By U.S. Ski Team Eight 2010 Olympic and Paralympic athletes, including Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley), a 2010 double Olympic silver medalist and 2006 Olympic gold medalist highlight the heavy hitting list of athletes nominated for 2010 ESPY Awards. Also up for awards are gold medalists Lindsey Vonn (Vail), Bode Miller (Franconia, NH), Shaun White (Carlsbad), […]
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By Kathryn Reed For 30 years, Les Wright has wanted to start the Lake Tahoe Land Trust. He first proposed the idea to South Lake Tahoe officials three decades ago. At that time he thought increasing the hotel tax by 2 percent would accomplish the goal. The goal being to raise money so property could […]
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By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal A dam on the Bear River that would inundate hundreds of acres of seemingly protected foothills oak woodland is finding no support from the Nevada Irrigation District or Placer Land Trust. A Sutter County water agency has started a low-key study that’s raising Placer County eyebrows. It follows past failed […]
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By Reuters Lock your feet onto a snowboard, and you can expect to fall. But whether or not a fall results in a broken wrist or separated shoulder depends on a lot of factors — including just how you go down. Based on information from nearly 2,000 upper extremity fractures and dislocations, researchers in Japan […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE — Sometimes a hike becomes all about the journey and not the destination. This happens when the trail is no longer visible and bushwhacking seems like a better option than going up over the rocky terrain to avoid the thicket. Hiking Mount Rose seemed like a good idea when we […]
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By Kara Lapoint, Reno Gazette-Journal Blue rafts from two commercial rafting companies typically pack the stretch of the Truckee River between Tahoe City and Alpine Meadows this time of year. But don’t look for them this Fourth of July weekend, one of the busiest of the year. Low water levels have left Truckee River Raft […]
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Sports Fitness Track & Field Camp has been running for more than 10 years as part of Lake Tahoe Community College Kid’s College Program. Coach Anthony Davis and South Tahoe High Coach Melissa Berry are offering the class on their own as a part of sports development for the community. Cost $150 or $125 for […]
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Placer County reminds Tahoe residents and visitors that alcohol is banned on the Truckee River July 3-5. Possession of open or closed containers of alcoholic beverages is prohibited on the Truckee River from its outfall at Lake Tahoe to the Alpine Meadows Bridge. State law bans the possession of alcoholic beverages on the river and […]
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Mulligan’s are allowed during Barton Foundation’s 16th annual Golf Tournament at Genoa Lakes – The Lakes Course on July 23, but only if you pay for them. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the foundation’s community health endowment fund. Registration, mulligan and raffle ticket sales begin at 6:45am. The fun, scramble golf tournament starts at 8am. […]
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By Austin Fay On a four-hour hike from Lake Tahoe Golf Course to where the Upper Truckee River ducks under Highway 50, Lake Tahoe News spotted three Coors Light cans, 10 empty bottles, two red plastic cups, one-and-a-half pairs of shoes, a black overturned grill, 14 golf balls outside the course, as well as a […]
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