By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times The Trump administration is poised to abandon America’s pioneering fuel economy targets for cars and SUVs, a move that would undermine one of the world’s most aggressive programs to confront climate change and invite another major confrontation with California. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce in the […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Burning Man tickets disappeared on Wednesday faster than untethered tents in a playa dust storm. The 2018 Burning Man event presumably sold out 26,000 main sale tickets within a half hour, as purchasers began receiving notices that tickets were no longer available, though some vehicle passes were left. Burning Man, which attracts 68,000 […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal A public employee’s personal devices are open to public inspection under the state’s public records laws, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. “We conclude that the (Nevada Public Records Act) does not categorically exempt public records maintained on private devices or servers from disclosure,” Justice Michael Cherry wrote […]
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To address Truckee’s sustainability goals, programs will be introduced to residents within the incorporated area beginning this summer with the goal of eliminating the need for residents to purchase recycling and yard waste plastic bags, preventing recycling contamination, and increasing the amount of materials that can be recycled. To participate, Truckee residents must opt in […]
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WoodmenLife is sponsoring the “America Is…” video contest to get elementary school students excited about their country, and to show pride in their school and community. By sharing a 30-60 second video on the topic “What America means to me,” students and school representatives have the opportunity to win up to $2,500 for their school. […]
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Truckee Donner Public Utility District’s board of directors will discuss the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) & Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) on April 4. The board will consider a power sales contract with the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems for the CFPP. The Truckee Donner PUD has been investigating the potential of SMRs since […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Tahoe’s drastic, late-season snowpack recovery was the weather equivalent to the TV show “Fuller House,” a sequel that fueled nostalgia for the early 1990s but didn’t quite measure up to the original. From March 1 through Sunday snowpack in the Lake Tahoe area grew from 25 to 73 percent of the […]
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Squaw Valley Institute will be honoring Steve McKinney, a pioneer in U.S. skiing known as the “speed king,” on April 12. He will be awarded a posthumous Hall of Fame honor for his groundbreaking role in extreme and speed skiing. He was an American alpine skier and mountaineer who is acknowledged as an early pioneer […]
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· Truckee will host an informational workshop on April 16 at 2:30pm at the town hall regarding the planned expenditures of funds on road maintenance and improvement projects for fiscal year 2017-18. · Homewood Mountain Resort is extending its season to April 15. · Earth Day will be celebrated in South Lake Tahoe on April […]
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By Kathryn Reed No one foresees the threat of aquatic invasive species going away, so permanent inspection stations for boats are probably going to become the norm in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The first one is likely to be built in the Spooner Summit area. Nevada and U.S. Forest Service officials are studying it as […]
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