By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Avalanche danger in the Sierra Nevada around Lake Tahoe is low on all aspects for the first time since New Year’s weekend. The apparent stabilization of the snowpack is good news for skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers and snowmobile riders following more than three full weeks of delicate conditions in the backcountry. Although […]
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By Phuong Le, AP MOUNT BAKER, Wash. — Walker Smith has been skiing in-bounds at resorts since he was young, but lately the Seattle teen has become more interested “in getting tracks where no one else has really gone.” He knows backcountry travel comes with avalanche risks, he said. So under a brilliant blue sky […]
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· The Restoration of Fire Adapted Ecosystems project is a proposal to restore six impaired meadows in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The draft decision has been issued, which triggers a 45-day comment period. Those who submitted comments during the comment period last year, have standing to object during the objection period. The draft decision and environmental […]
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In 2015, the Truckee Police Department led a communitywide campaign to reduce the number of DUI accidents and arrests after there was a significant spike in 2014. The efforts paid off. There was an overall reduction of 48 percent in arrests for DUI drivers and a 47 percent decrease in DUI related traffic collisions for the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Panels depicting what the proposed multi-million dollar loop road project could be filled the room at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel. Tuesday night’s open house about the potential realignment of Highway 50 around Harrah’s and MontBleu on the South Shore was an extension of the gathering in December. For Clay Grubb, a trail […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman JoAnn Conner has added more grievances to her lawsuit against the city and City Manager Nancy Kerry. Conner now claims: · The council violated the open meeting law in September; · She can’t get things on the agenda in a timely manner; · Her personal email is […]
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By Jim Madaffer California drivers are bearing the burden of the state’s transportation funding crisis, with the average driver spending more than $500 a year to repair the wear and tear on their vehicle caused by bad roads. Gas tax revenues currently fund most of the state’s road maintenance and repairs, but gas tax revenues […]
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By Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times My first group tour was a four-city trip to China in 2001. We breezed by the highlights in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou, had abominable buffet food and got herded to lots of silk and jewelry stores. Sometime during those nine days, I decided it was My. Last. Group. […]
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A head-on collision on Highway 267 injured five people Sunday. Maxwell Edward Jones, 19, of Sutter Creek was driving near Tahoe Vista at about 6:30am Jan. 24 when his vehicle crossed the center line, striking a vehicle head-on. Jones was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno with major injuries. The family of four in […]
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By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Sun Despite the slowly improving U.S. economy, more than half of Nevada households are locked in “perpetual financial insecurity,” says a new report, as the state remains near the bottom of the pack nationally for residents’ financial health. Nevada has some of the highest rates of bankruptcy filings, underemployment, delinquent […]
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