinar about technology. • El Dorado County has sandbags available for residents, though none of the locations is in the Lake Tahoe Basin. • El Dorado County officials […]
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Organizers of the Genoa Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival are putting the final touches on the lineup for the event’s second year — May 5-8. Following up a highly successful inaugural event in 2010, the Town of Genoa and the Carson Valley Arts Council have been busy securing poets, storytellers, singers and a lot more […]
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By Gary Arant As people focus their attention on water supply issues and rates, I often hear this question: “Why are there so many water agencies?” As with the issue of “we conserve and you raise rates,” this is a complex issue involving a little geography and history. Most of the state’s water occurs naturally […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — A shred of optimism still exists that water transit will be operational on the North Shore in summer 2011. The reality is it is probably not going to be fully functional, if at all, until 2012. The Tahoe Transportation District board this month agreed to have Executive Director Carl Hasty […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The slots will start ringing again soon at Frank Sinatra’s old gambling joint at Lake Tahoe. The owners of the Cal Neva Resort, the fabled hotel that straddles the state line on Tahoe’s north shore, said this week that they expect to reopen the property’s casino in February. Cal Neva’s […]
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By Chelsea Phua, Sacramento Bee Placer County sheriff’s authorities are looking for a missing skier at a Lake Tahoe ski resort on Tuesday night as another winter storm is preparing to dump up to a foot of snow in parts of the Sierra Nevada. Staff members at the Alpine Meadows Ski Resort – about 10 […]
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By Kathryn Reed A nasty snowstorm with blowing wind hampered firefighters’ efforts to bring a structure fire under control late Tuesday afternoon. Flames could be seen along much of Tramway Drive in Stateline after the 4:30pm blaze was reported. Although the structure is not a total loss, all four units are uninhabitable, according to officials. […]
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Residents in the Truckee area were shaking a bit Tuesday night. A 1.6 magnitude earthquake struck at 6:01pm two miles west-southwest of Truckee. This was preceded by a stronger temblor of 3.6 at 5:53pm. One person in Oakland reported feeling the first quake, though most of the more than 100 responses on the U.S. Geological […]
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