Markleeville News

Federal investigators have now traced the final minutes of pilot Raymond S. Wieveg's life, right up until the time his Piper aircraft slammed into an Alpine County hillside.

Ride while you can. If you've been wondering about the conditions for riding Mr.

Highly trained color consultants no doubt have at least 1,527 names for yellow. I had three: school bus yellow, submarine yellow and midlife-crisis-Corvette yellow .

Artwork by Jeff Brees is featured during the Markleeville Artists seventh annual Autumn Open Studio Tour.

A group of 18 artists are hosting the seventh annual Markleeville Artists Open Studios Oct.

Alpine County's eighth annual Markleeville Creek Day is 3-6 p.m. Saturday at the Markleeville Library Park.

The seventh annual Markleeville autumn open studio tour is scheduled for Oct. 3 and 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year's theme is "A Concert of Color." Each fall, Sierra aspens and cottonwoods create a symphony of music, hitting all notes of the color spectrum.

The Alpine County civil grand jury 2008-09 has published its findings and residents may obtain a free copy at the Alpine County Courthouse in Markleeville.

The old Alpine County school house is part of the museum. Curator Wanda Coyan and Assistant Joanne Oehlerking welcome residents and visitors to view the old schoolhouse, the jail, and the carriage house with a blacksmith shop exhibit, as well as the stamp mill, the only working one in the area.

The old Alpine County school house is part of the museum. Curator Wanda Coyan and Assistant Joanne Oehlerking welcome residents and visitors to view the old schoolhouse, the jail, and the carriage house with a blacksmith shop exhibit, as well as the stamp mill, the only working one in the area.

Lightning sparked a small wildfire that burned a quarter acre of forest near Lake Tahoe Community College on Friday afternoon.

A plume of smoke from the Centerville Flat fire can be seen from the Alpine County Airport.

Lightning sparked a small wildfire that burned a quarter acre of forest near Lake Tahoe Community College on Friday afternoon.

A helicopter hauls water up to the Centerville Flats fire in Alpine County on Friday.

You'd think four legs would be better than two when bicycling up steep mountains.

Waterhouse Peak, just southwest of Luther Pass, is a moderate class 1 climb that gains just over 1,760 feet in the two-mile off-trail trek to the summit.

A group of bikers arrives at the Markleeville checkpoint during the 2007 Death Ride.

The ride sends riders on five major mountain climbs over three different mountain passes in the vicinity of Markleeville -- Monitor Pass, Ebbetts Pass and Carson Pass.

There are some flat stretches of land in Alpine County, but they aren't easy to find.

The Carson Valley Arts Association has awarded scholarships to graduating seniors from Whittell and Douglas high schools.