By Kathryn Reed Living at higher elevations has health benefits and drawbacks. Thin air means an increase in red blood cells, which is one reason athletes like to train at high altitudes. They tend to perform better when they return to sea level. But mountain sickness hits some who gain too much elevation or do […]
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By Katy Steinmetz, Time Consumers are spending an unprecedented amount buying things they will never actually touch. Shoppers shelled out an estimated $4.5 billion last year for e-books and billions more for music, movies and other stuff that exists only on a computer or in the cloud. The benefits of this digital shift are enormous, […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Shore children had to die and become severely burned before the utility company would take responsibility for cutting back trees near power lines. It was on Sept. 29, 1969, when 9-year-old Dan Cook was climbing trees with his 7-year-old sister near their Echo View Estates home that he nearly died after […]
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By the end of summer there will be signs at three of the seven gateways into the Lake Tahoe Basin to let people know where the watershed boundary is. Contractors are being sought for the project that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is overseeing. “We have been awarded two grants from Nevada agencies to complete […]
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By Jessica Stoller-Conrad, NPR It may sound like a line from “The Godfather”, but some agricultural specialists advise that farming isn’t personal; it’s business. And family farms need to think and act more like a business to survive in a competitive world, says Bernie Erven, professor emeritus in the department of agricultural economics at Ohio […]
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Author Tracy Ross will be part of Sierra Nevada College’s ongoing Writers in the Woods series on Feb. 8. Ross is an award-winning journalist and contributing editor at Backpacker magazine. She recently published a memoir “The Source of All Things”, which was chosen for inclusion in Best American Sports Writing and Best American Magazine Writing. […]
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By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times If there was any doubt that Valentine’s Day is as much about consumption as it is about amour, consider this: Americans will shell out $20.8 billion on Feb. 14 this year. That’s 3.2 percent more than in 2012, or $134.08 a person, according to a report from research group […]
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Wesley is a nice 2-year-old Dachsund mix. He is a bit shy, but bonds really closely with his people. He likes other dogs, but because of his shyness he would be happiest in a house with older kids. Wesley is house trained and very affectionate. Wesley is neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. He is at the […]
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On Feb. 14, V-Day South Lake Tahoe and the Zawadisha Fund will join with activists around the world for One Billion Rising, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the […]
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By Suzanne S. Brown, Denver Post He laughs. He yodels. He talks to everyone from the new kids just getting started to industry kingpins. At age 93, Klaus Obermeyer is a snow-sports veteran with no thoughts of retiring. An estimated 19,000 people will file through the Colorado Convention Center this weekend buying and selling ski […]
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