Tahoe Fund was awarded a $130,000 Recreation Trails Program grant to restore the Incline Flume Trail, also known as the “other flume trail.” The restoration work will be led by the Friends of Incline Trails in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe Rim Trail Association and Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association. Trail days are […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times If all of the children who currently are sedentary started exercising every day, societies could save enormous amounts of money in the coming decades and have healthier citizens as a whole, according to a remarkable new study. In the United States alone, we could expect to save more than […]
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A park ranger will lead a trek where participants will be taught how to identify some of the most common plants found near Spooner Lake. On this hike, participants will learn how to tell the difference between the various trees, shrubs and flowers that grow around the lake. Bring water and wear sturdy shoes or […]
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Douglas County Parks and Recreation and Northern Nevada Junior Vollleyball Coaches are offering a skills volleyball clinic at Kahle Community Center open to boys and girls ages 7-18. It will focus on basic through advance concepts of the game. This for players familiar with the game or just starting out. The cost is $99 for […]
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Fifty-six teams are in the greater Lake Tahoe area for the three-day USTA mixed doubles sectionals for the 40 and over league. Rain on June 9 delayed the start and stopped play before it was completed. Weather and the altitude dominated many conversations at Incline Village. (Action was also taking place at Northstar and Tahoe […]
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By Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Who flies to Reno on a spring evening, rents a car and heads into the mountains with no skis, no mountain bike and a backpack full of books? Me. Why? Because in 1861 a 25-year-old Missouri riverboat pilot named Sam Clemens boarded a stagecoach bound for the same territory. […]
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By Carlos Correa, CBS-13 Californiais working to make the waterways around the region a lot of safer by making sure anyone who operates a boat is well educated on how to properly run one. This time next year, people will be required to carry a boater education card. The education card is like a permit […]
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The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest’s Carson Ranger District will begin issuing dead tree firewood cutting permits on June 15. Woodcutters may cut dead trees anywhere on the Carson Ranger District, including the Washington Fire burned area. Some areas on the district may later be removed or chainsaw restrictions may be put into place as the season […]
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By Jim Krajewski, Reno Gazette-Journal Charkles Barkley is not much of a golfer, and he readily admits that. He relishes it actually and is not afraid to poke fun of himself. Barkley remains one of the more popular celebrities each summer at the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe. Barkley has become […]
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It was a little noisier than usual at Zephyr Cove Tennis Club on June 3 as two dozen youngsters took over the courts. From bouncing the ball with a racket to master control, to zinger serves and everything in between, the kids were all more proficient by the time the event was over. Some of […]
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