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Family-friendly Halloween-themed spooky railbike rides on the V&T Railway
Submitted by paula on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 9:29pm
Celebrate Halloween this year with family-friendly and spooky railbike rides on the V&T Railway in Carson City.
From Friday, Oct. 23 through Sunday, Oct. 25 and Wednesday, Oct. 28 through Sunday, Oct. 31, V&T Railway will offer child-focused haunted rides at at 6:00 p.m. and adult-focused haunted rides at 8:00 p.m. Each ride will follow COVID-19 guidelines and offer an alternative this year for Halloween fun. Ticket prices are $40 per rider for the 6:00 p.m. family ride and $75 per rider for the 8:00 p.m. adult ride.
Viking Corner: This Week at South Tahoe High
Submitted by paula on Fri, 02/15/2019 - 6:00am
In School
This week started out great at South Tahoe High School with another snow day on Monday, making it three days for the year so far. With a week-long Presidents’ Day break coming up, here are what some STHS students plan to do:
Anthony LoRe, a junior, who also plays for Tahoe Prep Hockey Academy, is traveling to the Bahamas with his family for some fun on the beach.
Senior Jordyn Yochheim said she’s going to go sledding, work on her senior project, and spend time vacationing in San Diego.
The woman behind South Lake Tahoe police composite drawings
Submitted by paula on Wed, 04/11/2018 - 10:19pm
Connecting with victims and witnesses after a crime is not just the job of law enforcement, its also the job of composite sketch artists.
Imagine talking to a child who just witnessed a horrific crime, a woman who has just been raped, or a man who beaten up as another man murdered, and needing them to remember the face of the perpetrator.
Lake Tahoe man's pursuit of Olympic history
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:37am
South Shore resident Larry Sidney narrowly missed earning a spot on the historic Israeli Olympic Skeleton team headed to PyeongChang in February.
"It's amazingly exciting to be part of it," said Sidney on his return to Lake Tahoe after months of traveling the world and participating in skeleton races in pursuit of an Olympic spot.
Fallen Leaf Lake Fire added to CalTahoe JPA
Submitted by paula on Mon, 08/21/2017 - 7:17pm
For years the Fallen Leaf Lake Fire Department (FLLF) has wanted to join the South Lake Tahoe and Lake Valley fire departments and be part of the California Tahoe Emergency Services Operations Authority (CTESOA), and today they finally got their wish.
During Monday's meeting of CTESOA, also known as the CalTahoe JPA, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to add FLFF, giving them an ALS to be stationed at Fallen Leaf Lake as well as a possible voting spot on the board. (ALS-Advanced Life Support)
Mountain Resort Television: Interview with Larry Sydney on curling, sledding and more
Submitted by paula on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 8:39pmMountain Resort Television presents guest reporter Larry Sydney of the South Shore. He is a member of Lake Tahoe Epic Curling, competing internationally with the Israel Curling Federation, and a competitive skeleton bobsled athlete for the Israeli Team.
Local curling and skeleton bobsled athlete featured on Mountain Resort Television
Submitted by paula on Wed, 04/13/2016 - 4:57pm
Local curling and skeleton bobsled athlete, Larry Sidney, will be featured as a guest reporter for Mountain Resort Television and their Lake Tahoe News Line featured on South Tahoe Now and seen on KAME-TV, My21TV.
Larry, a South Shore resident, is a member of Lake Tahoe Epic Curling, competing internationally with the Israel Curling Federation, and a competitive skeleton bobsled athlete for the Israeli team.
Event Schedules for Lake Tahoe's Olympic Athletes
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/03/2014 - 9:02pm
Athletes from around the world are headed to Sochi, Russia for the start of the 2014 Olympics on Thursday, February 6. Television viewers will be able to follow all ten Lake Tahoe area athletes starting on the first day of competition. The following is the NBC schedule of events, subject to change. Local athlete event times will be highlighted below in bold:
Thursday, Feb. 6 on Primetime 8 pm to 11 pm
Snowboarding (Men's and Women's Slopestyle)
Local doctor Terrence Orr makes Olympic effort as part of athlete care team
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 12:02pm
Sochi, Russia is next on the list for orthopedic surgeon, Terrence Orr's medical volunteerism. As a physician with Tahoe Orthopedic & Sports Medicine, he will be previewing the future site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games as part of his role as Head Team Physician for the United States Men's Alpine Ski Team — a position he has held since 1999.
