By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Steph Curry wields a golf club better than the average player, but what he excels at over most is performing at a high caliber in the raucous atmosphere known at the American Century Championship. He said playing professional basketball in boisterous arenas, especially on the road where there are thousands […]
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By Andrew D. Hwang, The Conversation Humans are the most populous large mammal on Earth today, and probably in all of geological history. This World Population Day, humans number in the vicinity of 7.5 to 7.6 billion individuals. Can the Earth support this many people indefinitely? What will happen if we do nothing to manage […]
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A Gardnerville man who was involved in a motorcycle accident July 8 on Kingsbury Grade has died from his injuries. Dana Edward Orgill, 69, was headed toward the Carson Valley at about 2:45pm that day when he “failed to negotiate a left curve and drove off the highway onto the gravel shoulder area,” according to […]
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A Bay Area man was stabbed Thursday in a South Lake Tahoe parking lot all over a dispute about a parking space, according to police officers. The incident occurred in front of CVS in the Bijou Center at about 10:30am July 12. Officers said they found Scott Nevin, 51, of San Jose bleeding from the […]
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Construction is under way to improve a section of Fountain Place Road at Saxon Creek off Pioneer Trail near South Lake Tahoe. Federal contractors supported by U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit construction crews are working to replace the existing 6-foot culvert with a 30-foot bridge and improve access by removing trees, patching […]
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By Larry Weitzman Camry’s have been offered for decades with a V-6 option and all of them have been high performance automobiles in their time, even the original 2.5L V-6 going back to the late 1980s with about 160 hp. With the advent of this eighth generation Camry comes the most powerful Camry ever now […]
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· The Douglas County Public Library is having an outdoor storytime at Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa on July 20 at 11am. Children of all ages are invited. · Grover Hot Springs State Park in Markleeville plans to make ADA improvements to trails. · Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation’s annual Taste of Gold […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and Heavenly Mountain Resort are offering ranger led hikes every day at 11am and 1pm. While the hike is free, it does require paying for the gondola ride. The hikes start from the top of the gondola. They last about 90 minutes and are moderately difficult. […]
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The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Corps is offering an emergency preparedness and response training academy beginning July 19. The training is free and trainees are not required to become a Citizen Corps volunteer to participate. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Academy provides residents with the information they need to help save lives and […]
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By Merrit Kennedy, NPR Convicted murderer Scott Dozier has clearly and repeatedly stated that he wants to be executed. The planned execution, using a three-drug cocktail, had been set for Wednesday evening at Ely State Prison in Nevada. Experts say it would be the first time the opioid fentanyl was used in a U.S. execution. […]
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