The land where private docks have been built at Donner Lake is the subject of a lawsuit. The nonprofit Save Our Shores Donner Lake is suing the California State Lands Commission. The issue is who owns the land where the docks are. The nonprofit is a group of Donner Lake lakefront property owners The state […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Upper Truckee River in South Lake Tahoe has reached flood stage, is expected to be higher than it was in January and could reach 1997 levels. “The Upper Truckee River changed course. It took the easiest way through the snow,” Jim Marino, South Lake Tahoe assistant public works director, told Lake […]
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By Paul Deanno, KPIX-TV It appears California has come out of the drought, with a fury. Atmospheric rivers, more commonly known as Pineapple Express storms, fueled by Hawaiian tropical waters, have pounded the Bay Area, and the state, with rain. But this is not new. Over 100 years ago California was in the same boat, […]
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· Registration is open for Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s summer youth backcountry camps. For more info, go online. · The North Lake Tahoe Bridal Faire is Feb. 26 from 11am-3pm at the Olympic Village Lodge. · Paul Wowk, owner of Colorado-based Snowshoe magazine, says Northstar is one of the best places to try snowshoeing for the first […]
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By Tom Miller, KCRA-TV More than 60 homes in South Lake Tahoe and surrounding communities have flooded –- the result of relentless rain and melting snow. Snow berms that have built up along the side of the road are acting like dams, steering the water down the street — and in many cases, down driveways […]
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To the community, Nikki Verdile, one of the incredible sponsor volunteers from Beach Retreat & Lodge, was really happy to be helping at the Monday meal at Grace Hall on Jan. 30. “This opportunity was educational in so many ways,” commented Verdile. “I met new people, heard wonderful stories, and best of all, everyone was […]
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By Kathryn Reed In the same week that much of Northern California, including the Lake Tahoe Basin, is contending with flooding, the State Water Resources Control Board said water conservation is necessary. South Tahoe PUD had voiced its disgust with this regulation prior to the Feb. 8 decision via a letter to the water board. […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 6, 2017, Reno Gazette-Journal. If prosecutors, defense attorneys, the police or any other agent can come into a newsroom and take a reporter’s materials, journalists cannot do their jobs independently. Yet that is what an attorney in a local drug case demands. Theresa Ristenpart represents Braden Riley, […]
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By Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal State Sen. Don Gustavson is using history as his guide as he again attempts to require Nevada students to learn cursive handwriting by the end of third grade. Gustavson, R-Sparks, has even included the Founding Fathers in his cursive cause, which began with the 2015 legislative session and continued […]
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By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Canada’s Erik Guay became the oldest World Champion in alpine skiing history, winning the men’s super G Wednesday at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) was the top American in 14th. For Guay – the 35-year-old veteran of the Canadian Ski Team and one of […]
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