By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal It took a near-miracle but Lake Tahoe is once again holding enough water to supply Reno for as many as three years. That’s after a dismal start to winter during which snowpack in the Lake Tahoe basin was just 25 percent of the median peak on March 1. “We will […]
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It took South Lake Tahoe police officers a year to determine that the drowning death of a Sacramento woman was just that – a drowning. Pamela Suwinsky, 62, was reported missing by her ex-husband on April 3, 2017. Her body was recovered six days later by the El Dorado County dive team in the Upper […]
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The Eldorado National Forest will begin implementing the Power Fire Fuels Maintenance project today. Approximately 1,350 acres will be burned this week. These units are south of Highway 88 between Bear River Reservoir and the Mokelumne River in the 2004 Power Fire burn scar. Each prescribed fire operation follows a prescribed fire burn plan, which […]
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By Kathryn Reed It will be 12 years ago this fall that four design teams vied for the opportunity to develop what is known as the 56-acre parcel in South Lake Tahoe. The future of much of that land is still undetermined because the city and county are not on the same page. The county […]
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Publisher’s note: The editorial is from the March 29, 2018, Sacramento Bee. After one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfire seasons in California history, it would add travesty upon tragedy if officials don’t take significant steps to prepare for the next fire season. Thankfully, it appears that lawmakers and officials are learning some of […]
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By Joshua F.J. Inwood, The Conversation On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, while fighting for a 10-cent wage increase for garbage workers. These efforts by King were part of a broader and more sustained initiative known as the Poor People’s Campaign. King was working to broaden the scope of […]
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By Jessie Bekker, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada’s amphetamine death rate is highest in the nation and will soon eclipse the state’s prescription opioid death rate if current trends continue, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The death rate in Nevada attributed to “psychostimulants” — a class of drugs […]
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By Associated Press A new study on housing availability in western Nevada says there’s little hope of expanding affordable rental opportunities for residents on the shore of Lake Tahoe. The study concludes the “sheer expense” of development in Douglas County from south of Sand Harbor to the California line “makes it impractical for the development […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee CalFire wants to swap its fleet of “Apocalypse Now”-era firefighting helicopters for something a little more “Zero Dark Thirty.” The trouble is the machines the department is ready to buy cost twice as much as the Legislature expected when it set aside money two years ago to start buying new […]
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Members of the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, which includes local, state and federal agencies, will resume prescribed fire operations this week in multiple locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Weather and conditions permitting, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, California State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service will conduct prescribed fire operations […]
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