To the community, During a recent District 5 constituent gathering in Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery’s office in Tahoe City, Fire Chief Michael Schwartz stated: “On average, we put out a fire a day around here.” One day — likely a windy day — one of these fires is sure get out of hand, or some monster […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal On a recent Sunday the classroom in the Verdi library was filled with people who wanted to go hunting in Nevada. But it took the story of an African lion hunt from the 1960s to illustrate how when it comes to hunting there’s an incredibly fine line between success and disaster. […]
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By Sean Munger Two hundred years ago this week, the Great September Gale struck New England. The “gale” swamped the coastlines of five states with storm surges up to 15 feet. It reduced dozens of ships in Boston, Providence, and other harbors to matchsticks, and destroyed houses, churches, and barns from Long Island to New […]
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· Fall Food Fest, a fundraiser for the Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation, is Oct. 10 from 6-9:30pm at Hard Rock Casino. Tickets are $50. For more information, email nrollston@sbcglobal.net or call Nancy Rollston at 530.314.9101. · The Village at Squaw will transform into a Bavarian biergarten on Sept. 26 from 2-6pm. · Sustainable Forestry Initiative with the […]
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By Rich Landers, Spokesman-Review The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined after a four year-study that the greater sage-grouse does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act as long as states and ranchers work to improve the plight of the bird on 60 million acres of sagebrush lands across 11 western states. The […]
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On Sept. 19, more than 400 employees from Heavenly Mountain Resort, Northstar and Kirkwood Mountain Resort gathered to breathe new life into the North and South Lake Tahoe Boys & Girls Club locations, as well as help with various trail maintenance projects on Sawtooth Trail and throughout the Martis Valley in partnership with the Truckee […]
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By Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle Federal health officials are urging Americans to start getting their influenza shots and emphasized that, unlike last year, this year’s vaccine appears to be a good match with the strains of flu they expect to hit the U.S. More than 170 million doses of the vaccine are being produced, […]
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To the community, The Placer County Transportation Planning Agency is strongly considering asking the voters to increase the sales tax countywide by 0.5 percent (half cent) in 2016 in order to fund transportation related projects such as roads, trails, and transit. It would require a two-thirds majority to pass, and funds would be dedicated to […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Reno Gazette-Journal The agitated man wearing a red sweat shirt who rushed into the Washoe County Commission chambers on Monday and began pacing in the lobby was already familiar to Reno City Council members. After the man pulled a Roundup bottle out of his shirt and started to drink from it during public […]
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Night Series will conclude with the final races of the season on Sept. 26. These family-friendly cross country night bike races feature a custom illuminated course that runs through the Lake Tahoe Golf Course, over fairways, into the rough, through sand traps and over bridges with the occasional cart path. The course is approximately 3 miles […]
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