·       Tahoe Regional Planning Agency offices will be closed Dec. 24-Jan.1, reopening Jan. 4.

·       Incline Village-based tour operator Myths and Mountains won the 2015 Tourism Cares Legacy in Travel Philanthropy award, alongside co-winner, Lindblad Expeditions.

·       Carson High School has been named to the 2016 Elite 50, an annual selection of the top 50 secondary school hospitality programs in the nation.

·      Mountainside Partners sold Tahoe Mountain Realty, a luxury real estate firm in Northstar and the Tahoe-Truckee area, to Jeff Brown, vice president of sales and marketing.

·       The 2016 World Gold Panning Championships will be at the El Dorado County Fair Grounds Sept. 11-18.