By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Lindsey Vonn (Vail) took her 70th World Cup victory and third Lake Louise sweep on Sunday with a 1.32 second win over Austria’s Tamara Tippler. The third World Cup win of the weekend for Lindsey Vonn didn’t matter quite as much to the speed queen as rounding off her career […]
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By G. Scott Thomas, San Francisco Business Times It pays to have a college diploma — and preferably more than one. The linkage of education and income couldn’t be clearer in new data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The typical worker with a master’s degree earns 20 percent more than a colleague […]
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It took Lake Valley fire paramedics 90 minutes to extricate a woman from her SUV on Sunday after it rolled over in Meyers. The 17-year-old driver, whose name has not been released, was on Highway 89 near Portal when she went into a ditch. The cause of the Dec. 6 accident is under investigation. CalStar […]
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Barton Health’s certified enrollment counselors are available to help people enroll in Covered California and Medi-Cal plans. One-on-one enrollment sessions are available on Dec. 8 and Jan. 20 from 3:30-6:30pm each day. Both sessions will take place at Lake Tahoe Community College in Computer Lab D123. Enrollment counselors will help individuals and families walk through the process of […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered Safeway to pay almost $42 million to customers nationwide who bought groceries from the market chain’s website and were unaware that they were being charged 10 percent above store prices. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar granted $30.9 million in damages and […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal Fresh powder apparently isn’t the only thing hitting Lake Tahoe in December. Ridesharing service Uber is planning a simultaneous launch on both sides of Tahoe before the end of the year, filling a key market in its Nevada and California territories. Uber was not able to provide a specific date […]
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By Mariam Baksh, Huffington Post Democrat John Oceguera, a former speaker of the Nevada assembly who’s running for Congress, resigned his lifetime NRA membership because of what he said was the group’s opposition to “any legislation that would help keep guns out of the hands of terrorists.” “I am law-abiding gun owner, and have been a Life […]
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· The California Highway Patrol office in South Lake Tahoe is collecting toys for less fortunate kids. Drop off new, unwrapped toys at the office in Meyers at 2063 Hopi Ave. · Nevada Project Heartbeat donated a Cardiac Science Powerheart G3 Plus Automatic External Defibrillator (valued at $1,895) to Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. · There […]
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Sweets will be featured at the Douglas County Public Library in Zephyr Cove on Dec. 12 at 10am. Miss Carol will be on hand to help children build gingerbread houses using graham crackers and candies. Families may create a fun, edible craft to take home. Children ages 5 to 11 may attend. Space is limited. Sign-up […]
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By Scott Powers, Team USA Whitney Gardner realized quickly she was overmatched when she first competed in the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup. The competition was stronger and more experienced. The jumps intimidated her. The features scared her. The courses were too challenging. She was constantly falling. She just wasn’t meeting her own expectations. […]
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