Nevada students are invited to showcase their artistic talents and promote radon awareness by entering the Nevada Radon Poster Contest. The contest is open children ages 9 to 14 who are enrolled in public, private, territorial, tribal, Department of Defense and home schools. Children can also enter through a sponsoring group, such as art, computer, library, […]
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The Lake Tahoe Historical Society is hosting a Chautauqua performance on Sept. 20. Six figures from the past will come to life at the Valhalla Grand Hall on the South Shore starting at 5pm. Tickets are $60 for historical members, $70 for others. The price includes dinner. Tickets are available by calling 530.541.5458.
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Volunteers are protecting the “Entering the Lake Tahoe Watershed — Help Protect It!” signs that were installed in August 2014. The signs are near Daggett Summit on Kingsbury Grade, Spooner Summit on Highway 50 and on the Mount Rose Highway. Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club will maintain the signs on Daggett and Spooner summits. The Mount […]
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Paisley is a 1-year-old female kitty who is a great mouser. She is quite playful, and is OK with well-mannered dogs. Paisley loves to be around people, and can get a little over excited at times and play rough, so she would probably do best in a home without really small children. She was adopted […]
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Lake Tahoe’s Movement of Wings will bring basin communities together on Sept. 5 to raise awareness about thyroid cancer. LTMW aims to provide a fun, community-generated event that will provide support and a proactive way to fight this disease, while promoting a healthy lifestyle in one of the most beautiful places to run, Lake Tahoe. Proceeds […]
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By American Legion The abduction of then-11-year-old Jaycee Dugard 24 years ago from a bus stop in Meyers still resonates in the minds of many. After 18 years of enduring physical and emotional abuse, Dugard was released from her captors and reunited with her family in 2009. The process of reconnecting with her family and healing […]
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Chautauqua performers Chuck Baldauskas and Doc Durden present Buffalo Bill & Wild Bill: Pals Together Again at the Dangberg Ranch in Minden on Sept. 2. William F. Cody worked as a trapper, gold prospector and Pony Express rider all by the age of 14. During the Civil War he became a wagon driver for a […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s Friends of the Library is putting on two events in September. The first in Sept. 15 at 6pm. In partnership with the Lake Tahoe Historical Society the Friends are bringing back author Mary Jo Sonntag. Her presentation will answer questions about the early pioneers in the area, what pioneer life was really like, and what diseases […]
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El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division will begin conducting low-cost community flu vaccination clinics on Sept. 23, with additional clinics offered through mid-November. Seasonal influenza vaccine will be available in nasal mist and flu shot forms at the clinics. Shot are recommended for people 6 months of age or older. In […]
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By Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle SACRAMENTO — A particular security-enabled paper used to print all vital records in California is in short supply after the Ohio business that produced it suddenly closed, forcing some counties to ration the number of birth and death certificates people can buy. County registrars say the only other company […]
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