The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit holiday tree permits are sold-out. In late November, 3,000 permits were issued on a first-come, first- served basis. No additional permits will be authorized for this season. The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is also sold-out of permits. Other options for cutting a tree on National Forest land […]
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A fraudulent tax return is costing a former South Lake Tahoe woman two years of freedom. Gwen Noel Luckett, 59, was sentenced Dec. 10 to two years in prison for filing a fraudulent 2008 tax return in July 2009. That was the first time she had filed a return in six years. Luckett must also […]
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A Portland man was whisked off Mount Tallac via helicopter Saturday after he broke both legs in a 400-foot fall. Brian Meek, 50, was on snowshoes when he lost traction on the ice. He tumbled down the west bowl area, stopping only after hitting a large rock. With the snowy and icy conditions of the […]
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Shaun White will host Northstar’s 40th birthday bash on Dec. 22. The event takes place 40 years to the day the resort opened for skiing for the first time. Activities for the whole family are planned, including a Burton Snowboard Academy Kids Clinic with White, live music on the mountain and in the Village at […]
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It should be a good day to hit the mountains. Storm expected midweek. Here is the Dec. 10 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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Bella is one of several dogs who has arrived in Tahoe from a Reno shelter this past weekend to find a new home. Our shelter frequently has available kennels for homeless pets when other nearby shelters have almost run out of space, and so the Tahoe staff brings these pets up here to change their […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association Board of Directors election results includes one new director and two re-elected directors, each to serve a three-year term. The newly elected board members are Eric Sather, general manager of the Resort at Squaw Creek, in the Large Lodging Seat; Kali Kopley, owner of Uncorked Squaw Valley, Uncorked Tahoe […]
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To the community, Thanks to Josh Welch, the guests at Bread & Broth’s Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22 also received food items to take home with them. Welch of Safe Haven Chiropractic in Meyers conducted a food drive to help members of the South Lake Tahoe community. From Nov. 1-17 he exchanged chiropractic services for […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Less than one hour before the Tahoe Transportation District board was to vote on creating a free ski bus shuttle on the North Shore, negotiations were still ongoing. This is because days before the Dec. 7 vote Northstar and Diamond Peak ski resorts backed out of their previous commitments. Squaw […]
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MEYERS — Santa had some special elves and reindeer with him as he arrived in Meyers on Sunday night. He traded in Rudolph’s red nose for the lights of the Calstar helicopter to guide him to the landing zone near the Divided Sky restaurant. Instead of little men assisting him, he was escorted by bodyguards, […]
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