By Tim Hauserman, High Country News Pam Jahnke was riding her bike on a section of Highway 89 near Lake Tahoe in an area where Caltrans had just installed a new storm-drainage system. “The minute my tire hit the drain, I was air-bound and smacked down on the pavement in the middle of the road.” […]
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Baby is a beautiful 3 year old lynx point shorthair girl who has been at the shelter for almost a month. Due to a kind person’s donation, her adoption fee has been sponsored. Such spectacular eyes! And she is a nice, friendly playful cat. Baby is spayed, microchipped, tested for FIV, and vaccinated. She is […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the final article in the series of stories about South Lake Tahoe’s 50th anniversary. The other stories may be accessed by going to the top of the page, select Special Projects, then SLT Turns 50. By Wendy David Leftovers are in the refrigerator and the feelings of gratefulness for being alive, having […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP PARIS — This time, it’s a hotter, waterier, wilder Earth that world leaders are trying to save. The last time that the nations of the world struck a binding agreement to fight global warming was 1997, in Kyoto, Japan. As leaders gather for a conference in Paris on Monday to try […]
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· To see where plows are throughout Truckee, click here. · League to Save Lake Tahoe is having an open house (2608 Lake Tahoe Blvd.) on Dec. 10 from 5:30-8:30pm. Bring an old T-shirt and turn it into a Keep Tahoe Blue gift. · The 12th annual Nevada Chamber Music Festival is Dec. 26-31 at Nightingale Concert […]
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Santa will be at Pet Station in South Lake Tahoe ready to have pictures taken with people and their dogs. This is a fundraiser of Animal Coalition of Tahoe. All proceeds will support ACT’s spay-neuter program and the animal shelter in Meyers. For a donation of one’s choice, the best photos will be emailed to people […]
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By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) barely missed another podium on Sunday in Lake Louise, but took his best-ever super G finish in fourth place. The King of Lake Louise, Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, took the win, trailed by Matthias Mayer of Austria and Peter Fill of Italy. The day […]
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By David Sharp, AP CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine — A Maine ski resort that’s responsible two of three chairlift mechanical failures that led to injuries in the past five years is working to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Sugarloaf is spending $1.5 million to make improvements after a chairlift malfunction allowed it to move in […]
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Zawadisha’s annual Holiday Bazaar is back, but at new location. It will be Dec. 5 from 10am-3pm at the Blue Angel Cafe on Ski Run Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe. It is free to attend. The local artisans, craftspeople, and entrepreneurs include: Abazart, BellaDrops, Cat Makes Things, Coalition Snow, Dharma Love, Intrepid Jewelry, Knits & Knots […]
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By Chris Mooney, Washington Post ELEUTHERA, Bahamas — Standing atop a 60-foot cliff overlooking the Atlantic, James Hansen — the retired NASA scientist sometimes dubbed the “father of global warming” — examines two small rocks through a magnifying glass. Towering above him is the source of one of the shards: a huge boulder from a pair […]
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