The 23rd annual Kokanee Trail Run is Oct. 7. Races include 5K, 10K, half marathon, and half-mile kids run. Run with the salmon at Taylor Creek. The half marathon begins at 9am sharp, Tadpole Trot kids run begins at 9:30am, and 5K and 10K at 10am. Register online. The event is put on by the […]
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Nearly 3,500 acres have burned in Carter Springs Fire in Douglas County. The fire is burning mostly unburned areas within the fire perimeter, predominately on Bureau of Land Management property in the southern Pine Nut Mountains. No structures have been lost. Power lines down at the fire scene, but they are de-energized, which is impacting […]
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By Steve Casimiro A massive avalanche struck Manaslu, the world’s eighth-highest mountain, in Nepal shortly before 5am this morning, sweeping through teams of climbers and skiers camped at 7000 meters, including South Shore’s Glen Plake and Greg Hill, both of whom survived. Eleven people have been confirmed dead and as many as six are still […]
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The annual Lake Tahoe Women’s Wellness Weekend at Granlibakken that is dedicated to health and wellness, will also offer continuing education credits to nursing professionals. Committed to creating healthy associations within the community, Tahoe Forest Hospital has established the Nov. 10-11 event. National and regional authors and practitioners, all experts in their fields, are a […]
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The Sierra Human Resources Association, in partnership with the Regional Chambers of Nevada County and North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce is presenting Simply Speaking – How to Craft and Deliver a Winning Presentation on Oct. 4 from 8:30am–2:30pm. Registration begins at 8am at the Cedar House Sport Hotel, 10918 Brockway Road in Truckee. Whether […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun The Nevada Gaming Commission last week approved licenses for three more companies to participate in the state’s new online intrastate poker industry. Licenses were issued for slot machine maker WMS Industries Inc. of Waukegan, Ill., as an interactive gaming system manufacturer and service provider, and for casino operator American […]
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By Joel Stein, Time It took nearly a year after having our son for my lovely wife Cassandra to get her body back to where it was before. It took nearly three years to get her drinking back to where it was before. For a while, she and her new-mom friends met once a week […]
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By Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times For generations of Americans, it was a given that children would live longer than their parents. But there is mounting evidence that this trend has reversed itself for the country’s least educated whites, an increasingly troubled group whose life expectancy has fallen by four years since 1990. Researchers have […]
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These pictures are of Highway 50 near Sonora Avenue in South Lake Tahoe. People often say the South Shore is overdeveloped today, but clearly there were more buildings in this section of the city in the mid-1960s. The photos are looking toward Stateline. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Lenore Anderson Throughout the heated debates on the future of health care, one fact was never disputed: Overcrowded emergency rooms drive up the cost of care for all of us. Moving people who don’t need emergency care to other settings for treatment allows ERs to focus on those most in need – and saves […]
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