By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee Construction of a new museum at Donner Memorial State Park in Truckee is shocking many residents and visitors despite years of warnings that the project would disturb the site. “Since last week, I’ve been getting calls and hearing it every day on the bus,” bus driver Rick Stafford, a […]
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The Pacific Crest Trail Association and the Tahoe Rim Trail Association are presenting the National Geographic Film “America’s Wild Spaces: The Pacific Crest Trail” on June 28 at 6:30pm. There is no charge. This hour-long film chronicles the peaks and valleys of this epic 2,650 mile long trail that stretches from Mexico to Canada, cutting […]
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The Village at Squaw Valley and Sons of Norway, Snowshoe Thompson Lodge 6-078, are hosting a dedication celebration honoring the Sierra legend Snowshoe Thompson at Squaw Valley at 1pm June 25 in the Events Plaza of The Village at Squaw Valley. The dedication is for the 13-foot copper sculpture of Snowshoe Thompson created by artist […]
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Donald Lester Kimball of Gardnerville passed away on June 12, 2011, surrounded by family and friends. He was 76. Don was born June 23, 1934. Don was a travel director with S&H Travel and traveled the world before becoming a prominent businessman in Northern Nevada. With his twin brother and best friend, Robert “Bob” Kimball, […]
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Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary gave $6,000 in scholarships to students who will be pursuing healthcare careers at a four-year-university this fall. The annual lunch on Monday at the Tahoe Swiss Chalet in South Lake Tahoe was an opportunity for the four students to receive their awards that were based on academic achievement, leadership qualities, participation […]
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Celebrate Snowshoe Thompson with folk products displayed by the Sons and Daughters of Norway, Norwegian dancers, Norwegian fjord horses with a cart and a Chautauqua presentation of Snowshoe Thompson, the man who carried the mail in the late 1800s from Genoa to Placerville twice a month for 20 years. The June 19 2-5pm event is […]
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By Kathryn Reed A long Tahoe winter might be responsible for the number of blue ribbons awarded at this year’s El Dorado County Fair to people living in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Jonnie Crawford entered six items in the knitting category and came away with six ribbons. Jon Helman submitted two needle art pieces and […]
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For the full four-day run of the El Dorado County Fair (June 16-19) the Hollywood Stunt Adventure offers fairgoers the opportunity to work one-on-one with a professional stunt man and learn the skills of the trade. First, you’ll start with tumbling techniques practiced on mats, then progress to the mini trampoline and ultimately—if you learn […]
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Tolerance is a subject Joemae Santos is teaching adults. She is doing it with words – and showing how other people’s words are ones of intolerance. The incoming South Tahoe High School ninth-grader wowed the crowd at Tuesday night’s Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education meeting with two poems. These are the same […]
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Longtime South Lake Tahoe businessman Bob Maloff died June 2. Mr. Maloff was 90. Mr. Maloff was in the hotel business most of his career. He was in business for more than 50 years with George Achilles Karadanis. The two men developed and operated the Lake Tahoe Inn and Timber Cove Lodge. Mr. Maloff in […]
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