By USSA VAL d’ISERE, FRANCE — Leanne Smith parlayed an early start number into a career first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium, finishing second in the Val d’Isere downhill behind Swiss winner Lara Gut on Dec. 14. Smith, who started third, led four Americans into the top 10 on a shortened course after high […]
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By Kathryn Reed One of the good things about cookbooks is authors will put together ingredients I would never have thought of combining. My leap of faith to trust the author has backfired from time to time, but usually the recipe is a keeper. Such was the case recently as I was in search of […]
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By Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post Deaths behind the wheel of an automobile fell last year to the lowest level since the Truman administration, but there was an increase in fatalities among bicyclists, pedestrians, motorcycle riders and big-rig truck drivers, according to federal figures released Monday. Overall, highway deaths dropped to 32,367, almost two percent […]
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Nevada Division of State Parks is looking for someone or a business to provide concessionaire services at Spooner Lake. Bike rental, bike shop operations, hiking supplies, cabin rentals, prepackaged food and drink sales, and shuttle services are what park officials want to provide. Winter operations would include snowshoes, cross country skis and other snow play […]
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AAA projects 93.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holidays, an increase of 1.6 percent from the 91.8 million people who traveled last year. This increase brings holiday travel figures to within half a million of the decade high mark seen during the 2006-07 season. The period is […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY -– A newly elected Republican state lawmaker plans to push forward with a bill next session to allow students and others with permits to carry concealed weapons on the campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education. Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, elected to Assembly District 4 […]
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Get out and find the powder the stashes. But bring the hand and toe warmers because the thermometer is in single digits as this hour. Here is the Dec. 14 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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By Kathryn Reed “Today is the first day of a whole new adventure. No more politics. No more mayor. No more Tahoe. I am soon off to Redmond, WA. Better make some room in the closet for my clothes, Maria. I am on my way.” That is what Claire Fortier wrote on her Facebook page […]
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By Mandy Kendall The holiday period can be busy enough with present buying, menu planning, travel arrangements, house decorating and more that day-to-day routines can often get thrown into disarray. Healthy eating and exercising can often go by the wayside and we may end up feeling like we need a vacation after all the festivities. […]
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To the community, The TahoeChamber would like to thank all of the business hosts, volunteers, board members and attendees that participated in the Winter Wine Walk BAHM! (Business After Hours Mixer) in the Shops at Heavenly Village. Over 125 members and friends gathered in the Marriott Grand Residence lobby to pick up their passports and […]
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