By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A group of Nevada researchers plans to take solar eclipse viewing to new heights. They’re launching a balloon outfitted with cameras to the edge of space just as the eclipse shadow rolls over eastern Oregon and Idaho. The idea is to capture unique images from the first total solar eclipse […]
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is conducting an art contest to select the design for the state’s 2017-18 upland game bird stamp. The contest is open to all U.S. residents ages 18 and over. Entries will be accepted from Oct. 30 through Nov.15. This year’s stamp will feature the Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicate), […]
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Nevada Department of Transportation officials are reminding motorists to drive safely as an eclipse darkens Nevada skies on Aug. 21. In Northern Nevada, the sun will be as much as 90 percent eclipsed during mid-morning hours of Aug. 21. Approximately 200 million people, nearly two-thirds of the country’s population, live within a day’s drive of […]
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By Kathryn Reed When South Lake Tahoe was incorporated in 1965 many of the roads were still dirt. The engineering at the time called for asphalt to be laid on top of the dirt. That’s not how things are done today, especially in an environment with a freeze-thaw cycle like Tahoe. Bad roads to begin […]
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By Jason Geddes, Reno Gazette-Journal As every Nevadan knows, our state sees a lot of sunshine. What is news to some, however, is how we’ve increasingly used that natural resource to our advantage by adding significant amounts of solar power to the state’s energy mix. And with recent cost declines – 85 percent since […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A judge cleared the way Thursday for Nevada to allow more businesses to move marijuana from growers to stores in an effort to keep up with overwhelming demand since recreational pot sales began last month. Carson City District Judge James Russell lifted an order blocking regulators from issuing pot distribution licenses […]
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By Beth J. Harpaz, AP International arrivals to the U.S. increased 2 percent in January 2017 compared with January 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Wednesday. The 5.6 million international visitors who arrived this past January represented the first monthly increase in inbound international visits to the U.S. since June 2016, the agency said […]
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By Richard N. Velotta Las Vegas Review-Journal Airline seat capacity has grown at Reno-Tahoe International Airport over the past 2½ years, but it still hasn’t reached levels prior to the Great Recession, the Nevada Commission on Tourism was told Wednesday. About 5 million seats are flown into the airport serving Reno on nine airlines from […]
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The eclipse glasses the Douglas County library handed out are being recalled. The vendor informed the library administration on Aug. 17 that it had “not received confirmation from the supplier of your order that they sourced the item from a recommended manufacturer. We recommend that you do not use this product to view the sun […]
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· The League to Save Lake Tahoe is hosting a beach cleanup day on Sept. 4 from 8:30am-noon. RSVP online. · AAUW-South Lake Tahoe branch general meeting will be Sept. 9 at 10:30am in the Aspen Room at Lake Tahoe Community College. Tech Trek scholarship campers will be presenting on their camp experience. Guests are […]
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