LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Truckee football team defeated Moapa Valley 34-10 to capture its fourth consecutive state championship in Las Vegas on Saturday.Check back for a full story. Copyright 2012 Sierra Sun. All rights reserved. This material may not Continue Reading
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New information hub for environmentally-friendly organizations in Truckee
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Truckee has become an exceptionally forward-looking community with a diversity of organizations and programs vectored toward both environmental and economic sustainability. As a way to consolidate information aCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
Lake Tahoe fire chiefs express concerns over prescribed burns
LAKE TAHOE - The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Governing Board on Thursday shot down a suggestion Lake Tahoe Basin fire chiefs feared could hinder forest fuel reduction work.As part of several suggestions this week, CCopyright 2012 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
Long-awaited Tahoe plan heads for approval
LAKE TAHOE - With a little less than a month to go before possible approval, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update has attracted widespread support - and stiff opposition.The sweeping plan, whicCopyright 2012 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
October birth announcements, Tahoe Forest Hospital
TRUCKEE, Calif. - The following are births for the month of October 2012 at Tahoe Forest Hospital.Emily Danielle, a girl, was born to Federico Almaraz Martinez and Maria Gopar Martinez of Kings Beach on October 7.Olivia GracCopyright 2012 Sierra Sun. Continue Reading
Three bands, three DJs win SnowGlobe spots
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Score one for the organics.A reggae band from Sacramento won first place Monday in a Facebook contest to perform at South Lake Tahoe's Dec. 29-31 SnowGlobe festival, which will feature mostly tCopyright 2012 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
Tahoe Backcountry Vertical Challenge | Fundraising initiative to benefit Sierra Avalanche Center
TAHOE, Calif. - The 2012/2013 Tahoe Backcountry Vertical Challenge, sponsored by Alpenglow Sports and Dynafit, continues its third year as Lake Tahoe's community-wide fundraising initiative to benefit the Sierra Avalanche Copyright 2012 Sierra Sun. Continue Reading
Hell on the Highway | National Geographic documents hazards of foul-weather passage on Interstate 80
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Winter rages across Donner Summit, 100 mph wind gusts blow Pacific storms of blinding snow that ravage the 7,240-foot pass on Interstate 80 above Donner Lake. The brutal storm systems dump an average snow accumCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
Fast, frequent and free: Could this be the future of North Lake Tahoe’s public transportation?
TAHOE/TRUCKEE - In the early evening hours on a brisk Wednesday, Homewood resident Jarek Sznytzer stood outside waiting with a bag in tow at the newly completed Placer County Transit Center in Tahoe City for his ride: a TART busCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
North Tahoe soccer | Laker boys can’t get past North Shore rival
The Lakers never quite solved the Highlanders this year.After three narrow defeats at the hands of their lakeside rival, the third-seeded North Tahoe boys soccer team lost 1-0 to Incline in the semifinal round of the Division III stCopyright 2012 Continue Reading