Elena Hight finished sixth in the halfpipe at the 2006 Olympic Games. At 20, she hopes to improve upon that accomplishment in Vancouver next month. Home resort: Northstar-at-Tahoe Why did you choose this resort?: Northstar always is so much fun to ride. They always make great park and pipe and no matter what are maintaining […]
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By Tim Hauserman, Reno Gazette-Journal After 25 years of downhill skiing, Dave Polivy doesn’t go to the ski areas anymore. “Now, I wait and look for the wind to come up, because snowkiting has become my new true passion,” said Polivy, from Tahoe Mountain Sports. “I can go fast, I can get great air. There […]
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By Kathryn Reed With youths starting to try alcohol and other drugs at an earlier age, agencies throughout the South Shore of Lake Tahoe are trying to do something to curb that trend. Drug Store Project is dropping a grade level, with the March 31 program targeting sixth-graders for the first time. The all-day reality […]
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Women Entrepreneurs meet Jan. 7 from 11:30am-1pm at Passeretti’s Restaurant at 1181 Highway 50, South Lake Tahoe. Lunch is $13 for members or advance registration; $15 for non-members or at the door. RSVP to jctahoewriter@hotmail.com.
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“The Laramie Project†is a docu-drama about the 1998 hate-crime murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student who was brutally beaten by two young men, tied to a fence, and left to die. Writer-director Moisés Kaufman and actors of New York’s Tectonic Theatre Project journeyed to Laramie to interview townspeople about the […]
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Abbacadabra – The Ultimate ABBA Concert is at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe South Shore Room on May 28-30 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25. Call 800.786.8208 or purchase tickets online at www.SouthShoreRoom.com.
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Elvin Bishop is at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe South Shore Room on May 22 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $29. Call 800.786.8208 or purchase tickets online at www.SouthShoreRoom.com.
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Northstar-at-Tahoe’s 420-foot superpipe with its 18-foot walls is open. The Ultimate Boarder Championship will be at the Truckee resort March 12-14, with the superpipe part of the competition.
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Nik and Willie’s Pizza on Emerald Bay Road in South Lake Tahoe has not been a fan of Terry Daniels for years. Daniels, as of the start of 2010, is now the former police chief of the city. A grand jury report from a few years ago detailed some of the accusations between the ex-chief […]
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It’s a blue birdday in Lake Tahoe. Bring the sunscreen. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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