If you are in search of spring, leave Lake Tahoe. Winter-like weather is in the forecast for much of next week. Rain is likely to arrive late morning on Sunday, with it turning to snow overnight. A mix of rain and snow is in the forecast for most of the week. The National Weather Service […]
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Lake Tahoe-Truckee nonprofits will benefit from Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz and his wife, Elana’s, $1.6 million donation to causes where the company does business. The South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center and Tahoe Truckee Community Collaborative will each receive $125,000. Through this grant, the South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center, in partnership with the […]
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· South Lake Tahoe youth ages 5-13 may participate in the Junior Giants program this summer. Register online between now and June 1. · Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is looking for participants in the next Leadership Lake Tahoe class. The deadline to apply is June 12. For details, go online. · Your […]
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By Kathryn Reed A collapsed sewer line in the Tahoe Keys has caused a sink hole that will take several days to fix. Tahoe Keys Boulevard west of where it intersects with Venice Drive is closed, and will be for a few days as South Tahoe Public Utility District crews work to fix the break. […]
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If conditions are favorable, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, California State Parks and U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations on April 17. Operations may take place near Meeks Bay, Tahoe City, Glenbrook, Round Hill, Lower Kingsbury Grade, South Lake Tahoe, and Meyers. Weather permitting, operations may continue over the next several weeks. Each […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada could see weeks of Katrina-style flooding when warm spring and summer sunshine melts the massive snowpack blanketing the Sierra Nevada. That’s according to the Nevada National Guard and other emergency planners and responders who briefed Gov. Brian Sandoval on potential disaster scenarios. “Typically, Nevada experiences flash flooding,” Col. Cory […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Roulette, the iconic casino game featured in numerous Hollywood movies, is making a bit of a comeback in Nevada casinos, showing marked increases this year and through most of 2016, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The win from roulette was up 58.87 percent in Nevada in February […]
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By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun A flower in one hand and a book in the other, Sarah Winnemucca’s sculpted presence in Washington, D.C., and Nevada pays tribute to a legacy that state lawmakers are looking to enhance. Winnemucca is the first Native American woman to write a book, titled “Life Among the Piutes: Their […]
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Updated April 17: By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe Public Utility District’s hydroelectric plant in Alpine County is expected to be online this fall, with power being sold to Liberty Utilities. The South Lake Tahoe-based water-sewer district had hoped to have the plant operational a few years ago, but money and construction delays pushed the date […]
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By Joe Mathews Dearest Nevada, Marry me. And not in a chapel off the Strip. I, California, want a real grown-up marriage with you, Nevada. Look how much we already have in common. I’m the Golden State; you’re the Silver State. More than 90 percent of your people live within an hour of my eastern […]
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