Four young women from the South Shore are being recognized for making the community and world a better place through their volunteerism. Riana Cerceo, Haley Dressell, Allyson Marchus and Alejandra Medina will be formally recognized March 8 at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on National Women’s Day. Each will also receive $100. Soroptimist International of South Lake […]
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Lake Tahoe is on top of Rand McNally’s list of where travelers are headed this season to ski. The agency’s travel experts say the West is drawing more skiers than other area in the United States or Canada based on 2010-11 bookings. The top destinations based on bookings are: 1. Lake Tahoe 2. Steamboat Springs […]
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Jori Turner’s fifth-grade class from Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Magnet School in Meyers had no problem navigating through the unexpected stormy weather during the Winter Trek Environmental Education program earlier this month. Classes from as far away as Grass Valley and Fallon have participated in this great outdoor learning program. The three-hour curriculum based snowshoe […]
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Shortly after the Tucson incident of Jan. 8, Emily Rankin, director of Alumnae Relations at Scripps College in Claremont, was in contact with the congresswoman’s husband, Capt. Mark Kelly. She inquired how the Scripps community could best show its support for Gabby Giffords and the other victims. Kelly replied his wife’s pet project is food […]
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Parenting expert Tyler Durman will speak at South Tahoe Middle School on Feb. 8 from 7-8:15pm. The talk is entitled “Bite-Sized Wisdom for Parent of Teenagers.” The event is free.
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• Amador Stage Lines is offering a season pass on its buses for people traveling between the South Shore and the Reno airport. For more information, call (775) 691.2788. • Placer County this month changed its retirement benefits. • Steven Hemphill has been hired to be the communications manager at Sierra-at-Tahoe. • Plans are moving […]
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Members of the Generation Green of Lake Tahoe, a partnership club of the U.S. Forest Service that promotes community stewardship and leadership, had the opportunity to meet with the U.S. State Department appointed Cultural Ambassadors and Grammy Award-winning band OZOMATLI. The band members, in town for a concert at MontBleu in Stateline, talked to the […]
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A fundraiser for the Hudson family will be Jan. 31 fro 5-8pm in the multipurpose room at South Tahoe Middle School. Scott Hudson was a teacher at the school who died earlier this month. Dinner will from 5-7pm, with silent auction from 7-8pm. Advance tickets are $10 adults, $5 children under 8 and seniors, $25 […]
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Leo Drozdoff, director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director, announced today that Steve Robinson will serve as his designee on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Governing Board. Robinson served as the transition director from outgoing “I have followed TRPA for about 30 years — since college,” Robinson said in a press […]
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• El Dorado County Board of Supervisors is having a public hearing Feb. 1 regarding the proposed South Tahoe Refuse 1.9 percent rate increase. The meeting is in Placerville at 9am. It would raise rates 50 cents per month and be effective starting that day. • Sierra-at-Tahoe’s superpipe is open – the only one on […]
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