Some normalcy returns to Tahoe
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A measure of normalcy began to return to this resort community Thursday, even as crews battled an unpredictable mountain wildfire for a fifth day. Sunbathers ventured to some beaches, and the smoke lurking in the mountains largely cleared.
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They take the term "retro" seriously high up in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, where skiers still lace up 16-foot monster wooden skis the old-fashioned way - with leather boots and tie-down bindings - before bombing down the hill in period garb, just like the sport's pioneers did way back in the '50s.
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The same three smiling faces that stacked the podium following Fridayâs World Cup giant slalom were back on top Saturday after the first of two womenâs slalom races on Aspen Mountain.
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Adventurous IT executives are back in fashion.
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No matter where you are in ski country, the early-season snowfall has been pretty decent. The Pacific Northwest, the Rockies, and the Northeast have all received at least one good wallop from Mother Nature.
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Out of the devastation, Bam, once middle class, is slowly coming back to life.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ A blanket of uneasy calm fell over the South Lake Tahoe area Wednesday as winds stayed tamer than expected and firefighters were able to gain some ground in their battle against the Angora fire.  As night fell, the U.S.
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The U.S. ski team hits the slopes this weekend hoping fresh faces and a rebound by the erratic Bode Miller will erase the disappointments of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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By Don Springer  Warm weather has arrived. I know because the boat traffic has begun in earnest on Coal River. The water skiers are out and even the youngest of the young are wading or swimming in the waters.
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 27--SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- What happened Tuesday was unexpected. Today, they know it could get worse.
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Travel is back to normal on the Thruway Friday morning after an accident that stopped or slowed traffic from Herkimer all the way to Schenectady.
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In the end, the best-laid ski plans rise or fall on the whims of winter weather.
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A lot has happened in the other world since Friday. That would be the world outside of Florida. Maybe by sometime today, this area and this state will get back to feeling more like part of that world.
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Many who fled snow for the Sun Belt are moving back to be near family.
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After two years of controversy surrounding one of golf&#39;s most celebrated events, the Masters Tournament is attempting a return to normalcy.
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Search teams scoured snow-covered slopes on Sunday for two missing skiers who were last seen at a Lake Tahoe resort during a storm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow.
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GILFORD, N.H. -- Like farmers and postal workers, ski resort operators take a fatalistic attitude toward the weather. And late last week, when several inches of rain was dumped on New England, it wasn't looking so good for what many resorts say is their largest grossing weekend.