By Kathryn Reed With temperatures below freezing, musicians were blowing on their hands to get their fingers working and the main stage of SnowGlobe included two heaters. But for those in the audience Dec. 29, dancing and disrobing seemed like a good idea. People were looking for the coat check and others were showing skin […]
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By USSA BORMIO, Italy — Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) delivered a gutsy run on the grueling Stelvio downhill to finish a career best seventh in Bormio. 0The second longest downhill on the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup tour, the Stelvio is known for its leg punishing ice and bumps while racers hit speeds of 75 […]
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Most all resorts are in full operation with all trails and terrain open. Here is the Dec. 29 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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By Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times This is the year you will resolve to ditch the diets, the “all or nothing” mentality and the “no-pain, no-gain” fitness goals. This is the year you will resolve to use common sense to eat less junk food, move more — and have fun doing it. Remember what it […]
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By Ellen Flynn As this year comes to a close, I look back upon the service we have provided throughout the year to our community, the impact we have made, and I’m compelled to write to my community. Clean Tahoe’s dedicated staff, Jeff Pollitt and Lou Graves, drove the streets of the city and county […]
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• Barton Women’s Health opens Jan. 2. • Genoa’s Main Street Enhancement project is out to bid. New walkways, landscaping, lighting, signage, improved parking, and moving some exposed utility lines underground is expected to cost about $1.5 million. • Truckee is looking for comments on the Canyon Springs draft environmental impact report. The next meeting […]
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By Kathryn Reed The $6.3 million Juvenile Treatment Center in South Lake Tahoe has been rife with problems since it opened in 2004. Since September girls aren’t taken there. They must go to the facility in Placerville because there aren’t enough female employees to care for them. This isn’t the first time the girls have […]
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By Sarah Tilton, Wall Street Journal Workday co-founder David Duffield has paid $25.5 million for the Osprey Estate in Incline Village, according to public records. It is the largest sale at Lake Tahoe since 2008, according to listing agent Kerry Donovan of Chase International; the firm represented the buyer and the seller. Duffield, also the […]
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The Nevada Division of State Lands has funding from the Lake Tahoe Water Quality and Erosion Control Grants Program to implement environmental improvement program projects on the Nevada side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. This includes water quality and stream environment zone restoration and enhancement projects. Non-state agency applicants must provide a minimum 25 percent […]
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With plenty of snow on the ground, Forestdale Road in Hope Valley is closed to snowmobiles for the season as of Dec. 28. The Carson Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service prevents access because the are is next to the Mokelumne Wilderness Area and motorized vehicles are not allowed in any wilderness area. Hope […]
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