By Lisa Respers France, CNN The longest-running holiday special still has a very shiny nose. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” premiered on television Dec. 6, 1964, and is now one of the holiday season’s perennial favorites. The story of the reindeer who saves Christmas is beloved among children and adults alike. The Rankin-Bass animated film production […]
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By Kathryn Reed Owners of Tahoe Tom’s on Dec. 8 were issued a letter by the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Board allowing the South Lake Tahoe gas station to shut down the onsite remediation system during the winter. Tahoe Tom’s has long been a source of contaminating the groundwater and affecting wells. Even though MTBE […]
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By Ed Joyce, California Public Radio Along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, runoff pollution from abandoned mines in “Gold Country” could threaten California’s primary water supply. A pilot project at one mine site is intended to prevent contaminated runoff from reaching the Yuba River. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy said more than 60 percent […]
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A storm coming from the Gulf of Alaska is expected to wallop the Sierra midweek. Rain and snow will arrive in eastern California-western Nevada late Wednesday-early Thursday. Forecasters with the National Weather Service are not putting a snow total amount out yet. It will depend how the system moves as to how much snow falls […]
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Mr. Boots is a 13-year-old Maine coon cat who has come back to the shelter. He was adopted, but was too rough for the dogs in his new home. He is nice with his people, but he might be best as an only pet. Mr. Boots qualifies for a free adoption to seniors and the […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Fewer uninsured Californians are seeking treatment in the state’s emergency rooms, a decline that experts say is a direct result of the federal Affordable Care Act. The trend represents welcome news for previously uninsured patients who had trouble affording a trip to the emergency room. But it has not brought down […]
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We had a pretty fun backcountry day Dec. 6. It seemed like everyone was out enjoying the fresh snow in high elevation. We snowmobiled into the Mt. Rose OHV area and up to the ridgeline there. Then we dropped in on a north facing aspect and used our split-boards to skin back out. We took a […]
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By Associated Press BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Vail Resorts Inc. today reported a fiscal first-quarter loss of $64.3 million. On a per-share basis, the Broomfield, Colo.-based company said it had a loss of $1.77. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $2.05 per share. The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of analysts surveyed by […]
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By Adam Beam, AP FRANKFORT, KY — Public school students in 13 districts across Kentucky will be home schooled — mainly via the Internet — during some snow days this year as part of an experiment aimed at keeping students learning amid the growing number of weather-related closings. The state’s solution has caused a new set […]
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By Susan Wood INCLINE VILLAGE – If a tree grows submerged in a lake, will anyone notice? That’s the prevailing question posed during a lecture at Sierra Nevada College last week by Benjamin Hatchett, who studies climate models for the Nevada State Climate Office of UNR. The talk, which brought out almost 100 people who […]
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