By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal If fishing reports existed 250 million years ago they probably would have warned anglers to bring extra sturdy line to Northern Nevada. That’s because newly described fossil evidence shows the warm waters of the time were home to a toothy apex predator that chomped its prey like a modern shark. […]
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Updated 5:35pm: The fire burning near the Mount Rose Highway is 35 percent contained and has burned 29 acres. Lightning started the Whites Fire on Aug. 1 near the White Creek Trailhead southwest of Reno. Access to trails in that area is closed. “The fire is burning in an area that is rocky and extremely […]
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By Tony Berendsen On Aug. 21, along a 70-mile -wide path of totality, stretching from coast to coast of the United States, millions of people will experience a total solar eclipse. The last total eclipse in the U.S. happened in 1979, so this will be the first total eclipse experience for many Americans. For those […]
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The former Kingsbury Middle School property is back on Douglas County School District board’s agenda. The electeds will be asked to approve or deny a sales extension to Patrick Taylor at the Aug. 8, 3:30pm meeting in Stateline. The Cave Rock resident a year ago entered into an agreement to purchase the Stateline site for […]
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Slow Food Lake Tahoe is offering a tour of edible gardens on Aug. 13 from 9am-2 pm. This is an opportunity to get ideas for gardens of all shapes and sizes, from a beginner container garden to a high production permaculture greenhouse. It will be a caravan style tour beginning and ending at the […]
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By Kathryn Reed In the last five years, 137 environmental projects have been initiated in the Lake Tahoe Basin, with 207 in the planning stage. They will cost $1.5 billion to implement, but only $670 million has been secured. This was some of the information delivered at last week’s Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board […]
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Starting this week mechanical whole tree removal will take place on approximately 625 acres above Carnelian Bay and Tahoe Vista. Work is expected to conclude in mid-October. Thinning will begin off the east side of Highway 267 and forest road 16N52 (Gas Line Road). Depending on conditions, work will then proceed to the west side […]
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“Elizabeth Blue,” a movie about schizophrenia, is being brought to South Lake Tahoe by NAMI El Dorado. The drama stars Anna Schafer, Ryan Vincent, Kathleen Quinlan, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. The story centers on the Elizabeth — played by Schafer — who suffers from schizophrenia and is struggling to regain control of her mental stability and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Five years ago today one of the saddest and what turns out to be best things happened. My friend Joy died and her dog became a member of my family. When Joy was diagnosed with cancer the previous fall one of the first things she did was ensure AJ’s future. I tried […]
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By Mark Niquette and Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg President Trump has promised to expand broadband service to rural areas as part of his $1 trillion nationwide infrastructure plan. That may be easier said than done. It would take an estimated $80 billion to extend broadband to all U.S. areas that lack it, but the White House […]
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