By Amy Westervelt, KUNR Iain Buxton has cured breast cancer — in mice. The doctor says his isn’t the only team to have made such strides, but a lot of promising research is getting stuck in labs due to a lack of research funding. “Not enough grants are funded. Seven out of a hundred about […]
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By Associated Press BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Breckenridge voters have approved Colorado’s first local tax on ski lift tickets. The city asked voters to approve a 4.5 percent sales tax on single-day and multiday Breckenridge Ski Resort tickets. It’s expected to generate $3.5 million a year for transit and parking improvements in the resort town. The […]
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Plates for Powder offers individuals who purchase Lake Tahoe license plate in California or Nevada two free lift tickets to one of the Tahoe resorts participating in the program. Plate sales and renewal fees generate proceeds that go directly to the California Tahoe Conservancy and Nevada Division of State Lands to fund hiking and biking trails and watershed […]
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By Anne Knowles Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe kicks off the ski season today, optimistic this season will be a return to normal after a foot of snow fell Monday. “El Niño typically bodes well for Mt. Rose. This is shaping up to be like ’97, a warm October followed by a successful snow year,” said Mike […]
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By Ted Gaines Gov. Jerry Brown made a serious error vetoing my Senate Bill 168 and by doing so put emergency responders, property and the lives of Californians unnecessarily at risk. SB168 tackled a new menace in California, unauthorized drones in emergency zones. Drones are amazing, and I want to see the industry flourish in […]
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The four incumbents running for the Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District board are staying. Voters on Nov. 3 made that decision. What changes is the seats they actually have. The terms of Judy Clot and Pete Nelligan were expiring. Those are for four-year terms. The other two seats expire Dec. 1, 2017. Joe Cardinale and Victor […]
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By Kevin Schultz, San Francisco Chronicle Suzanne Kisting’s burly 10-year-old, 120-pound St. Bernard, Moose, hobbled down the 40 stairs of her former San Francisco apartment every morning, crippled by pain from severe arthritis. Kisting tried everything she could to ease it, buying expensive prescriptions drugs and taking him for acupuncture treatments. But none of it worked […]
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The American Legion Post 795 of South Lake Tahoe will be honoring all veterans, active and retired on Veterans Day. The ceremony will take place at 11am Nov. 11 at the American Legion Hall, 2748 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Formerly Armistice Day, Nov. 11 commemorates the anniversary of the peace agreement that ended World War […]
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By Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times We know obesity increases your risk of having high blood pressure, getting diabetes and being diagnosed with certain cancers. Now it turns out it can also increase costs for your state government. A study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs found that medical care associated with severe obesity cost state-run health programs $8 billion […]
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Longtime South Lake Tahoe resident Mary E. “Betty” Duke died Oct. 29, 2015. She was 90. Betty was born on Feb. 27, 1925, in Monroe, La., to Albert and Clara Olsen. Betty was an active volunteer with many organizations. She enjoyed reading, traveling, playing piano and accordion, dancing, and the outdoors, but especially anything involving her family. […]
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