By Nicholas Lund, Slate I doubt anyone had a busier 2015 than Noah Strycker. Beginning in Antarctica on New Year’s Day 2015, the 29-year-old Oregon man crisscrossed 41 countries on all seven continents on his way to shattering the record for most bird species seen in a single year.* Of the estimated 10,400 bird species […]
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Publisher’s note: These comments were delivered to the CPUC last week in Kings Beach by North Shore resident Ellie Waller regarding the proposed Liberty Utilities rate hike and are republished with permission. Many of you may not know that Liberty Utilities is owned by parent company Algonquin, a Canadian based Company. Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. […]
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El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini is planning to have town hall style meetings throughout the county in each of the supervisor districts. The topic of the meetings will be the new sheriff’s office facility on the West Slope. D’Agostini will be discussing details of the building: progress, location and representatives from the local architectural […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal Many U.S. residents are apparently considering a move to Nevada to be, well, a nice move. A survey by national moving company United Van Lines found that the Silver State is the second most popular destination in the Western United States for folks moving to a new area. Only Oregon […]
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A 65-year-old Stockton man was arrested Monday near Truckee on attempted murder charges. Harris Riddle allegedly fired several shots from a 9mm pistol into a vehicle parked near the Donner Lake Vista Point. One bullet struck a woman in the leg. California Highway Patrol troopers made the arrest about 3pm Jan. 11. The vehicle was parked on westbound Interstate […]
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The first booking for the annual Harveys Outdoor Concert Series at Stateline has been announced. Country superstar Keith Urban will be taking the stage July 29 at 7pm. Opening for Urban will be Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris. Tickets range from $69.50 to $125.50, plus service fees. Urban’s RipCORD World Tour 2016 will debut on the heels […]
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Funds are available through the Sagebrush Ecosystem Program for projects that will enhance and restore high quality sage grouse habitat on private and public land in Nevada. The purpose of these funds is to not only improve habitat, but to also create a supply of “compensatory mitigation credits” to be used in the Nevada Conservation […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – “The threat of climate change is not from what we have done in the past, but what we do in the future.” Those are the words of Ken Caldeira, the keynote speaker at last week’s annual Operation Sierra Storm conference, a gathering of television meteorologists hosted by Lake Tahoe Visitors […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 30, 2015, Ventura County Star. As we eagerly anticipate the rain of El Niño that is promised to start this month, we are hearing a growing drumbeat to find more and better ways to save that rainwater for California’s next drought. The expected wet winter will trigger […]
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By Megan Krigbaum, Food and Wine Natural corks are effective, sustainable and even romantic. Here’s why their reputation has been tainted, and why they’re making a comeback. Natural cork is a sustainable resource: It comes from cork-tree bark, which regenerates every eight to 10 years. Yet natural cork has fallen a bit out of favor […]
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