By Larry Weitzman Most new vehicles with a sport designation are in name only, but not the Hyundai Elantra Sport, which actually means something with respect to the car so named. The Elantra is a highly competitive, grown-up quality compact and the Sport version definitely adds to the driving experience with a more engaging, dynamic […]
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· Nevada residents and visitors are invited to discover Nevada State Parks on June 10. Park visitors will receive free day use admission and free fishing (no license required) at all of Nevada’s 23 State Parks. · Friends of Hope Valley’s annual workday is June 10 starting at 9am. Meet at Pickett’s Junction. On July […]
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Lightning on early evening of May 29 started a wildland fire in the Fay-Luther Canyon in the Carson Valley. It was contained to less than an acre. No structures were threatened. Smoke from the fire could be seen from quite a ways away. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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To the community, On May 8, Emily Davis, Kirkwood Mountain Resort Human Resources supervisor, experienced her first Adopt A Day volunteer stint at a Bread & Broth Monday meal. “It was such a wonderful and fulfilling experience giving back to the community like this,” was Davis’ description of setting up and serving a healthy and […]
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By Camalot Todd, Las Vegas Sun Every 9 seconds a woman in America is beaten or assaulted. Nevada consistently ranks high in deaths related to domestic violence. In 2016, there were at least 24, according to the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence. The year before, 43 victims lost their lives. Those numbers […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Tahoe-area climber Adrian Ballinger on Saturday joined elite club of people who climbed to the top of Mount Everest without using supplemental oxygen. It was Ballinger’s seventh time to the top of the mountain and his first without using supplemental oxygen. He attempted a non-oxygen climb last year but suffered hypothermia […]
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By Sacramento Bee What started as a fun Memorial Day weekend rock-climbing outing in the Sierra took a scary turn for a couple and their dog on Sunday that ended in a helicopter rescue. As the trio began climbing the base of Luther Rock just south of Lake Tahoe, the man, identified only as John, […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt Cloud seeding over the upper portion of the American River watershed from Fresh Pond to Twin Bridges in El Dorado County may be expanding next winter. Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is having a public meeting in Strawberry on June 1 to discuss its plans to increase the cloud seeding area of […]
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By Michael Z. Newman In the early 1980s, spurred by the incredible popularity of Atari, Space Invaders and Pac-Man, everyone seemed to be talking about video games, if not obsessively playing them. A 1982 cover of Time magazine screamed “GRONK! FLASH! ZAP! Video Games are Blitzing the World!” If you turned on the radio that […]
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By Robin McDowell, Reese Dunklin, Emily Schmall and Justin Pritchard, AP BRUNSWICK, Maine — Chaz Wing was 12 when they came after him. The classmates who tormented him were children, too, entering the age of pimples and cracking voices. Eventually, he swore under oath, the boys raped him and left him bleeding, the culmination of […]
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