By Susan Wood One of South Lake Tahoe’s main crosstown arteries is getting a face lift. Once the design process is wrapped up, the city expects to begin construction on Sierra Boulevard’s complete street plan – which should be next year. The extensive transportation project driven primarily by human power is now in the environmental […]
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By David Goldfield It began as a loving effort to heal the South’s wounds, to properly mourn the young men who gave their lives for a lost cause, and to extract dignity from the humiliation of defeat. Immediately after the Civil War ended, the white women of the South went to work. They tended graves, […]
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By Sawyer D’Argonne, Denver Post Hate ski boots? You’re not alone. A new company called Envy Snow Sports is about to roll out a line of ski frames, which allow skiers to strap into their bindings while wearing snowboard boots. After four years of development, the Envy Ski Frame will finally be available this winter. […]
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By Phuong Le, Associated Press Legendary mountain climber Fred Beckey, who wrote dozens of books and is credited with notching more first ascents than any other American mountaineer, has died. He was 94. Megan Bond, a close friend who managed his affairs, told the Associated Press that Beckey died of natural causes in her Seattle […]
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A section of Highway 140 on Thursday was dedicated in memory of two fallen U.S. Bureau of Land Management firefighters who lost their lives in a 2016 traffic crash, one of whom was from Zephyr Cove. On July 10, 2016, BLM wildland firefighters Jacob O’Malley, 27, and Will Hawkins, 22, of Reno died in a […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee As massive fires that would kill more than 40 people ravaged his state last month, Gov. Jerry Brown met with state emergency officials, jabbing at culprits of the latest disaster. “That’s the way it is with a warming climate, dry weather and reducing moisture,” Brown warned. “These kinds of catastrophes […]
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Placer County already knows how it is going to spend its share of California’s new gasoline tax revenues — on the weather-beaten West Shore roads. An increase in gas taxes tat took effect Nov. 1 are expected to generate $3 million in revenues for the county, and an estimated $7 million to $10 million a […]
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· Live Violence Free is looking for financial donations in order to provide its clients with the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal. To donate, go online. · Tahoe National Forest fire managers plan to implement more than 5,000 acres of prescribed fires now through June 2018 using a combination of understory and pile burning. · […]
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Tahoe Rim Trail Association is giving people an alternative to Black Friday shopping by offering a family-friendly guided hike through Van Sickle Bi-State Park. TRTA guides will lead the trek, passing through a regenerating, wildfire burn zone on the way up to panoramic vistas of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra and Carson mountain ranges. Along […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Skiers and snowboarders struggling with the decision to buy a season pass or book a destination shouldn’t expect much help from seasonal weather forecasts. That’s because forecasts that lay odds on temperature and precipitation months in advance are notoriously unreliable. Just look back to November of 2016 when the forecast […]
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