TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - Cats and dogs sometimes have a hard time telling us they are not feeling well. In some cases, our furry loved ones won't let us know until they are really sick. However, there are some signs owners Copyright 2013 Sierra Sun. Continue Reading
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North Tahoe at Truckee basketball | Wolverines win on senior night
Both Truckee basketball teams defeated visiting North Tahoe in the final game of the regular season Friday, the girls by a score of 50-27 and the boys 48-46.The Laker boys led for much of the contest before the Wolverines took theCopyright 2013 Continue Reading
Post office to cut Saturday delivery starting in August
Starting Aug. 5, the U.S. Postal Service will drop Saturday mail delivery, officials announced Wednesday.Package delivery will continue to be Monday through Saturday. The operational plan for the new delivery schedule anticipates a Copyright 2013 Continue Reading
Tahoe Truckee community announcements
Community briefsTAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - Content for briefs is selected from e-mail submissions to Community Editor Amy Edgett at aedgett@sierrasun.com. Visit www.sierrasun.com to submit events for the online calendar. Please liCopyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
Truckee’s Interclub announces 2012 Citizens of the Year
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Mike Horn of Truckee Rents and Ruth Geresy of the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce were honored at the dinner as Citizens of the Year for 2012 by the Truckee Interclub, a group of service organizations. Horn Copyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
Political satirist to lower the boom at North Tahoe
CRYSTAL BAY, Nev. - Super Bowl Sunday was followed by a morose Monday in San Francisco when the city's resident political satirist spoke on a telephone."People are nursing psychic hangovers because they won five Super BCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
‘Art in the mountains’ | Locals look to carve their mark at Tahoe snow sculpting event
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Using scraping tools, Truckee residents Ira Kessey and Mark Davis drag along the surface of a large block of ice, and with each stroke, shavings fall off in a steady stream, making the word "Carve" Copyright 2013 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
Scientists: Super storms could dampen Lake Tahoe’s future
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Picture the Lake Tahoe basin in a deluge of rain. Weeks of downpouring and melting snowpacks. Landslides render highways and roads impassable. No lights, no water, no heat, no food.Businesses shut down.Copyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
Tahoe/Truckee school district aims to balance budget without layoffs, fee hikes
TRUCKEE, Calif. - For the first time in four years, the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District is not considering making staff cuts to address pending budget shortfalls."We are optimistic that the economy will recover, anCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
Four snowmobilers cited for riding on wilderness area near Tahoe
ALPINE COUNTY, Calif. - Four snowmobilers were recently cited for riding in the Mokelumne Wilderness on the Carson Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe Forest, south of Lake Tahoe.Three riders were cited on Jan. 21 and one Copyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading