The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, which includes local, state and federal agencies, may continue prescribed fire operations this week in some locations around Lake Tahoe, weather and conditions permitting. Smoke may be present. To receive prescribed fire notifications, send an email to pa_ltbmu@fs.fed.us. When weather and conditions allow, prescribed fire operations are conducted to […]
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El Dorado County Board of Supervisors vacation home rental ad hoc committee will meet Feb. 12 from 1:30-3:30pm at the California Conservation Corps in Meyers. Supervisors Sue Novasel and Mike Ranalli are the committee members. They are gathering input and will eventually make a recommendation to the full board about changes to the VHR ordinance. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Rotting teeth fill the screen. Some are black from nicotine; some are decaying from drug use. Gums that have never been brushed reveal teeth that have seen better days and likely can’t be saved. It was like a science project gone bad unfolding before the students’ eyes. Only this was real life. […]
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By Jonathan Thompson, High Country News This month, hundreds of corporate representatives will sit down at their computers, log into something called Energynet, and bid, eBay style, for more than 300,000 acres of federal land spread across five Western states. They will pay as little as $2 per acre for control of parcels in southeastern […]
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By Derek Thompson, The Atlantic The monopolies are coming. In almost every economic sector, including television, books, music, groceries, pharmacies, and advertising, a handful of companies control a prodigious share of the market. The beer industry has been one of the worst offenders. The refreshing simplicity of Blue Moon, the vanilla smoothness of Boddingtons, the […]
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By Jane Ann Morrison, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada Supreme Court had two open seats in this fall’s election. Now there is just one. Abbi Silver, chief judge of the Court of Appeals, was elected outright when no one filed against her. The other seat drew five candidates, requiring a primary election to whittle them […]
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By Doyle Rice, USA Today The dry times are back. Drought has returned with a vengeance across much of the United States, with the worst conditions across southern and western parts of the nation. As of Thursday, 38.4 percent of the continental U.S. is in a drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. That is […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe is offering free skiing to passholders of neighboring resorts with the “Have One On Us” program. Passholders from Dodge Ridge Ski Area and China Peak Mountain Resort will be granted one day of free skiing at Sierra-at-Tahoe through the end of February. Free skiing for eligible passholders is available Sunday through Friday, non-holiday until Feb. 28. […]
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· The Mormon Emigrant Trail is closed for the winter to vehicles. · There will be a free radon presentation Feb. 21, 6pm at IVGID public works at 1220 Sweetwater Road, Incline Village. Free radon test kits are available to Nevada residents through Feb. 28 at the Incline Village Recreation Center while supplies last. · […]
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By Todd Dewey, Las Vegas Review-Journal The house doesn’t always win, especially when the Patriots are in the Super Bowl and a mystery bettor riding an epic hot streak is on the other side. Caesars Palace sports book reported a seven-figure win on the Eagles’ 41-33 upset of New England in Super Bowl LII and […]
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