The Wild West returns to Genoa on Feb. 1-3. See the early days of Nevada through the eyes of Eilley Bowers – famous “Queen of the Comstock” and Julia Bulette – Virginia City’s most beloved “working girl”. With their dislike for one another, the comedy and the drama will unfold on the stage of Genoa’s […]
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A candlelight vigil to honor Alyssa Byrne will be Jan. 17 at 4:30pm. The 19-year-old Petaluma woman died earlier this year after attending the SnowGlobe Music Festival. People will be gathering at Lakeview Commons in South Lake Tahoe.
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By USSA COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. -– Under clear skies and chilly temperatures, Luke Mitrani (Mammoth Lakes) and Olympic champion Kelly Clark (West Dover, Vt.) led the United States on Jan. 12 by finishing second at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain. Australia’s Nathan Johnstone and Torah Bright took the wins. It was the […]
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Truckee is considering an ordinance that would ban all plastic checkout bags and require businesses to impose a fee on recyclable paper checkout bags. The ordinance’s main intention is to stimulate reusable bag use, and in effect, reduce Truckee’s waste through a dramatic decrease in the consumption of single-use checkout bags. All money collected by […]
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Cold doesn’t even begin to describe the weather in Tahoe. Bone chilling, icy, record breaking — that’s the kind of cold South Lake Tahoe residents are experiencing today. The 1993 record of minus 7 degrees for Jan. 12 was broken. The new record for Jan. 12 is minus 12 degrees. Truckee nearly set a record […]
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By USSA ST. ANTON, Austria — Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) came out of the No. 4 start position Jan. 12 to pick up a career first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win in a challenging downhill in St. Anton. McKennis led three Americans into the top six – five in the first 15 – […]
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By Huffington Post A college degree’s impact on earning potential is well known, but new data questions whether an associate’s degree can beat out a bachelor’s. Mark Schneider, president of CollegeMeasures.org and a vice president at the American Institutes for Research, told NBC many associate’s degrees “are worth a lot more than I expected and […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times California plant life is unusually rich and diverse. The state has more than 5,500 native plant species, more than any other state. Roughly 40 percent of them are found nowhere else. A new study offers an explanation for that incredible variety: The state’s climate, latitude and complex topography created […]
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Bundle up with lots of layers, including wearing your insulated jacket and gloves. Here is the Jan. 12 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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With the onset of really cold weather, frozen water pipes are inevitable. Unfortunately, along with this problem, the fire department responds to an increase of structure fires caused by residents trying to quick-fix the problem themselves. Instead of using space heaters, torches, or other hot flame devices to thaw pipes, call a professional plumber to […]
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