An 18-year-old South Lake Tahoe man is at Renown Medical Center in Reno after being hit while riding his bicycle. The name of the victim has not been released. He was struck by a vehicle at 3:53pm Aug. 11 on Ski Run Boulevard. The cause of the collision is under investigation. — Lake Tahoe News staff […]
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Eldorado National Forest is conducting three meetings about the draft Travel Analysis Report. The meetings are: Aug. 24, 5-8pm, Pollock Pines Community Center, 2675 Sanders Drive, Pollock Pines; Aug. 25, 4-7pm, Georgetown Ranger Station, U.S. Forest Service, 7600 Wentworth Springs Road Georgetown; Aug. 27, 5-8pm, Amador County Administration Building, Board of Supervisors Chambers, 810 Court St., Jackson. […]
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A South Shore man is scheduled to be arraigned next month in the July 9 shooting death of a bear. Gilbert Wetenkamp faces one misdemeanor count of unlawful taking of an animal. This is a violation under the state Fish and Wildlife code. The maximum penalty if convicted is one year in jail and a $1,000 […]
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By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal California’s cash-strapped parks system has a $1.2 billion maintenance backlog. But many of its 279 parks are getting spruced up anyway thanks to a secret weapon: conservation groups that have stepped in to rebuild trails, renovate restrooms and even buy more land. Park Champions, a program run by the […]
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· Visits to Nevada continue to climb, increasing by 2.6 percent in 2014 over the previous year. In 2014, Nevada saw 53.4 million visitors to the state. · The Village at Squaw Valley hosts the sixth annual Peaks and Paws, benefiting the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe, on Aug. 22. For more info, go online. · Nando Parrado, who […]
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By Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post Most kids are severely sleep deprived, and early school starting times aren’t helping. Across the country, only 17.7 percent of middle and high schools start classes after 8:30am, contrary to 2014 recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Instead, the average school start time for middle and high schools around […]
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By Laura Parker, National Geographic TWISP, Wash. — The largest fire in state history swept through the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range with explosive force last summer. The Carlton Complex Fire burned more than 250,000 acres, devouring everything in its path at the hypersonic pace of 3.8 acres per second. Until then, the top […]
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The incumbents on the Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District board are being challenged to force an election in November. For years this parks board has been appointed by sitting members. Four of the five seats are supposed to be elected, with the fifth being appointed by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. The District […]
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The Tahoe Heritage Foundation and Tahoe Institute for Nature Science is putting on a talk about Birds of Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Big Year on Aug. 14. This event will be at Taylor Creek Visitor Center at 8pm. A $5 donation benefits the Tahoe Heritage Foundation. Will Richardson will talk about birds in the basin, including […]
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The South Lake Tahoe junior hockey team is looking for families to house players for the upcoming hockey season. A billet family provides a home away from home environment for the players. Each player pays a monthly fee of $350 to the family to help cover meals and living expenses. Billet families also receive free home […]
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