By Nate Rangel Twenty-three years ago, back in 1994, Bernard Carlson filed suit against El Dorado County and the permitted professional outfitters on the South Fork of the American River. He claimed that the granting of permits, under existing law which protects the environment, the community and local taxpayers, was a discretionary act and that […]
Read more
By Dave McIntyre, Washington Post Jan and Michael Gibson are wine lovers who don’t go to wine stores. Instead, they go directly to the wineries, and have the wines shipped to their home in Rockville, Md. They are part of the small but rapidly growing “direct to consumer” sales channel that is chipping away […]
Read more
By Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee Early alumni of California’s community college transfer program are showing promising results for the 7-year-old law’s efforts to ease the path to a bachelor’s degree. Of a group of nearly 1,100 students who transferred to California State University in fall 2013 with the associate degree for transfer, 48 percent graduated […]
Read more
By Sam Gross and Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal Peter Cytanovic will start his senior year at UNR on Aug. 28. UNR and the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada referenced the First Amendment in defending Cytanovic, who will not be expelled and will keep a job on campus. Cytanovic was identified as a participant in […]
Read more
The Nevada Highway Patrol Association and MADD are partnering to end drunken and drugged driving, support victims of drunken driving, and bring an end to underage drinking. Both organizations will tackle key issues such as reducing the number of drunken and impaired drivers on the highways and staffing NHP vacancies that currently hinder effective enforcement. […]
Read more
Achieve Tahoe (formerly Disabled Sports USA Far West) will host its 28th annual Foam Fest fundraiser Sept. 2 from 2-6pm on the KT Sundeck at Squaw Valley. Foam Fest brings people together for an afternoon of beer tasting and live music; this year featuring Ozomatli. Proceeds from the event support Achieve Tahoe’s yearlong one-to-one adaptive […]
Read more
The 5th annual Tahoe Mountain Bike and Brew Festival in Meyers is Aug. 26-27. The free festival staged at Divided Sky will include live music, beer garden, barbecue, kids zone, vendors, and lots of riding. The latest bikes from Ibis, Specialized, Trek, Norco, Pivot, YT Industries, Intense, and Rocky Mtn will be available to try. […]
Read more
By Paige Blankenbuehler, High Country News This month the Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee had a hearing to discuss the fate of Superfund, a program of the Environmental Protection Agency. The meeting comes one week after the Superfund task force, which was created by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in May, released its first report […]
Read more
Tahoe Youth & Family Services’ annual ColorBlast 5K Run is Aug. 19 during Carson Valley Medical Center’s Health Fest 2017. Runners get covered from head to toe in different colors at each 1K marker while running or walking the course. Each section has a different color. All of the colors are safe because they are […]
Read more
· Sept. 2 is a free fishing day in California. · Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s After Five Mixer at Zephyr Cove Resort is Sept. 28 from 5-7:30pm. Cost is $10 for members, $20 for others. · The Nevada Department of Wildlife, city of Reno, Truckee River Foundation and One Truckee River Initiative […]
Read more