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The Carson High School HOSA, Future Health Professionals had a Health Career Display Competition with 34 teams from 3 Health Science II classes. Each was judged on the display board’s information, artistic value and originality as well as a 5 minute oral presentation.

Author Todd Borg will speak on his “Owen McKenna Mystery Thrillers” on Saturday, July 8, 10 a.m. at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park. This event is free.

Author Todd Borg will speak on his “Owen McKenna Mystery Thrillers” on Saturday, July 8, at 10:00 am
at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park. This event is free.

Todd Borg will share with his audience his journey to becoming one of the most acclaimed mystery writers of our time. Borg now has fourteen Tahoe mysteries featuring ex-San Francisco homicide inspector Owen McKenna.

Escaping the recording breaking hot weather in the West this week is reason enough to visit Lake Tahoe but Squaw Valley has just announced another reason to visit: extended hours for skiers and snowboarders.

Pioneer High School offers the following athletic activities such as swimming, lifeguard certification, weightlifting, basketball, cross country skiing, downhill skiing at Mt. Rose, hiking, rock climbing at Rock Sport Reno, and several events through Project Discovery.
We would like to recognize the following student athletes who are supported with educational options from Pioneer High School and Carson Online:

Sports historians often call the 1960 Winter Olympics held at Squaw Valley “the last great games.” In an intimate, unspoiled setting, the best winter athletes from around the globe converged on the previously unheralded ski resort for 11 days. Television cameras (and Walter Cronkite) were there and Walt Disney choreographed the opening and closing ceremonies.

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — After decades of rumors, Mammoth Mountain and the rest of the Mammoth resorts, including Bear Mountain, June Mountain, Snow Summit, has been purchased by ski corporation Aspen Skiing-KSL Capitol Partners as of Wednesday morning, April 12.

Join the Kirkwood Rescue Avalanche Dog Foundation at their 3rd annual Fundraiser on April 1 from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m at Kirkwood Mountain Resort's Red Cliffs Lodge. Meet the avalanche dogs of Kirkwood while supporting the Kirkwood Rescue Avalanche Foundation!

As a national treasure offering world-class recreation opportunities, Lake Tahoe is one of the most popular outdoor destinations in Northern California and Nevada. And sometimes, being popular has its challenges.

Bringing an American reality television series to CHS Business Students is another reason why Carson High School is a cutting edge high school. Thanks to teachers Billy McHenry and Angila Golik as well as Carson City community professionals, students are offered real life experiences.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – Spooner Lake State park offers a system of meandering cross-country ski trails that wind through dense forest, across an open meadow and along the banks of Spooner Lake. The trail system is free to the public and made possible by a partnership between Nevada State Parks and Nevada Nordic, a non-profit group based in the Tahoe Basin.

The students of Pioneer High School all succeeded in improving their skiing skills and working together so that every one was helped up and dusted off after their falls. As a team we accomplished much, as individuals students learned that anything worth doing, will not be that easy but that is indeed, the price of freedom!

This can be applied to every assignment in every class back at school.

Here Victor rides and skis the Big Lift up to the top of Slide Mountain and becomes the poster boy for success this time around.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev – Operation Sierra Storm, the television meteorologists’ conference organized by the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, generated national attention and provided comprehensive media results for South Lake Tahoe’s historic snowfall.

The snow has finally stopped falling and now it’s time to go play in it. What’s on your weekend fun list: snowmen and skiing or a toasty fire with a good book? If you need some help deciding, check out my list below. You’ll find great live music, including some special concerts at the Brewery Arts Center, karaoke for those over 21, and the opening weekend performances of ‘The Lion King, Jr.’ Keep reading and go have some fun.

SATURDAY:

Reno and Tahoe are predictable go-tos for New Year’s Eve, but they definitely aren’t the only game around. For plenty of good times but without the drive, read on and discover where to celebrate in Carson City, Dayton, Virginia City, Genoa, and Minden/Gardnerville.

Please be safe, use a designated driver or avail yourself of the following:
AAA TIPSY TOW: 1-800-222-4357 (Free Tow up to 10 miles from 6pm Dec. 31 until 6am Jan. 1 – you do NOT need to be a AAA member.)
CAPITAL CAB: 775-885-0300

Carson City:

UPDATE: Homewood Mountain Resort opened Thursday for top-to-bottom skiing and boarding a day after a structure fire destroyed its south lodge. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Firefighters from throughout Lake Tahoe were called early Wednesday morning to a two-alarm fire at Homewood Mountain Resort on the west shore that has caused significant damage and has forced the resort to close during its busiest time of the year.

Overnight rain around Carson City has turned to sunshine, with dry conditions and very cold temperatures expected through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

This weekend’s snow storms delivered as much as 11 inches of fresh snow to the resorts around the Lake Tahoe basin, enough to prompt three resorts to open during the Thanksgiving holiday week.

Local Freshies, in association with 4Frnt Skis, will host a two-stop movie premiere of “Here and Now,” along with “Tahoe: The Daily Routine,” in partnership with Basecamp Hotel & Diamond Peak.

Grand sweeping vistas and geologic rarities fill the Nevada and eastern California landscape with the images of photographer Abe Blair who is set to speak at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 28. Blair’s work is featured in the museum’s current exhibit, “Beyond Nature’s Light.”

Susan Crowell, wife of Mayor Bob Crowell of Carson City, is a mixture of strength, forthrightness, and intrigue. Susan is an attractive, well-spoken, well educated, and independent thinking female — both as a wife, mother, and citizen of Carson City. The definition of who she really is lies in her upbringing, her education, her marriage, her children, and in her personal interests. All these components interact to make for a thoughtful woman with a definite mind of her own, yet one who wants the best for others involved in all of these relationships.

Free Fishing Day is your one chance during the year to get hooked for free. In Nevada it always falls on the second Saturday in June. This year, Free Fishing Day is this Saturday, June 11. No license or trout stamp is needed for adults or children.

The Nevada Judges Association consisting of over 80 Justices of the Peace and Municipal Court Judges from the Justice and Municipal Courts throughout the State of Nevada honored Carson City Justice of the Peace/Municipal Court Judge John Tatro with the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Having just finished physical therapy school in 1994, Kevin Bigley and his then-girlfriend Tammie were having trouble finding good-paying jobs in Denver where they lived at the time.

They knew they wanted to live somewhere they could continue rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking, skiing and other outdoor activities. So they checked out the Sierra.

While most people are aware of traditional water skiing, where a person with a ski (or skis) glides over the surface of water as they are pulled by a boat, how many are aware of "Plane Water Skiing"?

Not many, but that may change after efforts made by three Truckee pilots who set out earlier this month to create a record for Guinness World Records.

For the first time in four years, Spooner Lake State park is home to a system of meandering cross-country ski trails that wind through dense forest, across an open meadow and along the banks of Spooner Lake.

At Lake Tahoe, we know our natural resources are one of our most valuable assets, and that’s why we have worked for decades to conserve and restore them. The natural wonders of the Jewel of the Sierra and the opportunities they afford are why we live here, and why millions of visitors travel here to enjoy the Tahoe Basin each year.

A 77-year-old Wisconsin woman died Tuesday morning in a ski accident at Heavenly Mountain Resort, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Kathryn Strangman of Madison died of injuries after ski patrol had attempted CPR at Heavenly's Boulder Lodge on the Nevada side. She had struck a tree while skiing, said DCSO Sgt. Pat Brooks. The sheriff's office was contacted at 11:44 a.m. Tuesday.

An autopsy is scheduled and the accident is under investigation.

Beach Retreat & Lodge, in South Tahoe, today announced that it has partnered with Stash Hotel Rewards, the award-winning loyalty program for independent hotels. The new partnership will enable the independently owned property to offer its guests valuable rewards points that can be redeemed towards a future stay at the Beach Retreat – or at nearly 200 other independent hotels across the U.S., Caribbean and Panama.

When Shirley Ling moved to Carson City 13 years ago, one of her first stops was to check out what activities were offered at the senior center. She found friendship and recreation, playing some pool here and there. But about six years ago, she found her real niche, playing table tennis.