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Integrate Tahoe offers unique healing experience
TAHOE CITY, Calif. — Integrate Tahoe is a new health center in Tahoe City that focuses on full-body, as well as giving clients the tools they need to stay healthy. After years of working with... → Read More
Flipping out: Lake Tahoe fully mixes for first time since 2018-19
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — It might not look like it but Lake Tahoe is going through some changes. The lake is flipping for the first time since the winter of 2018-19. What does that mean?... → Read More
Olympic Valley service district awards contract for grant seeking
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — The Olympic Valley Public Service District on Friday renewed a contract with a company which will allow the district to apply for more grant funding. The district had a $10,000 contract... → Read More
Nevada County supervisors approve Truckee Fire fee changes
TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Nevada County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved Truckee Fire Protection District fee changes. The fee changes apply to residential and commercial properties. Residential properties will increase from $1.20 per square... → Read More
SHRED Act would keep ski fees local, support Tahoe resorts
STATELINE, Nev. — New legislation recently introduced would enable the USDA Forest Service to retain some fees paid annually by ski areas and use it for local projects. U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) recently... → Read More
Tahoe City downtown access project gets boost of funding
TAHOE CITY, Calif. — The North Tahoe Community Alliance approved additional funding for the Tahoe City Downtown Access Improvements Project, bringing the decades long project closer to fruition. “For most people, the most visible aspect... → Read More
‘The Backyard Bear’: Truckee local spends summer capturing footage of bears for documentary
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Tahoe residents are all too familiar with the black bears that inhabit the basin. A lot of time and resources are spent educating visitors and new residents about how to live and... → Read More
Town of Truckee employs fire evacuation planning software
TRUCKEE, Calif. — For the last few summers, major wildfires have burned in communities surrounding Truckee. Each time there is a threat of wildfire, many residents and visitors want to know what the evacuation plan... → Read More
Truckee Council approves West River Street park contract changes, extends microtransit service
TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Truckee Town Council approved changes to the West River Street Park project during their Valentine’s Day meeting. The park project has been in the works for almost two decades, since the... → Read More
‘We’re aware there is a problem’: Placer County officials discuss ski traffic solutions
KINGS BEACH, Calif. — Traveling on state routes 89 and 267 has become nearly impossible on weekends as traffic on the single lane roads to get to Palisades Tahoe and Northstar California become backed up... → Read More
Placer County Tahoe Plan code changes encourages redevelopment; community concerns expressed
TAHOE CITY, Calif. — Placer County has introduced a large package of changes to the Tahoe Area Plan codes, many of which are meant to encourage development in city and town centers. However, several of... → Read More
Olympic Valley officials weigh in on Village at Palisades, discuss traffic issues
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — The Olympic Valley Public Service District discussed traffic issues plaguing the valley and weighed in on the Village at Palisades project during its January board of directors meeting. Each weekend, traffic... → Read More
Truckee council approves automated license plate pilot program
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Truckee Town Council approved a one-year pilot program for automated license plate readers to be placed throughout town during their Tuesday evening meeting. The Truckee Police Department, working with Flock Safety, will... → Read More
Snowpack records falling, but not yet a ‘historic’ winter
TAHOE CITY, Calif. — The Lake Tahoe Basin has experienced, what has felt like, nonstop snow in January, leading people to call this a historic winter. While snowfall records have fallen this season at Truckee-Tahoe,... → Read More
Truckee planners approve amended Waldorf school application to allow for continued operation
TRUCKEE, Calif. — It was nearly midnight on Tuesday when the Truckee Planning Commission concluded their meeting after spending hours working with staff and the Friends of Tahoe Truckee Waldorf to help the school be... → Read More
Truckee council considers new affordable housing incentive program
TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Truckee Town Council discussed another affordable housing incentive program during their Tuesday meeting. The Short-Term Rental Workforce Housing Token Pilot Program would encourage the private sector to create workforce housing in... → Read More
Placer County Supervisors welcome new elected officials; approve new chair
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — The Placer County Supervisors on Tuesday welcomed a new board member and voted on a new chair and vice chair during its first meeting of 2023. The meeting began with a... → Read More
Sheriff’s Office: Actor Jeremy Renner run over by own snowcat
RENO — Washoe County Sheriff’s Office provided more details on actor Jeremy Renner’s snow plow accident, during a press conference on Tuesday. Sheriff Darin Balaam started the conference with a statement to Renner and his... → Read More
Longtime Tahoma resident pens book about environmental history of Tahoe
TAHOE CITY, Calif. — After acquiring nearly 50 years of institutional knowledge about Lake Tahoe’s environment, retired Tahoe City Public Utilities District Engineering Consultant David Antonucci decided to write a book about all he’s learned.... → Read More
Tahoma resident loses home in fire; Community rallies to support
TAHOMA, Calif. — During the early morning on Sunday, Dec. 11, Tahoma resident Karen Nielsen experienced every homeowners worst nightmare when her fire alarms pulled her from deep sleep and she woke up and smelled smoke. ... → Read More