By Jeff Barnard, AP GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Wildlife advocates are preparing to retrace the 1,200-mile path of a wandering wolf whose trek in 2011 across Oregon and California attracted worldwide attention, hoping their upcoming journey will help build greater acceptance of wolves as they reclaim lost territories across the West. The wolf, dubbed OR-7 […]
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Squaw Valley will celebrate the return of Lake Tahoe’s athletes from the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi with an Olympic Homecoming Celebration on March 21. It will include live music, parade, fireworks. The welcome home party begins at 6:30pm at the KT Base Bar in the Village at Squaw Valley. Friday evening’s festivities include the […]
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By Elyce Kirchner, Kevin Nious and Jeremy Carroll, NBC Bay Area Unlike accidents on our highways, waterways, and theme parks, there is no system for independently tracking accidents at ski resorts, despite the fact that in California, most resorts are on federal land. Instead, accident tracking is left up to the ski industry to self-report, […]
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By Heidi Mills, Outdoor Back when race director Candice Burt first dreamed up a 200-mile trail run around Lake Tahoe, she figured it would take time to build an audience for such an over-the-top concept. Its culmination, the Tahoe 200, will be in early September. At a price tag of $850, the run gives hopefuls […]
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By Susan Wood TWIN BRIDGES – It truly takes a village. The Olympic dream continued into March at Sierra-at-Tahoe on Saturday when thousands of family, friends and dignitaries hit the street and the ski resort to celebrate the roots and return home from Sochi of three local Olympic gold medalists. Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman and […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews may continue prescribed fire operations in numerous locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin on March 17. Activity may continue through the week and possibly the weekend if weather, staffing, and conditions allow. Prescribed fire operations may take place on Spooner Summit and in the Luther Pass Campground off of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Riding closer to the lake or being more in the woods. That is what people are being asked to decide when it comes to developing the first three miles of the Incline Village segment of the Stateline-to-Stateline Bikeway. The environmental documents for the project are in circulation. Two options plus a do […]
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By USSA LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — The U.S. Ski Team, captained by Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail), Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley), David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colo.) and Tim Jitloff (Reno), powered to second in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup Finals Nations team event Friday. Anchored by Shiffrin and Chodounsky, who won every dual on the faster blue […]
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In celebration of David Wise’s gold medal in men’s halfpipe skiing, his dedication to family and being a huge supporter of the Boys & Girls Club, the Wise family and the Village at Northstar on March 15 will host kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Nevada and North Lake Tahoe chapters for […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun The biggest sports betting weekend of the year is so near, it feels like lines are forming already at sports books’ windows while bad beats roll out on the televisions overhead. Las Vegas casinos annually book more action during the beginning of the NCAA Tournament than any other event. […]
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