Ski report: Off piste thawing
Some firm pack off piste is softening. Here is the Feb. 13 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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Free snowblowing for military families in S. Tahoe
Alpine Smith Inc. of South Lake Tahoe will participate with snowplow and landscape professionals from across the country by donating services and time to ease the burden on military families seeking help on the home front. SnowCare for Troops is a national program underwritten by The Boss. Alpine Smith urges interested military families to register […]
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Big 5 entertaining thoughts of opening in S. Tahoe
Big 5 Sporting Goods is eyeballing South Lake Tahoe as a possibility for a store location. The Southern California-based sporting good retailer has long been rumored to want to operate on the South Shore. In the past, they had been linked to the resurrection of the old Millers Outpost. With T.J. Maxx opening there last […]
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South Shore locals to participate in Dancing with Your Stars
Tahoe Arts Project is bringing the Utah Ballroom Dance Company to Stateline on March 1 at 7pm at the MontBleu Theater. This company, which features some of nation’s top ballroom dancers, has performed nationally and internationally receiving numerous accolades and awards such as the coveted U.S. National Formation Championships. Twenty of the best dancers in […]
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Letter: Does South Lake Tahoe have a fiscal policy?
To the community, Spending, borrowing, taxing. The fiscal policies and practices of the city are a jumble. The city has a large debt. It claims to have a large deficit. It has laid off several city employees to cut costs. But the City Council is prepared to gamble thousands of dollars on parking meters. The […]
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Plane bound for Tahoe crashes, 2 hurt
By Tri-County Newspapers Two Ukiah men were injured when their plane crashed into the edge of an almond orchard near Williams on Tuesday. The identities of the men were not immediately available, but Colusa County sheriff’s Sgt. Kevin Erdelt said that heavy smoke in the cockpit forced the two-seat Lancair 360 to the ground. The […]
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STHS boys basketball team advances in postseason
South Tahoe High School’s boys basketball team prevailed over Churchill County on Tuesday, 66-54. Brandon Cramer led the Viking charge Feb. 12 with 24 points. For a team full of seniors, this was the last home game for most of the players. And this was the first home playoff game in more than a decade. […]
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Driver takes out wall of South Tahoe post office
By Kathryn Reed Almost an entire side of the post office at the Y in South Lake Tahoe is damaged. A 61-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman twice drove through the wall on the left side of the building on Feb. 12. When officers arrived the 2002 Ford Explorer was still in the building. The woman […]
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Toxic emissions rise in California
By Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee Toxic chemicals released into the environment by manufacturing plants and facilities in California rose in 2011 after steady annual declines since 2007, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s yearly Toxic Release Inventory report. The TRI report also found that releases decreased in Sacramento and Solano counties, but increased year […]
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Fabrication business to add jobs at Zephyr Photonics
By Northern Nevada Business Weekly Zephyr Photonics Inc., a manufacturer of highly sophisticated optical devices, said last week it’s offering manufacturing services at its plant at Lake Tahoe to outside customers. The upshot may be increased employment over the next couple of years for the company, which has employed about 30 people in recent years. […]
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