This week’s 4th annual Bush Center’s Warrior Open in Las Colinas, Texas, will act as a feeder tournament for the American Century Championship. The Texas winner will receive an all-expense paid trip to the 2015 ACC at Edgewood Tahoe in July. The idea to do this came after retired Army Cpl. Chad Pfeifer at last July’s American Century […]
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By Nathan Hurst, Springfield News-Leader COLUMBIA, Mo. – Researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Minnesota have found that local governments can help cut record levels of youth obesity by expanding public lands available for recreation. Sonja Wilhelm-Stanis, an associate professor of parks, recreation and tourism in the MU College of Agriculture, […]
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Zephyr Cove Elementary School students participated in the school’s annual walk-a-thon Oct. 2 to raise funds necessary to support school activities. Now in its fifth year, the walk-a-thon represents 15 to 20 percent of the Parent Club budget which helps to support school programs, such as field trips and class projects. With school enrollment up almost […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP You’d be hungry too if you couldn’t find any food and were used to eating the equivalent of more than 80 cheeseburgers a day. An already busy bear season has exploded in the Sierra Nevada with nine hungry bruins captured since Wednesday morning near Reno and Lake Tahoe as an ongoing […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit lifted fire restrictions on National Forest System lands beginning starting today. Campfires are still not allowed in any wilderness areas including the Desolation Wilderness. In 2004, the LTBMU adopted a set of fire regulations that restrict where campfires are allowed year-round. Most of the Lake Tahoe backcountry […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – It’s possible people won’t be able to pedal the Incline Village to Sand Harbor bike trail that is slated to break ground next summer. And it has nothing to do with the grade – that is expected to be no more than 5 percent. Nor even the length to […]
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By Anjali Hemphill, CBS 13 DIXON — A Dixon farm says the drought is certainly affecting this year’s pumpkin crop and some other holiday favorites. Usually owners at Cool Patch Pumpkins tell customers not to buy their pumpkin now because they aren’t ready. But this year, the advice is the exact opposite. Matt Cooley says it’s […]
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By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Here’s another reason to get your kids off the couch and make them run around instead: It will help them think better. In a paper published in Pediatrics, researchers report that kids 7 to 9 years old who attended a daily, after-school fitness program showed an increased ability to […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Lake Tahoe Community College kicked off the 2014-15 school year with a new mascot, the coyote, and two new soccer teams to wear it on their jerseys. LTCC has been devoid of an intercollegiate athletic team since it did away with Nordic skiing in 2001. Volleyball and cross country running were discontinued […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Snow isn’t the only thing Heavenly wants to be known for. The South Shore resort is making substantial efforts to be a playground in the summer, too. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Sept. 24 got a taste for what Heavenly Mountain Resort wants to become. “Guests want […]
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