Classmates, family honor fallen Truckee High senior
TRUCKEE, Calif. — While Saturday was a day of celebration for 154 students graduating from Truckee High School, the memory of a fallen member of the 2013 class was on everyone’s mind. Andrew L. Metlenko, 18, died Tuesday, June 11, in a single-vehicl …
Read More »On the Hill: Kayaking at Nevada Beach
On the Hill Summer, brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, brings you a video report about a different Lake Tahoe adventure every day. Today's activity: Kayaking at Nevada Beach Why you want to do this: …
Read More »154 Truckee High School students graduate
TRUCKEE, Calif. — The future is up to you. That was a consistent message the 154 Truckee High School graduates heard Saturday afternoon at Surprise Stadium as they prepared to embark on life after high school. “(It’s) important to realize our future …
Read More »On the Hill: Hiking Horsetail Falls
On the Hill Summer, brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, brings you a video report about a different Lake Tahoe adventure every day. Today's activity: Hiking Horsetail Falls. About the hike: Really one …
Read More »Adventure park slated for former amusement park site
Everyone will have the opportunity to be a stunt man if one local entrepreneur gets his new business up and running. South Shore photographer Kurtis Rix hopes to transform the site of the former Tahoe Amusement Park, where the Upper Truckee River cro …
Read More »Friends, family remember Truckee senior killed in wreck
TRUCKEE, Calif. — When it came to challenging someone in a game of baseball statistics and trivia, the odds were pretty high Andrew Metlenko had your number. “He would definitely get into a debate with anybody over baseball stats or sports stats,” s …
Read More »Local group promotes community activism
Mike Herron wanted to start a community activism group that would prove its worth through deeds rather than words. So on May 25, the South Lake Tahoe native and his friend, Katie Doner, used social media to unite friends and create the South Lake …
Read More »New beginnings: 73 North Tahoe seniors graduate
TAHOE CITY, Calif. — On the cusp of the next phase in their lives, North Tahoe High School graduates this week heard words reflecting on their young careers and what the future holds. “As a class, you have many amazing achievements in academics, the …
Read More »Adventure and chance in Desolation Wilderness
The thunderhead looked like a massive gray genie exploding from Pyramid Peak; its belly dark and swollen. A great roar clapped down on us. We waited for the rain. There would be no three wishes this time. Even a single night out in Desolation Wilder …
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