Planning a trip to Lake Tahoe is not as easy as going to Park City, Utah, or Vail, Colo. There are more than a dozen downhill ski resorts in the greater Lake Tahoe area that are geographically spread out, so the visitor better do her homework. In Park City there are now two resorts; […]
Read more
By USSA EONGSEON, South Korea – Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) nailed the podium in the first test event for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, taking third at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill in Jeongseon. On a beautiful sunny day in South Korea, the men got a chance to race the manicured PyeongChang downhill course. […]
Read more
By Chris Kamrani, Salt Lake Tribune Maddie Bowman saved her best for last. The American freeskiing halfpipe star and Westminster College student nailed her third and final run in Friday’s Visa U.S. Grand Prix ski halfpipe final at Park City, earning a 89.80 to top Japan’s Ayana Onozuka. Bowman watched as Onozuka’s first run of […]
Read more
By Tami Luhby, CNN The once-strong middle class no longer dominates America. Middle class Americans now comprise less than half, or 49.9 percent, of the nation’s population, down from 61 percent in 1971, according to a Pew Research Center report. For Pew, middle class Americans live in households earning between two-thirds to two times the […]
Read more
By Kathryn Reed After months of threatening to sue the city of South Lake Tahoe, the parents of the man who was fatally shot by a police officer have done so. Attorney Alan Laskin filed the wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit in federal court in Sacramento. His office closes at 3pm on Fridays, so […]
Read more
By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Hard Rock owners are selling half of their interest in the Stateline property to an organization out of Las Vegas. Representatives were before the Gaming Control Board this week regarding money issues, which comes days after having another lawsuit filed against the troubled Stateline casino. Tentative approval was given to […]
Read more
Tahoe Mountain Milers Running Club is hosting the Fresh Tracks 5K Snowshoe Walk and Race on Feb. 28. The event starts at 10am at Camp Richardson Resort. The beneficiaries are Girls On The Run-Sierra and Metastatic Breast Cancer in honor of club member Renee Gorevin. Preregister by Feb. 13 for $20, which includes a winter beanie, snowshoe […]
Read more
The U.S Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations beginning Feb. 8. Operations may take place near the Logan Shoals Vista Point and Camp Galilee on the East Shore of Lake Tahoe. To view a map with project locations and details, go online. Residual smoke may be seen in locations where operations have taken place […]
Read more
By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada doubled down on diversification as the state awarded more than $620,000 dollars for workforce training that targets key industries, including jobs for Tesla Motors’ Gigafactory. The Governor’s Office of Science, Innovation and Technology announced the second round of its challenge grants on Thursday, awarding six recipients a total of $626,206 […]
Read more
Tahoe Regional Young Professionals is hosting a civic engagement workshop on Feb. 17 from 6-7pm at the Lake Tahoe Community College board room. Topics include getting involved in the community and making your voice heard. This workshop will cover the basics of civic engagement, political landscape at Lake Tahoe, local elections, upcoming projects in the community, […]
Read more