Snowboarder Goes Missing in Tahoe

25-year-old Shawnte Marie Willis of Tahoma went missing yesterday afternoon while snowboarding with friends at the Alpine Meadows Ski Resort. Willis' boyfriend reported her missing after she became separated from her friends, and she was last seen boarding through some ski boundary signs "off the back side" of a mountain near the top of an advanced slope. Search efforts have been hampered by blizzard conditions on the mountain. [AP, SacBee]