Three 5-month-old black bears were captured and released July 16 on Kingsbury Grade. Nevada Department of Wildlife personnel captured the three cubs in a trap, but their mother eluded capture. The cubs, a female and two males, were tranquilized and processed by a NDOW biologist with the female bear never more than about 40 yards […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – It’s 7am Monday and there’s as much bustling around as a New York City subway station. But this is Edgewood Tahoe – home of the 25th American Century Championship golf tournament. Work crews are not only busy preparing the grounds for the South Shore’s premier event of the summer, but […]
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Jamie Anderson was named Best Female U.S. Olympian, Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the 22nd annual ESPYS in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Anderson, who rides for Sierra-at-Tahoe and lives in Meyers, scored a near-perfect 95.25 on her final run to win the inaugural women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Sochi Olympics. Fellow Olympian and Meyers […]
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Do you like butterflies? Do you want to learn more about them? North American Butterfly Association’s 40th annual Butterfly Count is July 20. It is a long-term citizen-scientist project, involving almost 500 counts and thousands of volunteers throughout North America. Much like the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, volunteers select a count area with a […]
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South Lake Tahoe is hosting a workshop to focus on options for additional bike routes, enhancing the bicycling experience, and reviewing strategies for promoting safe bicycling in and around the Y. Specifically, the area is contained within the Tahoe Valley Area Plan, which is being put together. City officials want to know what the public […]
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By Kelly Johnson The South Tahoe All Stars gave their all at last weekend’s tournament at Jack Tighe Memorial Park in Reno. The 13-year-olds were led by pitchers Kevin Lehmann, Chris Pfister and Cody Ruby during the four-day tournament. All three shared responsibilities at second base and short stop when not on the mound. Cameron […]
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Temperatures are cooling off in the Lake Tahoe Basin as the threat of afternoon thunderstorms escalates. Thunderheads have been accumulating most afternoons, with the severest weather expected on Thursday. The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a flash flood watch for the basin that day. “There’s lot of moisture hanging around the area,” NWS […]
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By John McMullen, Sports Network There are quite a few stars scheduled for the 25th anniversary of the American Century Championship but only one real hero. Chad Pfeifer lost his left leg during a deployment with the U.S. Army in Iraq but that won’t stop him from appearing in beautiful Lake Tahoe with a field […]
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While mountain lions are not often seen in the Lake Tahoe Basin, they do live here. El Dorado County Vector Control employees were reminded of this today when they found a deer carcass that was the work of a mountain lion. The skeletal remains were found July 14 near Trout Creek right below Pioneer Trail […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Experienced mountain bikers had warned us the Kingsbury Grade to Spooner Summit segment of the Tahoe Rim Trail was beyond our abilities. We didn’t listen. We didn’t make it. It didn’t matter. The three of us accomplished much more. We proved to ourselves that we are better mountain bikers than […]
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