By USSA and Wire Reports ROSA KHUTOR, Russia — Olympic champion Shaun White, who rides for Northstar, announced late Wednesday Sochi time that he was withdrawing from slopestyle to keep his focus on winning an unprecedented third straight gold in halfpipe. White fell and jammed his left wrist in a training run on the slopestyle […]
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Hundreds of Californians and Nevadans will plunge into the winter-chilled waters of Lake Tahoe on March 29 all in the name of Special Olympics. Donned in costumes but without the protection of wet suits, Special Olympics athletes and their supporters will jump into Tahoe’s icy waters at Zephyr Cove for the South Lake Tahoe Polar […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin on Feb. 4. On the South Shore, operations will take place on the east side of Tahoe Mountain in South Lake Tahoe, the south side of Highway 89 near Camp Richardson, and off North Upper Truckee […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun The Not-So Super Bowl got the best of the vast majority of sports bettors. Approximately 2 out of every 3 gamblers wagered on Denver minus-2.5 against Seattle all the way through Sunday’s kickoff, losing their money after a 43-8 Seahawks blowout victory. Casinos will post a profit on the […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau The name Teter is synonymous with snowboarding. Though Elijah Teter’s name may not be on the competitors’ roster for the most recent halfpipe competition and you haven’t seen him stand on a podium lately, he is likely standing not too far away. Teter, who used to live in Meyers, spent a decade […]
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By AP RENO — Thousands of acres of ranchland along a scenic river in southern Douglas County will be protected under a conservation easement. A deal announced last week preserves about 3,800 acres of the Fairfield Ranch, a move conservationists and land managers say will protect critical sage grouse habitat and the area’s natural values. […]
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By Elliott D. Woods, Outside Sam Mansfield and Mark Ballas met in the autumn of 2012 when the two were visiting an investment property near Fort Benning, Georgia. Ballas, a former Army Special Forces soldier-turned-entrepreneur, had recently founded an adventure race called Green Beret Challenge, and Mansfield, a market researcher and consultant, had just started […]
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North Lake Tahoe has caught the Olympic spirit. Tahoe City Public Utility District and North Lake Tahoe Resort Association have organized an event for people to show their support of Tahoe City Olympians and their families. There will be a “GO USA/NORTH TAHOE” group photo at 3pm Jan. 31, followed by a reception at the […]
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Squaw Valley is offering skiers and riders a glimpse into the past with 1960 Winter Games heritage tours. These are three-hour private excursions of Squaw Valley’s on-mountain Olympic venues and highlight historic moments of the 1960 Winter Games. The tours are led by professional guides who will lead participants down the same trails that were […]
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If predicted rain and snow arrive this week, U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will resume prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Jan. 28. Operations will take place on the South Shore in the Luther Pass Campground off of Highway 89, on the West Shore off of Bunker Drive […]
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