The inaugural Amgen Tour of California women’s UCI stage race will kick off with a 74-mile ride that starts and ends at Heavenly Mountain Resort on May 8. It will be a counter-clockwise race around the lake. The day will end with the climb up the 15 percent grades of Keller Street back to Heavenly. […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal Critics of coyote hunting contests hope to ban the controversial practice in Nevada, insisting it amounts to little more than wanton slaughter of wildlife. Hunters counter that it is a legally protected sport that may help keep in check a soaring coyote population increasingly posing threats to livestock, pets and […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe’s second annual Equinox Spring Festival is March 21. This free festival features live bands on three consecutive weekends, events for all ages and competitions on and off the mountain. Competitions including the Van’s Hi-Standard Series and 9th annual Buckle Up Big Air will be taking place on-mountain, while the 8th annual Salsa Showdown will happen […]
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By Cynthia Orlando, Statesman Journal Today more than 80 percent of the U.S. population lives in urban areas. It’s therefore fortunate we now understand many of the physical and psychological benefits healthy trees provide urbanites: Our parks and trees are more than aesthetically pleasing areas that help address pollution problems. Unfortunately, life for everyone these […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is hosting a historical snowshoe on Feb. 28 from 10am-1pm on the South Shore. (If there is no snow, it will be a hike.) During this event people will follow in Snowshoe Thompson’s winter tracks. Steve Hale of Comstock Characters will be acting as Thompson in a Chautauqua performance. It will be like trekking […]
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By Allison Prang, Bloomberg Elizabeth Johnson is giving the fitness-center industry cause for concern. The 24-year-old reporter in Sarasota, Fla., ditched her membership at the local Youfit health club and in May joined the Seaward CrossFit studio. Since signing up at the club, which she says has about 40 members and runs classes of 10 […]
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By Mason Levinson, Bloomberg The Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended that the state’s gaming commission legalize gambling on the Olympics when it meets this month. The proposal, brought by a group of Nevada casinos, was discussed Feb. 11 at a meeting in Carson City and was referred to the Nevada Gaming Commission. Wagering would be legal […]
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By Associated Press The drought is prompting early fish stocking again in the Truckee River in Northern Nevada. Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy says the first of 35,000 rainbow trout will be released on Wednesday, about a month earlier than usual for the second straight year because of another dry winter. He says […]
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The U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations in numerous areas around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Feb. 17. On the South and West shores of Lake Tahoe, operations may take place north of Tahoma near Elizabeth Drive, southwest of Meeks Bay, on Gardner Mountain near South Tahoe High School and Gardner Street, Christmas […]
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By Scott Smith, AP With California entering its fourth drought year, even some big resorts with millions of dollars in modern snow-making equipment don’t have all their lifts running. The midsized and family-owned resorts struggling most had hoped to reopen for the Presidents Day holiday, traditionally the year’s biggest weekend for skiing. A recent winter […]
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