By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A type of toad that only lives in a remote Nevada valley could be in trouble if proposed geothermal power project becomes reality. Ormat Nevada is seeking permission from the Bureau of Land Management to build two 30-megawatt power plants and 15 production and injection wells on federal land about […]
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By Anita Chabria, Sacramento Bee Alisa Holleron and her group of political activists were calling Rep. Tom McClintock’s offices every day for months when they started receiving what she describes as a “chilling” greeting from his staff a few weeks ago. “They started saying that we were impeding … the functioning of a federal […]
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Tragedy was averted Friday with the help of North Tahoe firefighters. A man needed rescuing from the Truckee River near River Ranch on June 30 at about 2:20pm. “Apparently he was tubing down the Truckee River when he got stuck on one of the pilings of a bridge due to a complication of a rope […]
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By Kathryn Reed My book club friends say John Sandford is a great read at the beach – fast, easy and not intellectual. That sounds perfect to me. The problem, though, is one of his latest books, “Escape Clause” (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2016), is really bad. So bad that it seemed like torture “having” to […]
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By Kathryn Reed While graduations are a time to celebrate accomplishments, they are also the demarcation of new beginnings. And so today begins a new chapter in the lives of 151 students who on June 30 said farewell to Lake Tahoe Community College. “Take a piece of Tahoe love and spread it across the planet […]
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By Erik Hansen, U.S. Travel Association Does Washington know where to start on an infrastructure overhaul? Fixing America’s infrastructure is an oft-repeated goal of the Trump administration, and an element of his agenda with the potential to rally bipartisan cooperation. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has said an outline of the administration’s infrastructure plan is […]
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By Matt Stoller, Huffington Post To understand the depth and breadth of Jeff Bezos’ ambitions for the company he built, type www.relentless.com into your browser. The domain Bezos registered in 1994 will redirect to Amazon, the company aptly, and ambitiously, nicknamed The Everything Store. He tells his shareholders that the company will act like […]
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By Brooke Warren and Paige Blankenbuehler, High Country News A network of long trails crisscrosses the West, through open deserts and wild forests. Many trails follow historic routes where people made pilgrimages or embarked on exploratory expeditions. The National Trails System, managed by the National Park Service, has officially designated some of these extensive trails. […]
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By Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal An ambitious goal to improve Nevada students’ performance on a college readiness test might take a little longer to get moving. For the third consecutive year, the average ACT score of more than 34,000 students in the state — the majority of them high school juniors — was stagnant […]
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By Kit Bailey After 38 years, I can retire knowing I’ve been a part of change and growth in the wildland fire community. Starting out as a seasonal firefighter for California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and working my way up in the Forest Service, I set out to become a forest fire management […]
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