By ESPN Action Sports SALT LAKE CITY — Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died Thursday, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah. Burke, who lived near Whistler in British Columbia, was 29. She was injured Jan. 11 while training at a personal sponsor event at the […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County is adopting Fish Friendly Farming. The concept has nothing to do with trout farms or other aquaculture. It’s about growing farm crops and raising cattle in ways that keep surrounding streams and rivers clean. El Dorado County farmers, the local resource conservation districts and a Napa-based nonprofit […]
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The USASA boardercross/skiercross competition scheduled for Sierra-at-Tahoe for Jan. 22 has been canceled even though snow is in the forecast. There are three more BX/SX events scheduled for season, with the best two results counting for nationals. On Jan. 27 is a combo slalom/GS at Heavenly, followed by slopestyle at Sierra on Jan. 28 and […]
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By Kathryn Reed A 34-year-old man from England died at Heavenly Mountain Resort on Tuesday after running into a sign. “He was probably skiing faster than he should have and tried to avoid a skier and left the run and the hit marker,” El Dorado County sheriff’s Lt. Les Lovell told Lake Tahoe News. Christopher […]
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By Chris Gabel, Reno Gazette-Journal Discussions of fairly radical changes to postseason tournament formats were brief and, in the end, an NIAA subcommittee elected to recommend the status quo going forward. With next year’s realignment dramatically altering the landscape, reassessing the structure of region and state tournaments and meets had to happen. The committee, which […]
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By Steven Bell, Westmorland Gazette A former mountain rescue volunteer plunged 150 feet to his death Saturday at one of the world’s most popular climbing destinations in Lake Tahoe. Outdoor loving Michael Machell, 23, fell at Cascade Falls after slipping while preparing for an ice-climbing trip with friends. Greg Almos, El Dorado County deputy sheriff, […]
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• Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce members raised more than $2,000 for Christmas Cheer at the Jan. 12 mixer at Riva Grill. • Shannon Beets has been promoted to executive vice president and provost of Sierra Nevada College. Beets had been VP of Institutional Effectiveness. • South Tahoe Public Utility District is having […]
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By Kathryn Reed If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are an artist’s tools worth? South Lake Tahoe officials may soon have to answer that question. Artist Peter Darvas won his appeal before the South Lake Tahoe City Council this week – meaning he won’t have to pay the $3,437.50 abatement fine. But […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Scientists are beginning new research into how a warming climate could affect water supplies and flooding along the Truckee River, the waterway that serves as one of the region’s central natural features and the source of most of its water. The $1.7 million study by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal Families of military members killed in the war on terror have proposed a wall memorial in Carson City to honor all Nevadans who have fallen in battle since the Civil War. “The freedom we have today, they have given us,” said Roger Varela of Fernley, founder of Gold […]
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