The Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe has several programs available for the fall for all ages. Middle and high school students may choose between programs such as Project Runway, a design and fashion program; Debate Club; Junior CrossFit;Masterchef; or having fun with friends in the specialized teen room where every Friday is movie […]
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Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation is accepting applications for its fall grant cycle. The foundation provides $40,000 to $60,000 annually in enrichment grants for programs that benefit Lake Tahoe Unified School District students. The money is raised through Snow Sports week in February and the Food Fest in October.. Applications are available online. They are due […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s SWAT team stormed the old Horizon casino on Wednesday, causing extensive damage to the Stateline property. And the owners are OK with this. This was one of many training exercises by law enforcement at what is now a construction site. Brothers Jon and David Park are spending $60 million to transform the […]
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• Work started this week on a maintenance project that will repave more than six miles of Highway 193 in El Dorado County. Work is expected to be complete by the end of October, weather-permitting. The highway will be subject to daytime one-way traffic control at various locations; expect delays up to 10 minutes. • […]
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• The top four Douglas County manager candidates are Mary Lou Brown, Curtis Calder, Timothy Hacker and James Nichols. There will be a special commission meeting Aug. 18 at 9am in Minden. Final selection will be Sept. 4. • The Kansas City Barbeque Society’s Great American Cookout is on a tour across the nation. It […]
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Deathways of the Comstock Chinese is the latest exhibit at the Comstock History Center. The exhibit, which highlights the death and burial practices of the Chinese, features artifacts, photographs, video and an accurately reproduced, life-sized Chinese gravesite. The free exhibit opens Aug. 14 at 11a.m. The historic Chinese graveyard in Virginia City is no longer […]
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Maria Mircheva, executive director of the Sugar Pine Foundation, will be talking about the work her groups does on Sept. 30 at 5:30pm. There will be video showing how volunteers climbing trees to collect seeds. Plus, there is the chance to examine their giant slingshot. The Sugar Pine Foundation is a local nonprofit dedicated to […]
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• Bijou Community School’s playground has been erected just in time for this school year. The PTA will officially unveil it Aug. 22 at 2pm. • Placerville resident Rachel Carter just had her first book published. “The Black Mage: First Year” is a young-adult fantasy. • The Mountain Collective added Ski Banff-Lake Louise-Sunshine as the […]
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Tahoe Fund this summer gave out $131,000 for four environmental improvement projects that address erosion control, beach improvements, bike paths and the removal of invasive Asian clams. Project recipients were California State Parks for a bridge across Angora Creek on the South Shore; Nevada State Parks for beach improvements including ADA access at Sand Harbor; […]
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Roger Rosenberger will share his photographic expertise Sept. 3 at 6pm in South Lake Tahoe. The presentation is ideal for people wanting to be prepared to take better wildflower pictures next spring. Sophisticated camera equipment is not necessary. The free event is at South Lake Tahoe Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd.
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