• South Tahoe Alliance of Resorts gave $5,000 each to Christmas Cheer, Live Violence Free and Tahoe Youth & Family Services.

• The Douglas County Public Library in Zephyr Cove will be closed Jan. 1. It will reopen Jan. 2 at 9am.

• The Las Vegas Sun reports: “A Nevada law allowing medical marijuana dispensaries takes effect April 1, but licenses to sell and grow the drug probably won’t be issued until months later, a state official said.”

• First class stamps will be 49 cents starting Jan. 26.

• Here is a video of the Trout in the classroom project that features Tahoe Truckee Unified students and staff on PBS’s “This American Land” show: