By Kathryn Reed Tape on many weight room apparatuses, blocks at the swimming pool the public aren’t allowed to use, no private showers in the men’s room, two out of three showers off-limits in the women’s locker room. This is the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center. It was built in 1975. Nearly 40 years later […]
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By Christopher Solomon, New York Times For a long time I just didn’t “get” cross country skiing. Shuffling through the woods while dangling a scratchy wool scarf? Too stuffy, too twee, too boring — a sport better left to old Norwegians and young honeymooners. I’m not ready to stride across a Currier & Ives print, […]
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The felling of a large tree at Nevada Beach that was cut down for safety reasons is not sitting well with everyone. “(There was) a circle of fencing around the tree – no way for it to hurt anyone outside of the fencing,” a South Shore resident told Lake Tahoe News. But the U.S. Forest Service […]
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The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service will continue prescribed fire operations in the Van Sickle Park, McKinney Rubicon and Heavenly urban lot areas. Operations will last through the next several weeks as conditions allow. Smoke from prescribed fire operations is normal and may continue for several days after an ignition […]
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Hydromulching 1,200 acres of the King Fire terrain will begin this week in the Eldorado National Forest. The goal is to protect areas from severe post-fire erosion that may occur with winter storms. The infrastructure at risk includes Eleven Pines Road, which serves as the primary route from Highway 50 to the northern end of […]
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By Kathryn Reed MOUNT SHASTA – If seemed like if we would extend our arms, we could scoop a snowball off Mount Shasta – we were that close. While this majestic mountain dominated our view, it wasn’t the only thing that captivated our attention. From our perch we had a 360-degree view of the North […]
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By USSA PARK CITY – The Sprint U.S. Grand Prix has a long legacy of creating Olympic champions. This year many of them will return to compete on the 2014-15 tour, including 2014 Olympic champions Maddie Bowman of Meyers, Joss Christensen, Kaitlyn Farrington, David Wise of Reno and Sage Kotsenburg. More than $400,000 in prize money […]
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By Pauline Bartolone, Capitol Public Radio Hunting in California has been in a sharp decline for the past four decades. About 250,000 Californians hunted deer, pigs, bear and birds last year. In 1970, there were almost 700,000 hunters. Dan Yparraguirre, a deputy director with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife says urbanization is likely […]
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By Tom Millham I am very pleased to inform you that Kevin Willitts, the official volunteer veterinarian for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, has released Cinder, the bear from Washington with burns on all four paws, from his medical care and will allow her to return to the area from where she came to complete her […]
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By Kathryn Reed First tracks happen every day of the ski season. First tracks of the season, well, you can only get those on opening day. Gunnar Barnwell was going to make sure he christened the slopes of Heavenly Mountain Resort for the 2014-15. The 13-year-old arrived at the gondola entrance at 5:30am Nov. 21 […]
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