By Elliott Almond, Bay Area News Group MAMMOTH LAKES — Three-time Olympic medalist Kelly Clark left Vermont 17 years ago to cultivate her snowboarding talent on the powdery slopes of Mammoth Mountain. Now 34, Clark is taking her high-flying circus act to the Winter Olympics for the fifth time as a long-time Mammoth local. Four […]
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By Emily Cadei, Sacramento Bee Washington Forestry experts have a dire warning for California: the conditions are ripe for more catastrophic fire seasons like the one last fall. And an arcane federal funding arrangement is making it a lot harder for forestry officials to do something about it. Instead of fixing the problem, however, Congress […]
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By Associated Press Salt Lake City on Wednesday became the first U.S. city to announce its intentions to bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics as this year’s games get ready to kick off in South Korea. The city’s Olympic exploratory committee concluded after a monthslong analysis that Utah could host the Winter Games again without […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Rivers are the ecological lifeblood of the western U.S. but they’re taking a beating from human activity. That’s according to researchers who mapped the condition of more than 300,000 miles of river in 11 western states. The massive undertaking researchers named Disappearing Rivers looked end-to-end at thousands of rivers and […]
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The second annual Silver Belt Series returns to Sugar Bowl this month. This three-event series is designed for skiers and snowboarders of all ages, ability levels and interests. Participants may register for just one, or all three events. Proceeds benefit local nonprofit organizations. In partnership with the Excellence in Education Foundation, High Fives Foundation and […]
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Squaw Valley is going to be all about the Olympics on Saturday from 2-8pm. Feb. 10 will begin with a parade of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows’ future champions and past Olympians. The parade leads into the Funitel Plaza for an autograph signing with Travis Ganong and Daron Rahlves. The two past Olympians will then host a […]
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· The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board will conduct a public hearing on the Meyers Area Plan on Feb. 28. The meeting starts at 9:30am at the agency’s Stateline office. · For more than 140,000 families in communities surrounding Raley’s stores, this holiday season was a more fulfilling one. This year’s annual Raley’s Food […]
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By Nate Newman, The Conversation Every two years, billions of people watch athletes at the Olympics compete to be crowned world champion. What the viewer doesn’t see are the athletes’ behind-the-scenes preparation, which includes trying to figure out new ways to give them an edge in the biggest event of their career. Different treatment methods […]
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By Sarah Heise, KCRA-TV A Truckee man who was hiking with two other men at night near Squaw Valley fell more than 100 feet down a cliff and died, Placer County sheriff’s officials said Thursday morning. The trio was hiking Wednesday night in the area of Granite Chief, just west of Squaw Valley, when search […]
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Cyclists in the annual Amgen Tour of California will have to pedal over some of the region’s most iconic passes to win the race. The women’s stage 2 starts and ends at Heavenly Mountain Resort. They will repeat the Luther Pass, Carson Valley, Kingsbury Grade route. This is basically what they did last year. The […]
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