By USSA TIGNES, France -– It was a storybook gold medal run for 16-year-old Torin Yater-Wallace of Basalt, Colo., who threw down his typical smooth landings and big amplitude. His winning run featured two technical double tricks. Teammate David Wise of Reno finished third with three cork tricks in his run. Devin Logan of West […]
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By USSA SCHLADMING, Austria -– Lindsey Vonn of Vail set the women’s single-season Audi FIS World Cup points record Saturday with an eighth place finish in the season slalom finale. The finish elevated her to 1,980 points, 10 more than the former record set by Croatian Janica Kostelic in 2006. Vonn can set the all-time […]
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By USSA VOSS, Norway -– Dylan Ferguson of Amesbury, Mass., took fifth in the FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup Finals in Voss, Norway, today, locking him into fourth in the season overall standings. Nevin Brown of Ohio finished a career-best eighth. Dmitri Dashinski of Belarus was the men’s winner, with China’s Mengtao XU snagging the […]
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The Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet from 1:30-4:30pm on March 21 at the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village. LTFAC will address issues related to federal activities at Lake Tahoe. Items on the agenda include finalization of the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee vision and discussion of […]
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On a 4-1 vote, the South Tahoe Public Utility District board decided not to release ratepayer information to the Citizens Alliance for Responsible Government. John Runnels, one of the most vocal members of the group, in January first approached the board about wanting addresses for water and sewer customers. The voted was pushed out to […]
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By Kathryn Reed VALLEJO – I have yet to meet a roller coaster I didn’t like. Old rickety ones like the Big Dipper at Santa Cruz, or the stomach-in-your-throat Big Shot at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, or the 85-year-old Cyclone at Coney Island, or Space Mountain at Disneyland. Love them all. Growing up in […]
Read moreWindjammers Yacht Club’s annual Chowder Feed and membership drive is March 30. Anyone interested in sailing is welcome. The cost is $15 per person. RSVP by March 27 to vicecommodorewyc@gmail.com. The 6pm event is at the Tahoe Keys Marina in South Lake Tahoe. Click on the flyer or call (775) 771.6869 for more information.
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To the community, This is the first time in seven years we have had to ask our families for emergency support. We are critically low on funds and have already completed all our major fundraising. However, donations were lower than expected due to the economy and we currently only have $7,000 in our bank account […]
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Originally a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, St. Patrick’s Day has evolved into a celebration for all things Irish. The world’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade occurred on March 17, 1762, in New York City, featuring Irish soldiers serving in the English military. This parade […]
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By Anne Knowles The more things change, the more Genoa wants to stay the same. That’s the idea, so to speak, behind Destination Genoa, the project to update Nevada’s first town while maintaining its historic integrity and appeal. The project is a key piece of Douglas County’s economic vitality plan, the county’s nearly 2-year-old, 12-pronged […]
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