By USSA SOELDEN, Austria – Olympic gold medalists Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.), Lindsey Vonn (Vail), Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley) and Ted Ligety (Park City) will be in the start gate when the 2011 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup tour kicks off this weekend in Soelden. Action begins Saturday with women’s giant slalom, followed by the […]
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The Nevada/Placer County Resource Advisory Committee will meet Nov. 5 at the Placer County Water Agency (144 Ferguson Road, Auburn) beginning at 10am. The purpose of this meeting is to vote on which projects the RAC will recommend for funding. The public is invited to attend. The RAC has more than $390,000 to allocate for […]
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The Heavenly Snowboard Foundation is hosting the Bijou Battle Skate Jam Oct. 23 at the Bijou Skate Park in South Lake Tahoe. This event is a family event and all ages are welcome to register and participate. The event is a fundraiser for the Heavenly Snowboard Foundation, a nonprofit that helps youth in the community […]
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By Tressa Gibbard The Sugar Pine Foundation (SPF) is a local nonprofit working to save the sugar pines and other white pines from the threat of a nonnative, incurable fungus called “white pine blister rust.” The SPF is working to maintain Tahoe’s legendary environmental health and scenic beauty by finding sugar pine trees that are […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Cloud seeding operations within the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River Basin can proceed this winter following action today by the Truckee Meadows Water Authority. TMWA’s board of directors approved $155,000 to go toward cloud seeding in the Tahoe-Truckee area. The action follows an earlier action by the Western Regional Water […]
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By Kathryn Reed BOSTON — I would have never guessed visiting Fenway Park would be a bit disappointing. As part owner of San Francisco Giants season tickets, I had tickets to the last game of the season – the one where the orange and black clinched the division. I was in Boston that Sunday. Instead […]
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The Truckee River Watershed Council on Oct. 27 from 6-8pm at the Truckee Donner PUD is having a public information meeting regarding the Coldstream Canyon restoration project design and implementation. Coldstream Canyon, or Cold Creek, extends from the crest of the Sierra Nevada to just west of Truckee. There is a long history of human […]
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By Kathryn Reed Which way, now? It’s a constant thought and verbalized question every time we set out to ride along the Upper Truckee River behind Lake Tahoe Airport. With so many trails in the area, I would bet we’ve never done the exact route twice. One of the things I love about mountain biking […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is providing a glimpse into what skiers and boarders can expect at Lake Tahoe area resorts for the 2010-11 season. Alpine Meadows: The mountain simply delivers. • Projected opening date: TBA • Daily adult lift ticket: TBA • What’s new?: JMA Ventures, the ski resort’s parent company, has added the […]
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By USSA World Champion ski racer Daron Rahlves of Truckee, one of the world’s most noted big mountain skiers, the late Shane McConkey (formerly of Squaw Valley), and iconic skiing legend Glen Plake of the South Shore are among a roster of six skiers and builders named as inductees to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard […]
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