By Associated Press Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke reiterated his support for addressing a maintenance backlog at national parks during a visit this month to the one named for a U.S. president known for championing conservation. Zinke toured the Peaceful Valley Ranch at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, a former dude ranch that is on the National […]
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By Lake Tahoe News An algae bloom in the Tahoe Keys similar to what cropped up last August is back. “We started monitoring for this at the beginning of April. We found it at multiple locations in the Keys,” Greg Hoover, with the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association’s water quality staff, told Lake Tahoe News. […]
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Tahoe Rim Trail Association, Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association and U.S. Forest Service are organizing a morning community trailhead cleanup on June 2. This is part of National Trails Day. Volunteers are needed to remove graffiti off of massive granite boulders and remove garbage on a trail connector into Van Sickle Bi-State Park. The event […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle The legalization of cannabis in California has done almost nothing to halt illegal marijuana growing by Mexican drug cartels, which are laying bare large swaths of national forest in California, poisoning wildlife, and siphoning precious water out of creeks and rivers, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott said Tuesday. The […]
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· Tahoe City Food and Wine Classic is June 16, 1-5pm. More info is online. · South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Arts Alliance will host an art gallery reception and networking mixer on June 18 at 6pm at City Hall. This opening will feature all the Best in Show artists from the Lake Tahoe Community […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Health officials in Placer County say a Tahoe-area resident died after contracting hantavirus. According to a statement from county health officials, rodents at the home where the resident lived and worked were the likely source, health officials said. They said the public is not at risk from the source tied to […]
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By Levi Sumagaysay, Bay Area News Group The California State Senate on Wednesday approved a net neutrality bill that has been called the “gold standard” of such bills in the nation, as states grapple with a controversial repeal of Obama-era federal rules meant to ensure an open internet. The state senate voted 23 to 12 […]
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After a one-year hiatus, the Truckee Duckee Derbee returns to the River Ranch Lodge on June 24. Billed as the “most unpredictable two minutes in Tahoe,” this year’s event will mark the official summer opening of River Ranch’s popular outdoor patio. The rubber duck races, which were canceled last year because of high water conditions, […]
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To the community, I’m glad that you are opposed publicly to Mr. [Kenny] Curtzwiler’s attempt at supervisor. As I recall back to late October, or perhaps early November, he made a proposal that I contend was absurd. Curtzwiler said that to raise money to repair our city streets, we should assess an added tax against […]
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South Lake Tahoe Optimist Club will be having its annual Kids Fishing Derby on June 2 at Sawmill Pond in South Lake Tahoe. It is free to everyone 14 and younger. Fishing tackle and bait will be available, as well as instruction from Tahoe Fly Fishing guides. There will also be a free fish cleaning […]
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