By Dan Hinxman, Reno Gazette-Journal Northern Nevada golf fans who enjoy watching high-level competition are in for a treat this year. The region will host four professional events, two celebrity events and a high-profile amateur tournament between June and October. And the two that have the biggest following — the PGA Tour’s Reno-Tahoe Open and […]
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By Tony O’Rourke On May 3, the South Lake Tahoe City Council will host a public hearing and work session on the city’s General Plan update. On May 17, the City Council is scheduled to consider adopting the General Plan update and final environmental impact report. This is an exciting time for the city as […]
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By Michael Cooper and Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times When an arbitrator ruled this month that Detroit could reduce the pensions being earned by its police sergeants and lieutenants, it put the struggling city at the forefront of a growing national debate over whether the pensions of current public workers can or should be […]
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By Kathryn Reed If and when a fire erupts at the Y, a natural fuel break will have been established in the middle of South Lake Tahoe so it doesn’t destroy the entire city. That is the purpose of the nearly 50-acre fuel reduction project at Lake Christopher near Trout Creek and Pioneer Trail. It’s […]
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By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will impose stricter pollution controls on millions of acres of wetlands and tens of thousands of miles of streams. The new guidelines from the Environmental Protection Agency, which will be codified in a federal regulation later this year, could prevent the dumping of […]
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By Ed Sealover, Denver Business Journal Skier visits to Vail Resorts Inc. properties this season rose 3.9 percent over last year and lift-ticket revenue jumped 8 percent, according to final numbers released Thursday by the Broomfield-based company. Vail Resorts also reported significant year-over-year increases in several areas of ancillary revenue: 9 percent for dining revenue, […]
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By Mike Rogge and Tim Mutrie, Powder Overdue since late Tuesday from a ski mountaineering outing to Split Mountain, south of Bishop, the bodies of Kip Garre and Allison Kreutzen were discovered today during a search-and-rescue operation, Powder.com has confirmed. Garre, 38, an accomplished skier, guide and mountaineer, and his girlfriend, Allison Kreutzen, intended to […]
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By KCRA The 2022 Winter Olympic Games are more than a decade away, yet a Sacramento group is already working on the pitch to bring the games to Lake Tahoe. The California Winter Games Committee announced a partnership between political, business and community leaders to explore ways to attract the worldwide spectacle to the Sierra […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tour de California, the multi-day bike race that starts on the South Shore next month, can officially come to Tahoe. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency approved the permits April 28. However, the enthusiasm for the ride is dependent on who one listens to. At a meeting of Heavenly Village folks on Tuesday […]
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Austin’s House is having an open house May 21 from 11am-3pm. Austin’s House is located at 3589 North Sunridge Drive in Minden just one half mile east from the intersection of 395 and Jack’s Valley Road. Food donations are greatly appreciated but not required to attend the open house. Austin’s House is the only emergency […]
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