By Jessie Marchesseau Eight hours, 45 minutes and 22 seconds after she started, Katelyn Feeney crossed the finish line. It had been a long day, but the journey was beautiful. Feeney, 25, had just finished her first marathon. She may have been the 213 finisher, the very last one, but she had done it. Her […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The 68th edition of the iconic Warren Miller ski film series will feature epic skiing and snowboarding in locations such as Norway, New Zealand and the French Alps. But viewers will notice plenty of shots with Lake Tahoe ties, too. “Line of Descent” features several athletes with Tahoe ties […]
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Longtime South Lake Tahoe resident Wendy Shehadi died Oct 19, 2017. She was 76. She was born March 13, 1941, in Reno. She died in Las Vegas from complications of kidney failure and pneumonia. Wendy was a graduate of Reno High School and the University of Nevada, Reno, majoring in physical education and English. During […]
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By Susan Wood CAMP RICHARDSON – “It could happen to anyone.” The words of Kasandra, a Tahoe native attending South Tahoe Middle School, resonated with about 120 captivated listeners sitting on both floors of the building. It was as if the hush over the audience allowed hearing a pin drop at a stunningly quiet Valhalla […]
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By Gabriela Quirós, KQED After five years of drought in which more than 100 million trees died in California — mostly ponderosa pines attacked by tiny bark beetles in the Sierra Nevada — aerial surveys this summer revealed fewer dead pines than last year, a positive turn that researchers hope will continue if the state has another wet winter. […]
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By Michael Scott Davidson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Twenty years ago, Valerie Murzl became Station Casinos’ first female executive to work in corporate offices. Murzl said the male-dominated leadership welcomed her. But when she became pregnant later that year, she was reminded Las Vegas had a long way to go in bettering conditions for its working […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt There is still no permanent solution to the high pH storm water runoff from the site of the former Diamond Lime Plant just west of Placerville. For the third winter in a row, concerns have been raised on the county’s West Slope about the potential public health threat this poses. The Diamond […]
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By Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle It’s the loneliest part of the recovery. After the ruins of their homes stop smoldering, after the donations slow, and after the emergency shelters close one by one, many people displaced by this month’s fires will remain in limbo. They must find a new place to live, at least […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe will be an integral spoke in the Amgen Tour of California 2018 cycling event with the women and men coming to town. Both will be here May 18. The women’s second stage will begin and finish at Heavenly Mountain Resort as they have done multiple times – this being […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – You sense it descending Highway 50 approaching the Lake Tahoe Basin. Things are a little different in the village a few miles west of South Lake Tahoe. Cycling is all the rage. Golf can be played with a club or a foot. The Grade has long been the place to […]
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