Will Richardson from Tahoe Institute for Natural Science will talk about Tahoe’s animals on Jan. 22 from 7-9pm. Richardson will present an overview of the strategies used by Tahoe wildlife for enduring long Sierra Nevada winters, and highlight many fascinating examples of how they are employed. He has a doctorate in ecology, evolution, and conservation […]
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By Erin Beresini, Outside Researchers have fingered several things as sources of sweet cravings. Stress, caffeine, and lack of sleep can all over stimulate your HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) axis, the body’s stress response system. Researchers believe chronic overstimulation of that HPA axis can impair its function, leading to poor immune activity, memory, and metabolism. Calorie-dense food […]
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Longtime South Lake Tahoe residents Johny and Bobby Russo, owners of Sierra Appliance Repair (previously known as Honest John’s), are experiencing a financial crisis. Their adult son, Tony, has suffered a catastrophic illness and has been hospitalized at Renown Medical Center in Reno since early November. He is making improvement, but the prognosis is for […]
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By Dan Gorenstein, Marketplace For the first time the federal government has tallied up the arts and culture contribution to the nation’s economy. It turns out that sector, movies, painting, publishing, cable and more, was worth half a trillion dollars — 3 percent to the gross domestic product in 2011. That’s more than the travel […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of blurbs about how the lack of winter is impacting businesses in the Lake Tahoe Basin. If you have an idea, please email it to info@LakeTahoeNews.net. Lack of snow means South Lake Tahoe officials are able to repair roads. “Our crews do crack sealing and minor patching […]
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STATELINE – While there were no bids for the former Kingsbury Middle School to the Douglas County school board to discuss Jan. 14, that could change. Douglas County School District Superintendent Lisa Noonan asked the board to put the item on the agenda monthly instead of quarterly. Which they agreed to do. The next meeting […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is in the unique position of having about $1.2 million to spend mid-year. While the numbers are not astronomical, it is a change from the austerity and deficit modes the city has been faced with in recent years. The “extra” money is carry-over from the last fiscal year that […]
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To the community, A huge thanks to the community for providing baby toys, gift certificates and specialty items for the first baby of the year. Joshua Tapia-Hernandez, who arrived on Jan. 2, was the first baby born at Barton Birthing Center in 2014. Joshua and his family were welcomed with over $1,200 in gifts from […]
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By USSA PARK CITY -– The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association has confirmed a plan to run U.S. only Olympic qualifiers this week at Mammoth Mountain to replace the snowboarding halfpipe and slopestyle competitions that were canceled due to snow and low visibility at Breckenridge on Saturday. The canceled competitions were the third of five […]
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An El Dorado County resident has died from the flu. Officials are not releasing the age, gender or hometown of the individual even though counties throughout California provide that information to the media. The person is not a Lake Tahoe resident. “Due to patient privacy laws we cannot provide that level of information regarding the […]
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