Updated Sept. 15 11:55pm: The King Fire near Pollock Pines grew to 8,600 acres on Monday night, with 5 percent containment. Highway 50 is reduced to one lane through the fire area. The California Air Resources Board will be installing a temporary PM2.5 monitor at South Tahoe High School to monitor smoke from the King Fire […]
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By Thom Jensen, KXTV-TV JMA Ventures owns some of the priciest resorts and restaurants from San Francisco to Seattle. It also operates Homewood Mountain Resort. But one of JMA’s lesser known properties is not living up to the same reputation among travelers. Inside room 224 at the Tahoe Inn in Kings Beach cameras captured ants […]
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By Ashley Oñoz-Wright, Las Vegas Sun The largest consumer group in history is entering the marketplace. Their wallets bulge with $1.68 trillion in buying power, and by 2020, they are expected to make up one-third of the adult population. They’re the millennials, the generation generally defined as being born between the early 1980s and early 2000s. […]
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By Blake Ellis, CNN Money NEW YORK — Debt-fearing millennials are saying no to credit cards. More than six out of 10 millennials, or 63 percent, don’t have a single credit card, according to a Bankrate survey of 1,161 respondents. That compares to a mere 35 percent of Americans who are over the age of 30. A […]
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Six meetings are scheduled this fall to address concerns of Douglas County School District parents at the lake. The study group was the idea of the superintendent and approved by the board this summer. The three main topics are: • What should/could the format and course offerings look like if Whittell stays approximately the same […]
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Nevada in 2016 is set to join the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, a youth development organization governing interscholastic mountain biking in the United States. Already student-athletes from Nevada are traveling to compete in events in California, including Incline Village’s Meghan Kelley who won the 2014 California junior varsity state championship. If there is enough interest, racing could […]
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Fresh-baked pretzels from the Truckee Sourdough Company and a disc jockey are two additions to North Lake Tahoe’s largest Oktoberfest celebration in the Village at Squaw Valley. The annual event will transform Squaw’s village into a miniature Bavaria on Sept. 27. Squaw Valley’s event is modeled after the original Oktoberfest, a 16-day annual festival in […]
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By Dan Starkey Born and raised in the East Bay, Lake Tahoe has always held a special place in my heart for winter skiing and summer getaways. Last year, I added another unforgettable experience to my lifelong love of Lake Tahoe. On Sept. 22, 2013, I completed my first Ironman at Lake Tahoe. This is […]
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How do you sustain a world-renown trail with state and government funding down 70 percent? Ask the community to help support the trails they cherish. The Tahoe Rim Trail Association did just that with its Tahoe Rim Trail Challenge starting in 2013. This year more 2,300 miles were traveled by 452 participants. Participants paid for a […]
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CalFire and Truckee firefighters on Sunday night extinguished a small vegetation fire in Olympic Heights. Officials believe the Sept. 14 9:20pm fire may have started from a discarded cigarette. A plot about 20 feet by 30 feet burned. Officials said it was luck there was no wind that neighbors jumped on the fire before firefighters […]
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