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March is Women's History Month. Women are an integral part of society and the shaping of history as a whole. Women's History Month is a time when we recognize the important contributions women have made. Knowing some of the facts and ideas... more...
03/11/2010 4:45pm
Active–minded adults are filling the classroom at Sierra College one evening each month to learn something new (or old!) from local professors. The aptly named Experts & Insights program features research-based lectures, dramatic presentations,...
  03/11/2010 10:01am
Seventy years ago this season, the Sugar Bowl ski area opened for business. Northern California's first true alpine resort, Sugar Bowl was notably larger than any other nearby operations and its chairlift, the first in the Sierra, enabled a skier...
  03/03/2010 2:19pm
As the CEO of Nevada County prepares to make his recommendation to the Board of Supervisors per the fate of the Nevada County Library system — to privatize or not to privatize, to slash professional librarians from the budget or not, to downgrade...
  02/23/2010 10:54am
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2010 Youth Film Competition for all Nevada County students. Deadline for entry is Friday April 9, 2010 at 5 p.m. Prizes are $300 cash, flip camera, gift certificates from local businesses and more!
  02/23/2010 10:15am
The Lake Tahoe Community College Writer's Series will present “A Wall of White” author Jennifer Woodlief at 7 p.m. Friday in the college library. The event is free and open to the community.
  02/20/2010 11:36am
Like many Olympiads, the 1960 Winter Games at Squaw Valley showcased some very poignant athletic accomplishments, but the dramatic story of the underdog U.S. Olympic hockey team is worth noting on this 50th anniversary.
  02/18/2010 10:46am
What Americans celebrate as President's Day was originally Washington's Birthday, named for the Commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and the first President of the Unites States of America, from 1789-1797.
  02/11/2010 11:19am
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will capture global attention later this month, but the Tahoe-Truckee region can boast of that moment 50 years ago when the 1960 Winter Games at Squaw Valley caught the world's imagination.
  02/03/2010 11:35am
Active–minded adults are filling the classroom at Sierra College one evening each month to learn something new (or old!) from local professors. The aptly named Experts & Insights program features research-based lectures, dramatic presentations,...
  02/02/2010 5:28pm
SACRAMENTO — In celebration of Black History Month, KVIE Public Television will broadcast programs that honor the spirit, creativity, and determination of significant heroes of the Civil Rights Era, as well as important individuals in history and...
  01/29/2010 3:13pm
In the mid-1860s hundreds of Chinese laborers braved freezing temperatures, blizzards and unbelievably hazardous conditions to drill the 1,659-foot-long Summit Tunnel near Donner Pass, enabling the Central Pacific Railroad to move trains over the summit...
  01/28/2010 3:31pm
The percentage of Olympians living in our small community is extremely high. And the Who's Who of those local Olympians with Olympians from the 1960 Olympic games in Squaw Valley were gathered under one roof Jan 16 for the Olympic Legends Gala, an...
  01/21/2010 2:18pm
After one of the best starts for December snowfall in recent memory, the productive weather pattern pretty much fizzled out after New Year's Day. The storm door didn't slam shut, but a split in the all-important jet stream gutted several potential...
  01/20/2010 11:51am
It's been 50 years since Olympians came to the Tahoe Basin in search for international acclaim and the elusive Olympic gold.
  01/20/2010 10:31am
Last Wednesday more than 200 third and fifth graders from lakeside schools absorbed important local history on the same trails that Olympian athletes cross-country skied 50 years ago at Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park.
  01/19/2010 2:44pm
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