By Elizabeth Karam, USSA WINTER PARK, Colo -– Zak Watkins (Telluride, CO) and Laurel Shanley (Squaw Valley, CA) were on top wrapping up U.S. Freestyle Selections’ last day of moguls competition on Friday. Watkins and Shanley showed impressive composure to win the competition. Watkins, a young skier who likes to go fast and big, did […]
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Tom Kelly, USSA TELLURIDE — A dynamic, never let you rest snowboardcross course courtesy of Olympic course builder Jeff Ihaksi tested the world’s best SBX athletes Friday as men and women competed in qualifications for the Visa U.S. Snowboardcross World Cup at Telluride Resort in Colorado. The U.S. qualified nine men and two women into […]
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Eriksson Education Center Open House on July 10 from 4-6pm in Tahoe City. The Eriksson Education Center and Demonstration Garden will be unveiled following the Children’s Environmental Science Day. Visitors will be treated to tours, science activities and refreshments. UC Davis researchers and staff will also be on hand to discuss the future of Lake […]
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At the Dec. 17 South Tahoe Public Utility District board meeting Dale Rise became president on a 3-2 vote. Mary Lou Mosbacher became vice president with the same vote tally. Board members Jim Jones and Eric Schafer voted against both appointments. Rise had been vice president and Mosbacher president for the last year.
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By Danielle Margosian Tahoe locals Nicole Cartwright, Cindy Thaw, Brian Black, Travis Thaw, and Margie Maxhimer supported the teens in placement at Tahoe Turning Point’s four group homes by participating in the 2009 Peak Bagging fundraiser. This was the second year of the fundraiser, which rewards participants for the peaks they hiked from April through […]
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What’s going on with the lodging community on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe? Find out on KTHO FM-96.1/AM-590 (www.kthoradio.com) on Saturday at 10am or Monday at 6pm. Jerry Bindel, lodging guru of the area, talks about economy, lodging and tourism.
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By Robert Perea, Reno Gazette-Journal Last weekend’s snowstorm brought a marked increase in the snowpack for the Walker River Basin, according to the figures collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service SNOTEL monitoring sites.. Basin wide, the Walker River Basin SNOTEL sites jumped from 60-percent of yearly average on Dec. 11 […]
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People say the worst thing anyone can go through is to bury their child. Parents of a Zephyr Cove Elementary School 11-year-old must do that after their son took his life this week. News publications have historically shied away from covering suicides. It’s personal. It’s not usually news. It hits the news meter when it […]
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Another resort in the Lake Tahoe Basin is open — Homewood. The sun is out — so go ride. Here is today’s ski report brought to you by Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will close from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3. During the closure, TRPA representatives will be on-call in the event of an emergency. The closure will help the Agency reduce operating expenses. Employees will use a combination of accrued paid time off and paid holidays during the closure. For additional information, […]
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