Updated Dec. 15, 3:35pm: By Kathryn Reed A day of skiing at Heavenly Mountain Resort could end on a bad note from now on for those parking at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. The Stateline casino as of Dec. 14 is no longer allowing anyone – not just skiers – to park in the lot unless they […]
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By Associated Press Loss of water from rocks during drought caused California’s Sierra Nevada to rise nearly an inch in height from October 2011 to October 2015, according to a new NASA study made public Wednesday. The study also found that in the following two years of increased snow and rain, the rocks in the […]
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Charan Ranganath, director of the UC Davis Memory and Plasticity Program and professor of psychology, will give a talk in Incline Village on Jan. 18 about the cutting-edge of human memory research. Recent discoveries in neuroscience have revealed significant insights into how we remember and how we can remember better. Evidence shows that the very […]
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· Stephen Graves and Eric Jenkins are Douglas County Sheriff’s Office’s newest deputies. · The Aviation Roundup Airshow on Oct. 13-14, 2018, at the Minden airport will feature the Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron. · El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Family Caregiver Support Program will present a free Aging & Caregiver […]
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By Tali Arbel and Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press In a vote along party lines, the federal government has ended sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet. The Thursday vote at the Federal Communications Commission will likely usher in big changes in how Americans use the internet, a radical departure from more than […]
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By Rebecca Worby, High Country News On Sept. 14, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue officially declared that the 2017 fire season was the Forest Service’s most expensive ever, with costs topping $2 billion. Perdue noted that fire suppression, which accounted for just 16 percent of the agency’s budget in 1995, now takes up over 55 […]
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The Nevada Department of Transportation wants public input on the State Management Plan, which defines the administration of federal funding to rural transit services. Nevada’s local transit services provide more than 5 million rides a year. Each year, NDOT utilizes nearly $10 million in Federal Transit Administration funds to support local transit, including purchasing more […]
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A South Lake Tahoe homeowner averted disaster after pine needles started smoldering from heat tape that had been left on. Firefighters responded Dec. 14 to a report of a fire in the eves of a house. The occupant used a extinguisher to put out flames. Officials said the roof and gutter were full of pine […]
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Alpine County offices were closed two days last week because of water damage from a frozen pipe. Authorities said a fire sprinkler line broke. This surprised everyone because it was believed to have been dry. It took 30 minutes to turn the water off. In that time, carpets in the lobby, corridor, assessor’s office, clerk’s […]
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By David Bunker, Tahoe Quarterly For someone who has lived his life in the snowboarding spotlight, Danny Davis seems utterly comfortable sipping coffee in a tucked away corner of downtown Truckee’s Dark Horse Coffee Roasters. It’s a crisp October day, a world away from screaming X Games fans and the international stage of the Winter […]
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