• The South Lake Tahoe City Council is having a special meeting March 12 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport to discuss all things loop road. Click here for the economic study the Tahoe Transportation District paid for that looks at the mountainside proposal for rerouting Highway 50.

• U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit employees Katie Kuchenbecker and Jacob Quinn received regional engineering awards. Kuchenbecker was selected as the Region 5 engineer of the year, and Quinn the Region 5 technician of the year.

• Volunteers are needed for the Tahoe Environmental Research Center Science Expo on March 18-21. Contact Hannah Leigh at hkleigh@ucdavis.edu or (775) 881.7560, ext. 7474. TERC is on the Sierra Nevada College campus in Incline Village.

• The Reno River Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary at the Truckee River Whitewater Park May 11-12.

• The Tahoe Donner Association has submitted a revised project for the Tahoe Donner Marina Facility Improvement Project, with updated site, grading, landscaping and lighting plans. For information, contact Jenna Endres at (530) 582.2922 or jendres@townoftruckee.com.