By Emily Yoffe, Slate In one awful high-profile case after another — the U.S. Naval Academy; Steubenville, Ohio; now the allegations in Maryville, Mo. — we read about a young woman, sometimes only a girl, who goes to a party and ends up being raped. As soon as the school year begins, so do reports […]
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Boreal Mountain Resort is opening Nov. 1 at noon off the Nugget chairlift. Boreal will offer one run with a four terrain park features. Early season conditions will exist and no beginner terrain will be available at this time. Skiing and riding will be on advanced terrain only. Crews will re-evaluate the conditions Friday afternoon […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Republican Women Federated Club will meet on Nov. 4 from 5:30-7pm in the Loft of the Blue Angel Cafe at 1132 Ski Run Blvd. The speaker will be Janice Baldwin from Project Americans Coming Together, an organization created to educate on the principles of the Constitution. The meeting is open to […]
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By Bonnie Rochman, Wall Street Journal Amid the ghosts and ghouls spooking trick-or-treaters this week, there is something even more terrifying to their parents: sugar. Research into candy and children helps explain why they love it and, despite some contradictory theories, offers a few guidelines for this time of year. Children may be more partial […]
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The Amador-El Dorado Unit of CalFire lifted the burn restrictions on state responsibility lands within the Lake Tahoe Basin. Homeowners may burn their debris piles that have accumulated over the summer. Door-yard burn permits, aka residential landscape debris burn permits, will still be required until the end of fire season has been declared, but burn […]
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The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Bureau of Air Quality Planning has launched a voluntary wood stove change-out program in the Carson City and Douglas County areas. The program provides rebates ranging between $600 and $1,000 to homeowners to remove their pre-1992 wood stoves and replace them with new, clean-burning EPA-certified wood, pellet, or gas […]
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By Kade Krichko, GrindTV As far as X Games gold medalists go, Maddie Bowman is about as unassuming as they come. The 19-year-old halfpipe skier doesn’t flaunt her accomplishments — two X Games medals and a handful of Dew Tour podiums, to name a few — and in many ways has retained a normal teenage […]
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This year was especially challenging for many locals, leaving food banks hard pressed to fill their shelves. To help offset this year’s hardship, many local artisans will be gathering for an Old-tyme Holiday Bazaar on Nov. 9 at the Lake Tahoe Christian Fellowship Church in South Lake Tahoe. An entrance fee of a cash donation […]
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By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg Snow falling over Siberia is raising the prospect for frigid temperatures in New York come January. Enlarge image Snow in Siberia The weather half a world from Central Park can set off atmospheric events that result in icy air descending from the North Pole in December and January, driving U.S. […]
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By Danielle McCrea, Las Vegas Sun Five women sit in the quiet upstairs wing of a church, in a high-ceilinged room that serves as a computer lab, desktop computers sitting on rows of long tables. They take turns reading aloud from papers handwritten and typed with intimate stories of their past. Linda Coble, 73, grey […]
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