To the community, We have been witness to the violence that has taken place this weekend during the white nationalist march in Charlottesville, Va. One of the marchers photographed has been identified as a UNR student. Racism and white supremacist movements have a corrosive effect on our society. These movements do not represent our values […]
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Little No Name is one of 12 kittens who just arrived at the shelter this past Saturday. They arrived at a good time. All cats previously at the shelter had been adopted. These 12, plus a teenager and an adult who arrived with them, are all ready to go home. Many are bottle babies, most […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt A judge has found portions of El Dorado County’s Measure E to be valid, while striking down others as unconstitutional. Measure E is the controversial voter-approved roads and land use ballot initiative from June 2016. The initiative passed by a slim margin last summer following a contentious fight over whether it would […]
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To the community, The Summer B&B 4 Kids program is off to a roaring start. Thanks to the foresight of Vail President Rob Katz and his wife, Elana Amsterdam, the South Lake Tahoe summer program is in full swing. Vail and B&B have been amazed and excited to be able to provide children up to […]
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By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times You’ve heard about the carbon footprint, but what about the carbon pawprint? According to a study, U.S. cats’ and dogs’ eating patterns have as big an effect as driving 13.6 million cars for a year. The findings, published in the journal PLOS ONE, reveals how our furry, four-legged […]
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Vacation home rentals are expected to back on the South Lake Tahoe City Council agenda in September, which could bring even more changes to the controversial practice. Meetings have been taking place among both sides of the issue with select elected officials. Saturation and density are being looked at, which is new. Defining the size […]
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By Karl Puckett, Tree Source The harder we struggle against wildfires, the deeper we sink, like we’re in quicksand, says Mark Finney, research forester for the U.S Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station. “It’s called the fire paradox,” says Finney, a fire behavior expert based at the Missoula Fire Sciences Lab in Montana. “The more […]
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By Sean Whaley Las Vegas Review-Journal A district judge on Friday temporarily halted any effort by the Department of Taxation to license additional distributors of recreational marijuana other than liquor wholesalers. The order sought by the Independent Alcohol Distributors of Nevada was granted by District Judge James Todd Russell after he said the tax agency […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Nevada game wardens who spend most their time hunting down big-game poachers are focusing on a serious threat to nature in a lake: An invasive fish species that eats all the other fish prized by anglers and then turns cannibalistic. The Nevada Department of Wildlife is offering a $10,000 reward to […]
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