TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Before North Tahoe High School's Ski Academy program was established, top skiers had to choose between a rigorous public education and competing in high-level competitions. Due to strict attendance rulCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. Continue Reading
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Fundraiser dinner Tuesday for Tahoe City house fire victims
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - A Brewmaster's Dinner will take place Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. at Tahoe Mountain Brewing Company Pub at 475 North Lake Blvd. in Tahoe City. The dinner will serve as a fundraiser for the four Tahoe CCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. Continue Reading
Tahoe SAFE Alliance officials: Employee embezzled $15,000
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - One of Lake Tahoe's most established nonprofit organizations recently fired a "respected and trusted" employee who officials believe embezzled roughly $ 15,000 over a several-month span in 2012Copyright 2013 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
Snowboarder OK after going missing Tuesday at Squaw Valley
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. - A snowboarder who went missing Tuesday afternoon at Squaw Valley was found later that evening in good condition, officials said.The 44-year-old Bay area man was reported missing by a friend at around 3Copyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
It’s graphic, it’s urban, it’s … ‘Black, White and Raw’
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Alexis Turner Kelly (AKA Alex Kelly Art) is hosting a hART show at the Coffeebar in Truckee on Friday, March 1, 8:30-10 p.m."Black, White and Raw" (21+, $ 10 cover) promises an eclectic mix of artiCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
Grasshopper Soup: Make your vacation less complicated
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - I've never done a Grasshopper Soup word of the day, but Presidents Week and spring break, or whatever you want to call this colossal convergence of such a spectacular variety of biological specimens vaCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. Continue Reading
Truckee Tahoe health and wellness anouncements
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - Health & Wellness briefsContent is selected from e-mail submissions to Community Editor Amy Edgett at aedgett@sierrasun.com. Submissions are published in the print edition news space permitting. To enteCopyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
Jen Malone joins Tahoe Mountain Club’s marketing team
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Tahoe Mountain Club is pleased to announce the newest addition to their marketing team, Jen Malone. Malone's education as a graphic designer coupled with her background in marketing, public relations, andCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. Continue Reading
Hypothermia, drugs noted in New Year’s death of 19-year-old Tahoe concertgoer
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - An autopsy has concluded that a Petaluma teenager who died after leaving South Lake Tahoe's SnowGlobe Music Festival on New Year's Eve died of "probable hypothermia."Alyssa Byrne, 19, dieCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
Nevada bill to ban bear hunting enters legislature
LAKE TAHOE - About 50 Native Americans gathered in Carson City on Monday to support a bill that would prohibit bear hunting, a move Lake Tahoe Basin wildlife advocates said they back but did not initiate."We think itRCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading