By Kathryn Reed Free ride, downhill, cross country, or something else – the mountain bike community is becoming one and a force to be reckoned with. At a two-hour meeting Nov. 5 at the South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Complex, more than 60 cyclists packed the room to express their desire to unite in […]
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The patchy clouds that have been hovering in the Lake Tahoe Basin for the past couple days are expected to bring moisture this weekend. The likelihood of showers is 20 percent today in the Lake Tahoe Basin, increasing to 30 percent tonight. The National Weather Service in Reno says there is no avoiding getting wet […]
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South Tahoe High School’s athletic program has much to celebrate from the fall season. · The boys cross country team (team GPA 3.69) and girls tennis team (team GPA 3.73) are the Nevada State Academic Team Champions. · The boys cross country team is the Northern Nevada Regional Champion. · The girls cross country team […]
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By USSA Two-time Olympian Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain) congratulated Mackenzie Bachmeier, Danielle Brownell-Patty, Johanna Gur and Forrest Ferguson this week on winning the 2011 Stacey Cook/Sun Valley Ski Tools Scholarship (SVST). The four young racers will receive $500 worth of ski tools and $500 worth of ski wax to use throughout the entire alpine season. […]
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The once and current king of the early ski season is Lake Tahoe, which last year topped Orbitz’s list of top ski destinations. Colorado makes the most appearances of any state with five destinations, led by Breckenridge at No. 3 overall. Orbitz said, “We bent the rules a bit for our only non-U.S. entrant – […]
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By Kathryn Reed WOODSTOCK, Vt. — A kaleidoscope of color more varied than the largest box of Crayolas dance in the breeze. I just want to stare. So I do. How does Mother Nature create such beauty? New England in the fall. It was better than I had remembered. I had spent part of my […]
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By Kathryn Reed It wasn’t another earthquake Monday night. It was San Francisco fans jumping up and down, celebrating the Giants becoming World Series champions. The Giants won 3-1 against the Rangers in Texas, clinching it all in five games. It started as the same pitching matchup as Game 1 when Tim Lincecum dominated Cliff […]
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By Karren Rhodes, Dayton Courier DAYTON — The federal Bureau of Land Management is making plans to gather approximately 118 wild horses from the area the agency calls the Pine Nut Horse Management Area, which includes all of the horses southeast of the Carson River in the Dayton area. Alan Bittner, BLM staff member in […]
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By Susan Wood BRIDGEWATER CORNERS, Vt. – I made the summit of the scenic crescendo on the road bike and instantly saw why we took the optional route on the Bike Vermont October tour. After leaving 40 years ago, the pilgrimage to my hometown of Woodstock, technically the nearby small bedroom community of Pomfret, involved […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal After Nevada’s worst grasshopper infestation in up to 20 years hit last summer, ranchers and agriculture officials are bracing for a return of the insects next year. It’s unknown if the problem will be as severe, but officials have rectified a situation that prevented them from spraying infested federal land […]
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