By Bill Pennington, New York Times BEAVER CREEK — When the Alpine world ski championships were last on American soil, in 1999, no member of the United States team won a medal. With the championships back in Colorado this month, the event was expected to be a chance for the American racers to show how […]
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Respect Gets Respect – Prevent Sexual Harassment and Bullying is the topic of a Feb. 24 workshop in Truckee. North Lake Tahoe and Truckee Donner Chambers of Commerce, and Sierra Human Resources Association is putting on the anti-bullying, sexual harassment seminar. It is from 9-11am at Truckee Tahoe Airport Community Room, 10356 Truckee Airport Road. […]
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By USSA MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN – Olympic champion Maddie Bowman’s solid run during halfpipe skiing qualifications at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix on Feb. 4 translated to a first place podium on Friday when the finals competition was canceled due to adverse weather. Teammate Devin Logan finished third. Strong winds once again forced event organizers […]
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By Libby Nelson, Vox British author Roald Dahl is best known for his beloved, weird classic children’s books — Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach among them. But one of the most powerful and frightening things he ever wrote was for a public health pamphlet on vaccination, where he […]
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Known originally as The Great Road, then Lincoln Highway, and now as Highway 50, one of its biggest challenges was getting around Cave Rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shoreline. Rocks and timbers comprised a trestle built in the 1860s. This single-lane structure edged its way around Cave Rock for nearly 70 years before work began on […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Mental health isn’t a laughing matter until one hears Lewis Black’s rant about the system. It’s not that he finds mental illness humorous, but he pokes fun at how people in the United States deal with it. Black, the king of angry humor, brought his show to a full house […]
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To the community, For the second time this year, the Tahoe-Douglas Elks Lodge No. 2670 sponsored a Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment. B&B is very grateful to the Elk Lodge members for their continued support of B&B’s goal of providing hot, nutritious meals every Monday evening to those who are experiencing issues […]
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A rock slide at Cave Rock has closed the west bound lanes of Highway 50. A vehicle came across the slide at 10:41pm Feb. 7, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. No one was injured. Crews are on the scene. It is not known when the road will reopen. Eastbound lanes are not affected. — […]
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By David Shepardson, Detroit News A government study released late Friday found no evidence that marijuana use leads to a higher risk of getting into a traffic crash. But safety advocates believe it is still dangerous to drive after smoking significant amounts of marijuana, and the government plans more testing. The National Highway Traffic Safety […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK — In front of an enormous crowd of 20,000 screaming fans, the U.S. packed three guys into the top 10 on Birds of Prey. Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) grabbed the silver medal at Saturday’s FIS Alpine World Ski Championships downhill. Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) was fourth and Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, […]
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