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Posted October 21, 2010 -

Drug Store Project

Drug Store Project is March 29 form 8am-3pm at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe. For more information, click here.

Posted October 21, 2010 -

Discussion about education in Incline

2010 is turning out to be the year of the education documentary. This summer, no fewer than four documentaries, most of them independently produced, were released. All present various perspectives on the current state of U.S. education. School reform has become compelling drama and the media attention surrounding these films and others has helped spark […]

Posted October 21, 2010 -

Call to make arts a larger component of Tahoe economy

To the community, This is just a reminder regarding an important gathering and conversation about the Tahoe economy and its arts alternatives that is taking place this Saturday at the Ski Run Marina. “Liberty” takes on lots of significance when it is figured in as a major component of financial freedom. Please attend and encourage […]

Posted October 21, 2010 -

NLTRA looking for board members

Each November, members of the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association elect and/or re-elect members of the board of directors. This year, there are three open seats, including small lodging, recreation and general. All are three-year terms. The filing deadline for interested candidates is Nov. 5 at 5pm. Nine of the 11 seats on the NLTRA […]

Posted October 21, 2010 -

Skate battle benefits Heavenly Snowboard Foundation

The Heavenly Snowboard Foundation is hosting the Bijou Battle Skate Jam Oct. 23 at the Bijou Skate Park in South Lake Tahoe. This event is a family event and all ages are welcome to register and participate. The event is a fundraiser for the Heavenly Snowboard Foundation, a nonprofit that helps youth in the community […]

Posted October 21, 2010 -

Sierra-at-Tahoe recognizes key employees

Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort honored three top employees at its annual Golden Eagle Awards dinner this month at the Swiss Chalet restaurant in South Lake Tahoe. Each year, the Golden Eagle Awards dinner offers an opportunity for Sierra Resort’s year-round employees to acknowledge the hard work of the previous winter and look forward to the coming season. […]

Posted October 21, 2010 -

Northwest coast — a wet, green change of scenery

By Toni Sopocko OCEAN CITY, Wash. — Even living in a beautiful place like Lake Tahoe, sometimes you’ve just got to get out of Dodge. For this year’s fall adventure we decided to take the land yacht (our 19-foot trailer) somewhere it had never been before — the Washington coast. We settled on shooting for […]

Posted October 21, 2010 -

Sugar pine planting to honor former board member

By Tressa Gibbard The Sugar Pine Foundation (SPF) is a local nonprofit working to save the sugar pines and other white pines from the threat of a nonnative, incurable fungus called “white pine blister rust.” The SPF is working to maintain Tahoe’s legendary environmental health and scenic beauty by finding sugar pine trees that are […]

Posted October 21, 2010 -

Opinion: Community spirit needed to move Tahoe forward

By Garry Bowen In the last article written, “Entrepreneurial Spirit Needs to Resurface to Save Tahoe” (Oct. 3, Voices), the seeming focus was on the “glory days”, as one respondent described my take on what made South Lake Tahoe’s economy so vital in the late 1950s and, in particular, the entire ’60s. Another derided the […]

Posted October 21, 2010 -

Mt. Tallac students prove importance of alternative ed

By Kathryn Reed A sense of pride fills the students as they give adults tours of the school. They talk about their campus with enthusiasm. They know the answers to every question asked. Starting in the hallway at Mount Tallac High School is a wall of student photos. They are part of the three A’s. […]