By KOLO-TV Nevada is one of the top states where the most children go hungry, according to a report released by one of the largest hunger relief charities and food banks in the nation. Feeding America created Map the Meal Gap, a study measuring food insecurity within the general population and children by state and […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post One of the worst winters ever on the West Coast dragged total visits to the nation’s ski resorts down to the third-lowest mark in a decade. The National Ski Areas Association’s tally of U.S. skier visits for the 2013-14 season reached 56.2 million, a decline of 1.3 percent from last […]
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The new bicycle-walking path between Elks Point Road at Nevada Beach and Round Hill Pines Resort passes directly through these views. The black and white photo includes likely a 1949 or 1950 Ford parked left of the white center cabin. Round Hill Pines is under new management this year, and these historic buildings (plus the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Douglas County is about to redefine what public tennis courts are all about. County commissioners at their May 15 meeting are expected to sign a contract for the Zephyr Cove Tennis Club Foundation to operate the six courts in Zephyr Cove for the next five seasons. “Overall, it will make for a […]
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To the community, The Incline Flume Trail is an 8-mile route above Incline Village that mostly follows the route of a Comstock-era water flume. This is part of the same water system that the popular Marlette Flume Trail follows. The Incline Flume Trail is not an authorized trail, partly because it crosses private property and […]
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By Katherine Hobson, NPR If you’re a teenage athlete, or the parent of one, you probably live in fear of a torn anterior cruciate ligament, one of the knee’s key stabilizing ligaments. A torn ACL often requires surgical repair. But so-called neuromuscular training programs can cut the risk of a serious ACL injury and should […]
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May is Wildfire Awareness Month in the Lake Tahoe Basin. This year’s theme is Prepare Your Home for Wildfire. A fire adapted community is a community located in a fire-prone area that requires little assistance from firefighters during a wildfire. Residents of these communities recognize the responsibility of living in a high fire-hazard area. They […]
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By Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury News If $4.26 for a gallon of gas seems painful, relax. The price at the pump in California is ever so slowly falling after four weeks of constant increases — and could drop as much as 40 to 50 cents by July 4. “They just started to ease. The […]
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By David Leonhardt, New York Times The behavior gap between rich and poor children, starting at very early ages, is now a well-known piece of social science. Entering kindergarten, high-income children not only know more words and can read better than poorer children but they also have longer attention spans, better-controlled tempers and more sensitivity […]
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• Freedom Day came six days later than last year. Tax Freedom Day, calculated annually by the Tax Foundation, is the day Americans have earned enough money to pay their annual tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels. This year’s national Tax Freedom Day was April 21. • South Tahoe Association of Realtors […]
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