·      Volunteers are needed for the Aug. 28-30 Tahoe Rim Trail Backcountry Camps which will be near Armstrong Pass. For more info, go online. 

·       Alan G. Walker has been hired as president of Sierra Nevada College. He starts the job Sept. 21.

·       Andrew Laughlin, who owns Tahoe City Kayak, has opened Zephyr Cove Adventures.

·       The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Records and Civil Sections will be opening its doors one half hour earlier starting Sept. 8. Doors will open at 7:30am on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

·       Tickets for the Polar Express train ride via the Virginia & Truckee Railroad go on sale online beginning Aug. 20. Rides begin Nov. 19.