Ski report: Winds to pick up
Finally, snow is in the forecast later tonight. Light to moderate winds are in the forecast, so don’t forget your windbreaker. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Reno’s Wise 7th in halfpipe skiing at X Games
By Kade Krichko, U.S. Ski Team ASPEN — The Frenchman Kevin Rolland relied on some last run heroics to edge out Americans Torin Yater-Wallace of Aspen and Simon Dumont of Bethel, Maine, Friday night in Aspen to win Winter X Games gold in halfpipe skiing. On the final run of the entire competition, Rolland threw […]
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Fallen Leaf Lake without a concessionaire
By Kathryn Reed After what seemed to be an endless quest to figure out what to do about a concessionaire for the marina and store at Fallen Leaf Lake, the Community Services District is back at square one. “Right now we are negotiating the separation agreement,” Sandy Wirth told Lake Tahoe News. She and her […]
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‘Shanghai Girls’ captures life of sisters coping in China, U.S.
By Kathryn Reed Do we ever evolve? Will discrimination ever go away? Will equality for all ever be more than words on paper? Those are some of the questions I was left with after reading “Shanghai Girls” by Lisa See. Although this 319-page book is a novel, the global concerns are real even if the […]
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Nevada addresses transportation concerns through social media
With funding for Nevada roads declining and double-digit unemployment rates, Nevadans have a chance to voice their transportation-related concerns and suggestions to Congress through the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ “I Told Congress About Transportation” social media campaign. The national campaign uses Facebook, YouTube videos and written comments to help people share […]
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Opinion: How to rethink your relationship with money
By Jane Honeck With the new withholding tax tables announced by the IRS recently, many American families will have more money in their paychecks every week, but those dollars could disappear fast if they hold on to their old attitudes about money. My experience is extra cash tends to disappear fast, because most people don’t […]
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SnowFest celebrates 30 years on North Shore
North Lake Tahoe celebrates its long winter season with SnowFest, a 10-day carnival. SnowFest is scheduled for March 4-13 and will beat a variety of venues throughout North Lake Tahoe. In its 30th year, SnowFest is expected to draw thousands of attendees, with the majority of events free to spectators. The annual favorites are back, […]
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Exercise — the real fountain of youth
By Katharine Greider, AARP Bulletin Well, folks, it’s happening. The baby boomers, popularizers of tennis and skiing in the 1970s, inventors of jogging and step aerobics in the 1980s, are advancing through middle age to the very threshold of senior citizenship: The oldest boomers turn 65 this year. And if their parents’ generation inaugurated the […]
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Meeting in Incline about bringing Olympics to Tahoe-Reno
Tahoe-Reno is positioning itself to submit a proposal for the next opportunity to bid for hosting rights of a future Olympic Winter Games. Learn more about the vision and how individuals and businesses can join the effort during a presentation at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village on Feb. 4 at 2:30pm. Aside from hearing […]
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Water content in Sierra above average despite dry January
By Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION — Despite January producing more sunny days than snowy ones, the water content at the top of Echo Summit is greater now than it was a month ago, but percentage-wise the average has dropped. Department of Water Resource officials were at the junction of Highway 50 and the entrance to […]
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