• An Al Tahoe neighborhood workshop will be Oct. 9 from 6-8pm at South Tahoe Middle School. It will include updates on Al Tahoe planning projects including Harrison Avenue improvements, district parking solutions and Lakeview Commons event planning. • Evelyn Yonker sold the Markleeville Art Gallery to Laura Barr. It’s now called Markleeville Art & […]
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Sierra Avalanche Center wants your best short (3 minutes or less) ski or snowboard film footage from the 2011-12 winter season. Submit your short films (using an online video sharing site) to jenny@sierraavalanchecenter.org by Nov. 1. Sierra Avalanche Center is a nonprofit dedicated to providing snow safety information to the general public to increase knowledge […]
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By Kathryn Reed A 13-year-old walks into his principal’s office and says he wants to write a letter to the judge. The judge lets him take the stand. His parents are in the courtroom. “I told him, all you can do is tell your truth,” Beth Delacour said. In the end, the judge last year […]
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Ultimate Wing Wars, a chicken wing cook-off event, is coming to the Best Western Carson Station hotel-casino Oct. 5-7. Organized by W.R. “Willie” Davison, the self-proclaimed Chicken Wing King, bars, restaurants and catering groups will serve up their sauced wings to the public and prepare for battle. Attendees, armed with napkins and a hearty appetite, […]
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Updated Oct. 3, 6:55pm By Kathryn Reed A suspected drug lab exploded in the middle of South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday afternoon. Barrek Madden, 23, of South Lake Tahoe was flown to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento with third-degree burns to his face and upper torso. Schuyler VanFleet, 22, of South Lake Tahoe had […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Chief Probation Officer Greg Sly has been place on indefinite leave. Superior Court Judge Suzanne Kingsbury, who has oversight of the Probation Department, made the decision effective Sept. 28. She deferred comment to County Administrative Officer Terri Daly. Daly was not available for comment. County officials speaking off the […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A national organization is reporting an alarmingly low number of absentee ballots being requested by members of the military in battleground states around the country – including a 55 percent decline in Nevada – ahead of the Nov. 6 general election. “The number of absentee ballots […]
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For 12 years TransWorld Snowboarding has been ranking the best overall resorts, parks and pipes in North America. This year the magazine ranked Sierra-at-Tahoe among the Top 10 Overall Resorts, Terrain Parks and received the editor’s pick for Best Value. Sierra has been recognized six of the past 10 years in TransWorld Snowboarding and for […]
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By John Powers, Boston Globe To bid or not to bid? And if so, for the summer of 2024 or winter of 2026? That’s the task for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s working group, which will make a report to the board in December. The last two American bids for Games, for 2012 and 2016, were […]
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By Alyx Sacks, KRNV-TV Al and Delane Pennington never farmed a day in their lives up until about eight years ago. Now they’ve fallen into what they call a labor of love. Nestled in the heart of Washoe Valley is a 1 acre-rarity. “Can you imagine a more beautiful spot than here,” Al Pennington says. […]
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