The Truckee Community Christmas nonprofit organization is again overseeing toy, food, and coat drives that provide staples to local families and individuals just before Christmas each year. Locals who place donated items in collection barrels that are placed throughout the community between Nov. 30 and Dec. 18, and marked with the Truckee Community Christmas square […]
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Craniosacral therapy is available at Tahoe Wellness Cooperative Community Center on Nov. 4 from 2-4pm. Colleen will clear energy around your meridian points for cleansing healing to happen. Short sessions fill up quickly, so arrive early to sign up. First come, first served. The center is at 3445 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Donations […]
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• Clean Tahoe is now in the Tahoe Valley Pharmacy building at 2074 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Suite 6, South Lake Tahoe. The number is the same – (530) 544.4210. • Here is the Sierra roadwork schedule from Caltrans for this week. • Bob Roberts, president of the California Ski Industry Association, will be giving a winter […]
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“You Are Here” at the bottom center of the billboard’s map indicates the Spooner Summit junction of highways 50 and 28 in Nevada. The billboard was likely from the early 1950s because it shows only U.S. 40 through Truckee — which became Interstate 80 in late 1950. It also labels today’s Mt. Rose Highway which […]
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• Carson City High School grad and former Giants third baseman Matt Williams is now the manager of the Nationals. • Longtime Tahoe Resource Conservation District employee Kim Boyd was recently promoted to district manager. • In Conde Nast Traveler’s annual reader poll three ski area lodging properties made the list of top resorts in […]
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Tahoe Arts Project’s second annual Holiday Festival is Nov. 16 from 10am-5pm at South Tahoe Middle School’s multipurpose room. Santa will be on hand from noon-2pm, Marcia Sarosik Dancers will perform from 2:30-3pm, and activities for children will be going on throughout the day. The event is free.
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Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour tonight before you go to bed. At 2am Nov. 3 it’s time to return to standard time. The whole reason for this, according to the federal government, is energy and fuel savings. Daylight saving time returns March 9.
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has created a GIS-based online tool that allows property owners and contractors to design BMPs. It is available online for free. It was created because of the dwindling funds for on-site best management practices evaluations. To use the BMP Designer, property owners should have knowledge of the following: The direction water […]
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• South Lake Tahoe native Kyle Smaine has joined Sierra-at-Tahoe’s pro team. The Association of Freesking Professionals ranks him in the top 30 for halfpipe skiers in the world. He has his sights set on the Winter Olympics. • According the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada is the most mountainous state in the union with […]
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Douglas County has relaunched the budget challenge so residents can partake in an online conversation about the county budget. The question is, “How would you spend $500 to fund what is most important to you in Douglas County?” Residents also have the opportunity to make general comments about the budget process, upload photos or videos […]
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