By Robert Stiles The low supply of housing inventory is giving some economists reason to believe we are in for much bigger price gains this year. As of Jan. 31, there were 111 active single-family homes on the market in South Lake Tahoe. We haven’t seen numbers that low since spring 2005. That’s less than […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations near Logan Shoals on Feb. 6. Crews expect to burn approximately 2 acres, weather permitting. Operations will continue through as weather and conditions allow. Operations also continue through the week on Spooner Summit. Crews will burn approximately 10 acres per day, weather permitting. Residents […]
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By USSA SCHLADMING, Austria — Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley) put on a full speed attack through fog, soft snow and deep ruts to win super G bronze on the opening day Tuesday of the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Schladming. It was her fifth career World Championships medal and third in super G. Audi […]
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Truckee residents may register their skis, snowboards and bikes with the police department. This way if they are stolen, officers will have a better chance at identifying the property. People may register equipment online or at the department at 10183 Truckee Airport Road. For more information, call (530) 550.2323.
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The U.S. Forest Service will be submitting an annual application to the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. This application will request funding for trail maintenance, restoration, development of facilities, law enforcement, and planning for off-highway vehicle access. On Feb. 12, the Forest Service will be hosting an open house […]
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Updated Feb. 5 2:10pm: According to U.S. Ski Team Medical Director Kyle Wilkens, Lindsey Vonn suffered a torn ACL and MCL in her right knee and a lateral tibial plateau fracture. She will be out for the remainder of this season, but is expected to return to racing for the 2013-14 Audi FIS World Cup […]
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By the end of summer there will be signs at three of the seven gateways into the Lake Tahoe Basin to let people know where the watershed boundary is. Contractors are being sought for the project that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is overseeing. “We have been awarded two grants from Nevada agencies to complete […]
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By Aaron Blake, Washington Post Americans have a very special message for the federal government: Don’t tread on me. That’s the takeaway from a new poll from the Pew Research Center in which, for the first time in at least the last two decades, a majority of Americans say Washington actually poses a threat to […]
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By Jessica Stoller-Conrad, NPR It may sound like a line from “The Godfather”, but some agricultural specialists advise that farming isn’t personal; it’s business. And family farms need to think and act more like a business to survive in a competitive world, says Bernie Erven, professor emeritus in the department of agricultural economics at Ohio […]
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Wind is likely to be an issue this afternoon. Here is the Feb. 5 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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