• Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is accepting nominations for its Best in the Basin awards through March 30. The program recognizes projects that demonstrate exceptional planning and design, and compatibility with the environment and TRPA guidelines. Forms are online. • Here are theEl Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules for the week from Caltrans. • Lake of […]
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The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s is encouraging people to file protests regarding the fire fee in order to be part of the class-action lawsuit that is under way. CalFire is in the process of sending bills to homeowners, including those in the Lake Valley Fire Protection District and other parts of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The next hearing on […]
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This booth stood alone in the Crescent V Center parking lot near Stateline for more than 30 years. Its peculiarity made it a bit of a local identifying landmark such as, “Oh, it’s by that funny little A-frame.” Standing until about 2000, it had housed numerous businesses including banking, travel agency, tourist maps and coupons, […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is accepting public comment for the Off-Highway Vehicle Cooperative Funds grant application submitted to the state of California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. The OHMVR grant provides staffing for OHV education and information, law enforcement patrols, resource and use monitoring, protection of natural and cultural resources […]
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Animal Coalition of Tahoe is putting on a Yappy Hour for people and their four-legged family members. The April 8 fundraiser is from 5-8pm on the patio at Base Camp Pizza in the Heavenly Village in South Lake Tahoe. A percentage of the food and drink sales go to ACT. ACT raises funds for a spay-neuter […]
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• Tahoe’s bears are out and about. They are playing and wandering the neighborhoods. • Tahoe is on FlipKey’s list of top winter destinations. • As part of North Lake Tahoe’s SnowFest, the 11th annual I-Did-A-Run at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area raised $2,775 for the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe. • Tahoe City Public Utility […]
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The Nevada Division of Forestry is seeking applications for the state fire assistance grant program. An estimated $500,000 from the National Fire Plan and the U.S. Forest Service-Cooperative Forest Fire Program may be available for projects statewide. The purpose of this funding is to mitigate the risk and damage that wildfires can cause in wildland […]
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• Placer County Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery is one of 24 women elected officials nationwide in the inaugural class of a Women in Government Leadership Program created by the Governing Institute to focus on improving the performance of state and local governments and strengthening public-sector innovation, leadership and citizen engagement. She is one of two elected […]
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Liberty Utilities is offering academic scholarships to eligible high school and college students within its service territory. The seven schools participating in the third annual scholarship program are South Tahoe High School, Loyalton High School, Douglas High School (students residing in Alpine County only), Coleville High School, North Tahoe High School and Portola High School, and Lake […]
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The Math Club at Lake Tahoe Community College is celebrating Pi Day on March 14 at 9am at the giant clock near the Heavenly Village gondola. Club members will demonstrate and share facts about pi. There will be a countdown to the big event ending at precisely 9:26:53am. Pi Day is an annual celebration commemorating […]
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