By Kathryn Reed While there hasn’t been much snow to clear from roads this winter, crews in the Lake Tahoe Basin have been busy putting brine on streets when the threat of weather has been in the forecast. This salt-water solution that is designed to prevent icing on the roads leaves a white film behind. […]
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By Cassie Shortsleeve, Outdoor Muscle tone and weight control. For the past decade, these benefits have topped the list of reasons why we exercise, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association’s annual report on the fitness industry. They consistently edge out others—like “feeling good after” and “increased energy”—we can’t see in a mirror. That doesn’t […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times Recently, researchers from the department of sport science at the University of Innsbruck in Austria stood on the slopes at a local ski resort and trained a radar gun on a group of about 500 skiers and snowboarders, each of whom had completed a lengthy personality questionnaire about whether […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Gated communities with manicured golf courses and spas – home to people who may have multiple addresses. A couple miles away much lower end housing inhabited with people living check-to-check. While this dichotomy of the haves and barely hanging ons seems to becoming the norm throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin, […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun In his third and most ambitious State of the State speech, Gov. Brian Sandoval unveiled a litany of education initiatives and tax reforms he wants the Legislature to tackle in the upcoming session. He set the stage for a session that will harbor intense debates about Nevada’s outdated revenue […]
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By Associated Press RENO — After more than two months spent cold, wet, frostbit and blistered, Justin Lichter and Shawn Forry just wanted a few moments of comfort. So, the first thing Lichter did before sitting down to talk about their attempt to become the first people to complete a wintertime through-hike of the 2,650-mile […]
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By Kathryn Reed Surgery isn’t going to always relieve back pain nor is surgery always the best option. That is what doctors Mike Fry with Tahoe Fracture and Orthopedic Clinic and Alison Ganong with Tahoe Orthopedics and Sports Medicine told a group of more than 60 people last week. Fry’s approach is more traditional […]
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By Robert O’Harrow Jr., Sari Horwitz and Steven Rich, Washington Post Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without evidence that a crime occurred. Holder’s action represents the most sweeping check on police power to confiscate personal property […]
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By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post The Common Core State Standards call for kindergartners to learn how to read, but a new report by early childhood experts says that forcing some kids to read before they are ready could be harmful. Two organizations that advocate for early childhood education — Defending the Early Years and Alliance […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe’s isn’t likely to be barren anytime soon, but the type of moisture it receives in the future will be in the form of rain instead of snow, according to scientists. That’s one outcome of climate change. This in turn has consequences such as storage issues, flooding, more dry days than wet, […]
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