• A $2.7 million federal grant is allowing Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District to fully staff the Zephyr Cove station. • The Lake Tahoe aquatic invasive species watercraft inspection program received a silver Anvil award from the Public Relations Society of America. • El Dorado County search and rescue is having a fundraiser June 19 […]
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A colorful exhibition of space photography is on display at the Western Nevada College Main Art Gallery through Aug. 23. The collection contains several dozen large photographs of Earth’s moon, planets in the solar system and their moons, and colorful nebulae. The 2-foot long images are the creations of John Dykes, a Western Nevada Astronomical […]
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The Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation’s second annual Taste of Gold fundraiser is July 13 from 6-9pm at the Ledbetter Terrace and Demonstration Garden. It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year for the foundation, with proceeds going directly to support academic programs and student scholarships and achievement. Guests can sample wines from a number of […]
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• Chili cooks are invited to enter the Cowboys and Cornbread competition July 21 at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. More info is online. • Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers will be opening for the Steve Miller Band at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys on June 22. • Bill Schroeder of Carson City […]
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NBC’s “Today Show” recognized South Lake Tahoe’s Lights on the Lake Fireworks display as one of the country’s top Fourth of July weekend celebrations. The American Pyrotechnics Association rates South Shore’s Fourth of July fireworks celebration as one of the top five displays in the nation. The show is scheduled to begin at 9:45pm July […]
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• Beginning June 17, CalFire’s Amador-El Dorado-Sacramento Unit will suspend dooryard burning permits. • Cindy Martinez, Bijou Community School teacher, was appointed by the board of education to be principal for 2013-14. • As of June 10, El Dorado County Superior Court’s telephone access for the public was reduced to 8am-1pm because of budget cuts […]
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Several troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol, as well as other employees for the Department of Public Safety, will be volunteering their June 14 to raise money for Special Olympics Nevada and California. The volunteers will wait tables at the Hard Rock Café at Harveys in Stateline during lunch and dinner. They will be working […]
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The East Shore Express, a park and ride bus that runs from Incline Village to Sand Harbor, begins service this weekend. Buses will operate Saturdays and Sundays beginning the weekends of June 15-16 and June 22-23 from 10am to 8pm. Daily operations run June 29 through Sept. 2 with service from 10am-8pm. Buses run every […]
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• It was announced this week that the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix (Visa Halfpipe and Slopestyle Skiing) will be at Northstar Jan. 9-12. • Bernadette Lovato is now the district manager for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Carson City office. She is responsible for 4.8 million acres of federal lands in 11 counties in […]
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Highway 28 between Ponderosa Ranch Road in Incline Village and Highway 50 at Spooner Summit will be closed June 18-20 from 9pm to 5am. This is so a contractor working for the Nevada Department of Transportation can put down a flush seal to preserve the life of the road. “If we were doing it during […]
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