By Susan Ferriss, Sacramento Bee Voters in one of California’s most conservative bastions, the 1st Senate District, will cast ballots Tuesday in a special runoff election to replace state Sen. Dave Cox, a Republican who died last July. It’s an obscure date for an election, turnout will likely be small, and political insiders say the […]
Read moreClick on road work to find out where Caltrans will be working in the Sierra Nevada for the week of Jan. 3.9.
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Executives with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and its contracted advertising agency, R&R Partners, will meet early this month to determine if the city’s popular “What happens here, stays here†television ads can be aired during the Super Bowl. Other tourism companies say they’re working to […]
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All resorts but Kirkwood are open today. Read the Feature story on LTN to learn more about what is going on at Kirkwood. Read the Outdoor-Sports section to see how the skiing was at Sierra-at-Tahoe on New Year’s Day. Here is the ski report brought to you by Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Ron Levanduski, Star Gazette Davy Jones is thankful he’s in good health and has another opportunity to prove himself on the racetrack. The former McGraw, N.Y.-resident, who won the world’s two top 24 Hour sports car events at Le Mans and Daytona in the 1990s, will return to the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the […]
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By Lindsey Sine, USSA MAMMOTH — Following an opening event that took halfpipe riding to new realms of creativity, Mammoth Mountain welcomes the 2010 Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix Jan. 6-10 for two full field halfpipe competitions. The event will help determine the roster of the U.S. Olympic halfpipe team. Known for being the only […]
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Flying your own plane to the Winter Games in February? It will take some planning. Reno-Tahoe International Airport is one of three airports in the U.S. designated as an Olympic Portal airport for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Reno-Tahoe has three fixed based operators to assist pilots headed for the Games. The reason for […]
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By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES — My iPhone greeted me with the message Sierra had 8 inches of fresh snow in the last 24 hours. A good omen since the New Year’s Day activity was skiing. But being the lazy threesome we can be, we didn’t take our first run until 11:30am – and it […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s first baby of the new year is actually a Gardnerville baby. Yoni Lopez was born at 12:54pm New Year’s Day at Barton Memorial Hospital. Mom, Cindy, was resting comfortably when Lake Tahoe News tried to reach her a few hours later. Dad, Guilmer, sounded proud as he talked about […]
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Douglas County sheriff’s authorities report no major incidents at the New Year’s Eve celebration at Stateline. Eight people were arrested in the casino core area of during the evening. Charges included disorderly conduct, trespassing, provoking a breach of peace, battery and public nudity. Four people were arrested outside of the casino core area for crimes […]
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