By Mary Pilon, New York Times The news that the United States will send more women than men to compete on its Olympic team in London reflects a turnaround in women’s participation in the modern Games that’s evolved over the past century. The 530-member U.S. Olympic team is comprised of 269 women and 261 men, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Playing in the outdoors is clearly what is important to people who live on the South Shore. During two public meetings Tuesday at the U.S. Forest Service office in South Lake Tahoe the nearly 70 people at each session wanted to talk about and ask questions regarding recreation. (There are two more […]
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By Barry Meier and Katie Thomas, New York Times When a pharmacy sells the heartburn drug Zantac, each pill costs about 35 cents. But doctors dispensing it to patients in their offices have charged 10 times that price, or $3.25 a pill. The same goes, insurers say, for a popular muscle relaxant known as Soma. […]
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By Kathryn Reed The clarity of where medical marijuana in South Lake Tahoe stands is like walking into a room of pot smokers. Something smells funny and the air is murky. Accusations flew Tuesday during the City Council meeting, with it clear the electeds are fed up with what they consider is illegal activity occurring […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Nevada officials are busy preparing cost and enrollment estimates so Gov. Brian Sandoval will have reliable information before deciding whether to expand Medicaid following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month upholding much of the Affordable Care Act. But even if Sandoval does not expand Medicaid […]
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The Truckee Police Department, in conjunction with the Nevada County Tobacco Use Prevention Project, conducted a non-enforcement under-age tobacco purchase operation in Truckee on July 9. Of the 17 merchants contacted, two sold tobacco to underage purchasers, according to Capt. Harwood Mitchell. The two merchants that sold tobacco to the juveniles will be cited as a result […]
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By KCRA-TV FORESTHILL — Firefighters hit the halfway mark in containing the wildfire burning in remote Placer County, crews said Tuesday morning. The numbers now stand at 2,650 acres burned, with 50 percent containment. About 170 homes remain threatened. CalFire crews made significant progress Monday on the Robbers Fire, which ignited last Wednesday in a […]
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A man accused of allowing a campfire to grow into a small vegetation fire has been arrested in Truckee. Truckee police have not released the name of the man arrested July 15 after the 3pm blaze broke out. The fire was behind the Old Gateway business complex on Donner Pass Road. The fire burned about […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Fallen Leaf Lake is clean. That is, it is still free of aquatic invasive species. The Fallen Leaf Protection Association would like to keep it that way. Members of the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Program, made up of dozens of organizations including the TRPA, TRCD and USFS, would also like to […]
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A 39-year-old Sparks man died during the Sierra Recon challenge on Saturday. Joseph Axtman collapsed on the course near the base lodge at Sierra-at-Tahoe on July 14. “He was going up a portion of the course and just collapsed,” El Dorado County sheriff’s Lt. Pete Van Arnum told Lake Tahoe News. Medical personnel were not […]
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