Katelyn Welsh

News Reporter at Tahoe Daily Tribune

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What is causing Tahoe bear brains to swell?

2 weeks ago | sierrasun.com | Katelyn Welsh

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. / Nev. – Post-mortem pathology results have ruled out public speculation of a vehicle strike as the cause of a bear’s deterioration when she was found with her yearling in a public parking lot near Northstar in March. The results show no signs of blood, broken bones or other injuries consistent with blunt force trauma from a vehicle, but instead reveal severe inflammation in multiple areas of the brain and surrounding area.
South Tahoe gallery art party spotlights Tahoe artists, raises funds for Keep Tahoe Blue

2 weeks ago | tahoedailytribune.com | Katelyn Welsh

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The Marcus Ashley Art Gallery is hosting an event showcasing local art, photography, music, and raising funds for Keep Tahoe Blue with its second annual Collector Appreciation Party and Local Art Show on Saturday, May 31.
New mom brings survival infant swimming lessons to Tahoe

2 weeks ago | tahoedailytribune.com | Katelyn Welsh

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. / Nev. – A North Tahoe mom is bringing survival swimming lessons for young children to the Tahoe region this summer. Kristin Lassonde has been teaching swim for over 25 years and decided to pursue this specialized and rigorous certification when she became pregnant with her son. “I finally just took the plunge,” she says, and is now teaching her son and as well as other children, from six months to six years old, life-saving basics when it comes to water.
Lakers baseball team falls to Lake Mead in state playoffs; reflects on season successes

2 weeks ago | sierrasun.com | Katelyn Welsh

LOVELOCK, Nev. – The North Tahoe High School baseball season has come to an end following two matches in the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) 2A State Baseball Playoffs on May 15-17 at Pershing County High School. The team lost in a close match against Lake Mead Christian Academy in the first round of playoffs on Thursday, May 15. This placed the Lakers in a match against Yerington High School the following day, the loss of which pushed them out of competition.
Incline High School swim team state championship results

2 weeks ago | tahoedailytribune.com | Katelyn Welsh

RENO, Nev. – The Incline High School swim team completed its season at the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s (NIAA) 3A State Swimming Championships on Saturday, May 17, at the Moana Springs pool in Reno, Nev. The team had 10 student-athletes span four individual events and three relays. Senior and co-captain Ava Hane finished 4th in both the 200 yard individual medley and the 100 yard backstroke.
AmeriCorps cuts hit Tahoe: ‘This is not just about losing funding’

2 weeks ago | sierrasun.com | Katelyn Welsh

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AmeriCorps cuts hit Tahoe: ‘This is not just about losing funding’

3 weeks ago | tahoedailytribune.com | Katelyn Welsh

SIERRA NEVADA, Calif./Nev. – At least 16 AmeriCorps members in the Tahoe Basin were terminated essentially overnight after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut funding to the AmeriCorps program nationwide on Sunday, April 27. Many members were around halfway through their service term.
Volunteers take Tahoe’s 25th ‘snapshot’ in annual citizen science event

3 weeks ago | mtdemocrat.com | Katelyn Welsh

LAKE TAHOE — Samples are collected and off to the labs following Keep Tahoe Blue’s annual Snapshot Day that occurred on Saturday, May 10, marking the 25th year the event invited anyone to become a scientist for a day. The milestone makes it one of the longest running citizen science events in the nation. Year after year, volunteers help sample water during the month of May from creeks, streams, smaller lakes and Lake Tahoe itself to take a “snapshot” of water quality at a single moment in time.
NIAA switch on hold for one year: TTUSD to work on system where no one is left behind

3 weeks ago | sierrasun.com | Katelyn Welsh

TRUCKEE, Calif. – The Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Board of Trustees and Superintendent Kerstin Kramer agreed to delay the decision to move from the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) for one year. The board came to the decision after holding a special meeting to discuss the topic on Wednesday night, May 14, following a regular meeting a week prior that elicited a large public response.
Classical Tahoe pairs music and movement to enrich early childhood minds

3 weeks ago | tahoedailytribune.com | Katelyn Welsh

NORTH TAHOE, Calif./ Nev. – Music and movement have long been shown to play a positive role in early childhood development, something Rita Whitaker Haun has seen evidence of in children right here in North Tahoe. “They moved much more easily. They sang much more easily. They were more expressive,” Haun said of kids who went through her early childhood program (for ages birth through five years old), and went on to excel in her music class at Truckee Elementary School. “It blew my mind,” she stated.