Nevada Division of State Parks is accepting applications to help fund eligible projects that include new construction, maintenance, trail related facilities or education projects. Parks has approximately $1.25 million in grant funds from the Federal Highway Administration trails assistance program. A minimum of 30 percent of funds will go to motorized projects. A maximum of […]
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The silver screen meets glittering Lake Tahoe at the 8th annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival on March 8. The event at the MontBleu showroom in Stateline is a benefit for the Sierra Nevada Alliance. The festival combines award-winning environmental and adventure films with the energy of local activism. Featured films at the event will […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee Construction on a long-awaited project to revitalize a popular north Lake Tahoe community’s downtown and make it safer for pedestrians is expected to begin this summer. The Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project, estimated to cost $48 million, is aimed at improving pedestrian access, water quality and aesthetics for […]
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By USSA SCHLADMING, Austria — Teen Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.) skied a powerful, aggressive second run to come from behind Saturday to win gold in slalom at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Schladming. Third after the first run, Shiffrin overcame a 0.18 lead by Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter who took bronze. Austria’s Michaela Kirchgasser […]
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By USSA ROSA KHUTOR, Russia — Torin Yater-Wallace (Aspen) and Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, Colo.) battled through fog and rain Feb. 16 to go one-two for U.S. Freeskiing in the pre-Olympic test event of the halfpipe at Rosa Khutor outside Sochi. It was the first opportunity for the top athletes in the Olympics’ newest event to […]
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On Feb. 14, 2013, South Lake Tahoe was part of worldwide movement called One Billion Rising. One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up […]
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The Associated Students of the University of Nevada Unity Department will host the third annual diversity leadership conference, entitled “Power of Diversity” on March 2 from 10am-4pm in the Joe Crowley Student Union. The conference is free and open to the public and university students. Early registration is encouraged. This year the conference will feature […]
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By Nathan Hurst, Wired Last weekend at Northstar was beautiful, sunny, and in the 30s. For eight teams of snow carvers from around the world, though, it’s terrible — the melty snow is sloppy, hard to carve, and even dangerous. Teams of three from Finland, Japan, Germany, Canada, and the U.S. were selected from more […]
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By San Jose Mercury News It may not have been as spectacular as the space rock that streaked across the skies above Russia late Thursday, but the Bay Area’s close encounter with a meteor Friday night was drawing its own attention on social networks. Comments on Twitter indicated the object that flashed across the horizon […]
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On a day that had a lot of people talking about meteorites and asteroids, a fireball of some sort was seen Feb. 16 streaking across the Bay Area skies. http://youtu.be/9Al219ksPDo
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