The annual holiday tree lighting in Kings Beach will be Dec. 6 from 5-7pm at the North Tahoe Event Center. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be attending. The North Tahoe School Jazz Band and Tahoe Music Institute students will be performing holiday classics. The Friends of the Library are hosting a book swap so bring […]
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The state of Nevada’s official moon rocks, brought back to Earth by astronauts in the Apollo moon-landing missions, will be on display at UNR’s W.M. Keck Museum. The public is invited to the unveiling of the exhibit Dec. 13 at 4pm. The Keck Museum is in the historic Mackay School of Mines Building at the […]
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The circa 1959 (my best estimate) photo shows highways 50 and 89 while the junction was still a Y just before Lake Tahoe Boulevard connected (about 1960) and made it a four-way intersection in South Lake Tahoe. The large empty lot at top was the 1940s site of the local school house. That building was […]
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Lake Valley Fire Protection District swore in two apprentice firefighter-paramedics during this month. The new employees – Conner Alexander and Dustin La Chapelle – were given the oath of office by board President Dave Huber. The apprentices will assume full duties as working firefighter-paramedics. Alexander was born in South Lake Tahoe and graduated from the […]
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Expect the roads in California to be about as congested as they were last Thanksgiving. Word from AAA is there will be a 0.04 percent decline in the number of people traveling Nov. 28-Dec. 1 for the four-day holiday. This equates to about 5.1 million people traveling 50 miles or more. Most of those will […]
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• The River Ranch near Alpine Meadows is for sale. Asking price is $5 million. • For its notable economic and environmental efforts, Snow Creek Stream environment zone restoration in North Lake Tahoe earned the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision Platinum award. • “Selfie” is the word of the year, according to Oxford Dictionaries. • […]
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Nevada Division of State Lands is offering grants for projects that will preserve and restore the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Approximately $350,000 generated from the purchase of Nevada Lake Tahoe license plates will be available to public agencies seeking funding. Proposals which include the implementation of capital improvement projects that further the […]
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The Douglas County Public Library in Minden and Zephyr Cove will be closed Nov. 28-29 for Thanksgiving. Both libraries will close at 5pm Nov 27. The Minden library will resume its regular schedule on Nov. 30 at 10am. The Zephyr Cove library will reopen Nov. 30 at 9am. For more info, call (775) 782.9841.
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Weidinger Public Relations won four awards from the Public Relations Society of American, Sierra Nevada Chapter. The Silver Spike designation is the highest honor from the chapter and identifies outstanding achievement, far-reaching client results, and high standards for quality of work and ethics. The Stateline agency received awards for each of its four entries: two […]
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• Live Violence Free is no longer providing food distribution at its South Lake Tahoe office. The agency is facilitating distribution of food, clothing, and other basic need items at the American Legion, at 2748 Lake Tahoe Blvd. Food distribution will take place every Wednesday from 10am-12:30pm. • Rabbi Mordey Richler and his wife, Shaina, […]
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