A cross country race that begins in the village at Sugar Bowl and winds into Royal Gorge Cross Country will challenge cross country racers on Sunday. The Village Nordic Cup, formerly known as the Sugar Rush, will begin at 10am Jan. 10. The course will take racers through the village at Sugar Bowl and into […]
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By Anne Knowles RENO — The Truckee River Operating Agreement is a done deal. Parties to the landmark water compact, which went into effect Dec. 1 after nearly three decades of negotiations and work, took time out Tuesday to celebrate. “From a drought perspective, this is a game changer,” Leo Drozdoff, director of the Nevada […]
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By Paul Larmer, High Country News Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of scofflaw Nevada rancher Clive Bundy, appear to have made an ambitious New Year’s resolution: Force the federal government, which has managed more than half of the American West’s lands for the past century, to relinquish them, at gun point if necessary, to the […]
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By Eilene Zimmerman, New York Times Communication today is faster and more ephemeral than ever. We fire off emails, skip the punctuation in our texts, and watch our photos and messages vanish in seconds on Snapchat. Digital tools have made communicating with others easier but not necessarily more thoughtful, and this bothered Sonny Caberwal, an […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal Uber is doubling down on the area after its recent Tahoe launch by offering passengers an additional service option. The ridesharing company announced that its UberSKI service is now available to customers in the region, making Reno-Tahoe only the second area in the nation to have the option available. UberSki […]
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By Scott Smith, AP Residents of drought-stricken California used 20 percent less water in November, falling short of the governor’s 25 percent conservation mandate for a second straight month, officials reported Tuesday. Despite missing the mandate, California remains on course to beat its long-term goal through February, said Felicia Marcus, chair of the State Water […]
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Ed Manansala was sworn in Jan. 5 as the superintendent of El Dorado County Office of Education. Most recently he had been the deputy superintendent of educational services for the district, a position he has had since June 2013. Prior to his work at EDCOE, he served as interim chief of staff at Sacramento City School […]
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By John Spinola Let me just start of by saying I have been around dogs as far back as I can remember. It started with Rootbeer (Irish setter mix), then Cotton (American Eskimo/Samoyed), and next was Smokey (Akita/German Shepherd). They were family dogs. Dogs I grew up with. As an adult I had Henry (Akita/Bloodhound), next was Astro (Malamute/wolf […]
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By Joshua Emerson Smith, Los Angeles Times Two types of nonnative mosquitoes that can transmit potentially fatal diseases have spread throughout California, and their populations could explode come spring. The mosquitoes’ expansion of territory was largely attributed to abnormally warm weather in the summer and fall. “It was quicker and more widespread than any of […]
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By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal BATTLE MOUNTAIN — Madam Jennifer O’Kane knows a stark little truism about the world’s oldest profession: Discretion is a working girl’s best friend. Everything happens behind closed doors between consenting adults. And any release of personal details could not only crush the spirit of a brothel worker’s unsuspecting family, […]
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