TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Nevada Beef Council is calling on home cooks to start grilling, broiling, roasting, stir-frying and stewing on their healthy beef menu ideas for the 2013 National Beef Cook-Off recipe competition.ThCopyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
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Join Arbor Day Foundation in February and receive 10 free blue spruce trees
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - Joining the Arbor Day Foundation is an ideal way to get in the mood for spring planting. Anyone from California who joins the Foundation in February 2013 will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees toCopyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
North Tahoe basketball | Lakers split against Warriors
TAHOE CITY - The North Tahoe basketball teams split their Mount Rose League games against visiting Whittell on Friday, with the girls winning 38-22 and the boys losing a nail-biter, 49-47.The Laker girls led from the first qCopyright 2013 Sierra Sun. Continue Reading
Five super powers available to teens | Heroic abilities aren’t exclusive to comics
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - Cynical adults may sneer when they say, "Youth is wasted on the young." But young world-traveler Ryan Pearson sees a more positive message in George Bernard Shaw's often repeated quote.Copyright 2013 Sierra Sun. All rights Continue Reading
Are you pet-ready for disaster in Tahoe?
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - Tornadoes in Missouri and as close as Sacramento ... floods along the Mississippi and a winter flood watch in the Sierra ... multiple rumblings from the Ring of Fire ... are you and your pets ready to evaCopyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
In split decision, Truckee rec/park board OKs $7 million aquatic center
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Residents within the Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District are getting a new recreation building featuring an eight-lane competition pool and a warm water pool with a lazy river for therapy purposes and plaCopyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
Truckee basketball | Girls use 20-0 run in 2nd half to take down Vikings
TRUCKEE - The top two girls basketball teams in the Mount Rose League appeared destined for a tightly contested finish, perhaps even overtime, as they swapped leads through the first two and a half quarters Tuesday night.SouthCopyright 2013 Sierra 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
4.0 earthquake rattles overnight south of Lake Tahoe
LAKE TAHOE - A 4.0 magnitude earthquake was reported overnight about a half hour south of Lake Tahoe, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake shook at a depth of 8.1 miles at 12:21 a.m. Thursday, according to USGS, rCopyright 2013 Sierra Continue Reading
As residents rejoice in skating frozen Donner Lake, Truckee officials urge caution
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Groups of bundled-up people could be seen Monday gliding on Donner Lake, taking advantage of its frozen waters by playing hockey, ice skating and shuffling along the surface."(I'm) ecstatic,”Copyright 2013 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading