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02/23/2023

To try and decide each week where and what to eat around Truckee-Tahoe can be a challenge — there are so many amazing choices. In this feature we’ll dive into dishes that will surely satisfy...

02/23/2023

Palisades Tahoe Audi FIS Ski World Cup Tour Palisades Tahoe is hosting the Audi FIS Ski World Cup from Friday, Feb. 24-Sunday, Feb. 26, with a weekend filled with the best athletes, outdoor concert, fireworks,...

02/22/2023

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif.—The International Ski and Snowboard Federation gave the go-ahead for The Stifel Palisades Tahoe Cup to host the Giant Slalom and Slalom scheduled for February 24-26. As with every stop on the Audi...

02/22/2023

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Roads are icy and chain controls are in effect Wednesday morning at Truckee-Tahoe from an appetizer storm that dropped a few inches of snow, with much more on the way. The mild storm...

02/22/2023

TRUCKEE, Calif. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the California spotted owl population in the Sierra Nevada as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. USFW has determined that the California...

02/21/2023

TAHOE CITY, Calif. — The League to Save Lake Tahoe on Tuesday announced it is building a new environment and education center designed around opportunities for the public to learn, appreciate and take part in protecting...

02/21/2023

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Nevada County, along with several other counties, is eligible to apply for funding from FEMA’s public assistance program due to impacts from severe winter storms, including flooding, landslides and mudslides, that took...

02/21/2023

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Tahoe Forest Health System on Tuesday announced that Alison Ganong, MD, has joined their teams at the Tahoe Forest Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and the Incline Village Community Hospital. Dr. Ganong will also...

02/21/2023

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday appointed five members to the newly-formed Measure S committee that will oversee revenue and expenditure generated by a hike in the transient...

02/21/2023

TRUCKEE, Calif. – Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to certain private nonprofits in several California counties, including Nevada and Placer counties. Following the amendment to President Biden’s Jan. 26 major disaster declaration, certain nonprofits...

02/21/2023

TRUCKEE, Calif. – The Truckee Rotary Community Foundation is looking for community projects or needs to fund with their annual donations. This year the foundation has up to $12,000 to donate for various projects. The...

02/20/2023

STATELINE, Nev. — Two members of a Lake Tahoe theft ring were sentenced to prison on Tuesday. Joseph Donald Dykes and Kyleigh Nicole Dykes appeared in Douglas County District Court for five separate cases between...

02/20/2023

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Members of the Incline Village Crystal Bay Business Association came together for their inaugural member meeting Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Chateau, to discuss goals as an organization for the upcoming...

02/20/2023

McMinnville, Ore. – Carnelian Bay local, Ashlyn McPherson earned a spot on the Linfield University Dean's List honors during the fall 2022 semester. The Dean's List identifies undergraduate students who have earned a term GPA at least equivalent...

02/20/2023

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Snow, cold temperatures and strong winds return this week to Truckee-Tahoe and the active weather may continue through the end of the month and beyond. The National Weather Service in Reno has...

02/20/2023

Kiwanis Club of North Lake Tahoe is one of the basin's long standing nonprofits. We just recently donated $10,000 to the North Tahoe Boosters Club, a fellow nonprofit promoting the development and growth of student...

02/19/2023

As you faithful readers recall, we annually present a handful of our favorite Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winners. For you new readers, the Bulwer-Lytton Contest is named after novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton who wrote many...

02/19/2023

Little is written about the Grosh Brothers. They were two brothers who left from the East to find gold in the West in 1849. And they did find riches but they lost it while trying...

02/19/2023

Six people have died in avalanches in the United States since the snow started to fly this fall. Every year, an average of 27 people — skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, snowshoers — die this way. For...

02/19/2023

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The North Tahoe girls’ basketball team stamped a trip to Las Vegas and the Class 2A state tournament on Friday night, knocking off Yerington in the Northern League semifinals. The top-seeded...

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