By Susan Wood A ski area executive with deep roots in the industry was groomed by Vail to take the helm of the resort known for deep snow. Doug Pierini returned to the Lake Tahoe region, coming on board Kirkwood Mountain Resort as vice president and general manager this summer. At 46, the former vice […]
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By Susan Wood The American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course could be called a quasi battle of the sexes this year. That’s because the women golfers are coming out in full force this year when the premier golf tournament is in play July 19-24. Three big guns in the world of golf will […]
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For the third time Jamie Anderson has taken home the honor of Best Female Action Sports Athlete at ESPN’s ESPY Awards. “So thankful on so many levels! ✨✨✨ I wouldn’t be where I am today without the love, support & encouragement of my family, friends & of course my sponsors! Thanks for making my Dreams a […]
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The 8th annual Gene Upshaw Memorial Golf Classic is July 17-18 at Schaffer’s Mill Golf Club in Truckee. Twenty-five NFL hall of famers, former Major League Baseball players, other sports and entertainment celebrities will pay tribute to the former Oakland Raider and raise funds for cancer programs and traumatic brain injury research. Money raised benefits […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun Poker players are always late — even to their game’s world championship. Their proclivity for procrastination resulted in the final of three starting flights in the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event going down as the largest single-day field in the tournament’s history on Monday at the Rio. […]
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Work began this week on the final phase of the Upper Truckee River Reach 5 restoration project. The U.S. Forest Service in collaboration with the California Tahoe Conservancy are diverting the river around the construction area to protect water quality and allow construction of the new channel to be completed. Boaters will be prohibited from entering the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Track meets will again be able to be run at Whittell High School, possibly as soon as the 2017-18 school year. A donation of $2.5 million from the Lisa and Robert Maloff Endowment Fund is paying for the football field to be completely renovated as well as the track. The Douglas County […]
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By Jen Murphy, Wall Street Journal Professional climber Adrian Ballinger was in phenomenal shape when he left for an expedition to Mount Everest on April 6. When he got down from the mountain May 28, he was as frail as a 90-year-old man. A week later, at a rock-climbing gym back home in Squaw Valley, […]
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By Ana Swanson, Washington Post Like the steam engine, the tin-can telephone and the first vaccine, the modern American beach holiday was actually invented in Britain. A beach vacation might seem like the most natural thing in the world — to head to the shore, play in the waves and splay your limbs out on […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is using chemicals on 70 sites to get rid of invasive plants. The work will continue through September. Project areas include the 64 Acres parking lot in Tahoe City, Angora Fire area, Baldwin Beach Meadow, Burke Creek Trail, Camp Richardson Corral, Luther Pass Campground, Heavenly Creek […]
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