• North Tahoe Fire Station 51 has been awarded LEED gold certification for new buildings by the U.S. Green Building Council. • Rahlves’ Banzai Tour returns to Squaw Valley this weekend and Alpine Meadows March 8-9. • Ski season has wrapped up for area high schools: South Tahoe High girls placed first, Incline second and […]
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Artists may submit original artwork for the 2014-15 California duck stamp art contest put on by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Submissions will be accepted from April 25 through May 23. The contest is open to U.S. residents who are 18 or older. Entrants need not reside in California. The winning artwork will […]
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• There’s a free blues show at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe every Tuesday at 7:30pm. • Viking Construction of Rancho Cordova has been awarded the contract to construct a bridge on Highway 50 at the Sly Park Road undercrossing in Pollock Pines. Viking submitted the lowest bid at $5.2 million. The total cost of the project […]
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• The Economic Development Division of El Dorado County is having kickoff for the Web Portal project on March 5 from 9am-noon in the Board of Supervisors meeting room, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville. • T.G. Sheppard will be at the Carson Valley Inn on March 28. Doors open 6:15pm and the show starts 7pm. Tickets […]
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South Tahoe High School wrestling coach Ryan Wallace has recently been bound to a wheelchair because his prosthetic leg has been a major source of trouble for a long time. He had his right leg amputated after he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone disease. The wheelchair is preventing him from being able […]
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Washoe County Sheriff’s Office’s Forensic Science Division is having an open house April 24 from 8:30am to 4pm. Visitors will get to see how a real lab works. Lab staff will show people how latent prints are developed, test for the presence of blood, get a DNA profile, determine whether a white powder is cocaine, […]
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Monopalooza is an annual gathering of monoskiers. This year it is in South Lake Tahoe Feb. 27-March 2. Feb. 28 is dedicated in the memory of Tom Wendell who died last year. Wendell was known as Doc Mono. There will be a short memorial for him Feb. 28 at 2pm at the bottom of Chair […]
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• Squaw Valley is planning a Welcome Home Celebration for all of the region’s Olympians on March 21. More details will be coming. • Slow Food Lake Tahoe and Mamasake are putting on an event March 5 at 6pm to raise consciousness about sustainable seafood. The $45 tickets are available online. • The grand opening […]
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Child advocates of El Dorado County is having its annual box lunch fundraiser April 10. Volunteers will deliver 3,000 lunches from Pollock Pines to Rancho Cordova by noon that day. Funds raised will help pay for recruiting, training and supporting new advocates to help more abused and neglected kids in El Dorado County get into […]
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It’s possible the South Lake Tahoe Mental Health Commission will be abolished. On Feb. 26 at 5pm the county commission may vote on consolidating the commission into one entity. This could mean the South Shore would have less of a say. There is a movement to make the appointment an at-large countywide group of mental […]
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