By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal When Adrian Ballinger of Squaw Valley and crew reached high camp at Makalu the weather was more like a pleasant, bluebird day in the Sierra Nevada than what he expected to find on the fifth-highest peak on the planet. Ballinger, 39, was leader of a crew of five ski mountaineers […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – For the last five years BlueGo bus drivers have dropped off Whittell High School students at the school. That ended recently and the parents of these students are not happy. “Complaints from commuters prompted staff to review the stop. It was determined the stop only generated ridership four days […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 13, 2015, San Jose Mercury News. If a sunny outlook and the ability to ignore bad news were the only attributes needed to run a huge enterprise, California’s high-speed rail project would be rolling along. Because there’s no doubt that Dan Richard, the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s […]
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By Robert Rodriguez, Fresno Bee California’s burgeoning olive oil industry is expected to have a record-breaking year in 2015 as demand and acreage continue to grow. This year, the state’s olive growers are estimated to churn out 4 million gallons of California extra virgin olive oil, nearly double the amount milled in 2014. Much of […]
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By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle In 35 years, nobody’s seen numbers like these. In a personal survey last week of 125 recreation lakes, 33 are under 25 percent full, and that includes 19 that are less than 10 percent full and four that are empty. The big picture is this: On the eve of […]
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By Megan Messerly, Las Vegas Sun The Trans-Pacific Partnership — a major trade accord struck by President Obama with 11 Pacific Rim nations in October — is far from a done deal, but it could have a major economic impact on Nevada. To highlight the economic advantages of the trade alliance, U.S. Secretary of Commerce […]
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By Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Despite forecasts of a wet winter, Californians can expect another year of water conservation in 2016 under an executive order issued Friday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Californian are currently under orders to reduce consumption by an average of 25 percent, as compared with 2013. Brown’s order would […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE — Douglas County is all-in when it comes to the loop road on the South Shore. A portion of the recently approved gas tax will be going toward the Highway 50 realignment. Tahoe Transportation District officials are tweaking some of the five alternatives to be studied in the environmental impact statement. […]
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The various crossings over the Truckee River in Tahoe City have evolved through time. Fanny Bridge was built in 1928 parallel to the Tahoe City dam, which was built 15 years earlier. The dam became listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. Directly north of the bridge […]
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By Paul Nelson, KTVN-TV Jay Quintin has been hitting the slopes for most of his life. As a kid, he became a pro snowboarder, known as “Smokin Jay.” Six years ago, Quintin got into the business of manufacturing snowboards, naming his business “Smokin Snowboards”. What started in his Lake Tahoe basement has grown into an international business, […]
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