The California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Tuesday released a conservation plan for gray wolves in the state. The plan was created over the last two years with input form a varied group of stakeholders. “Wolves returning to the state was inevitable, we always knew that,” CDFW Director Charlton Bonham said in a statement. “Over […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is seeking volunteers to assist with the 2017 Winter Trek Conservation Education Program that begins in January. Shifts will be a minimum of four hours per day, one day per week from Jan. 10-March 30. Winter Trek takes place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at Heavenly Mountain Resort. Volunteers […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Tahoe City is one step closer to getting its first new lodging for tourists in decades. The Placer County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Dec. 6 to approve the Tahoe Basin Area Plan and the Tahoe City Lodge. Most of the discussion Tuesday centered on Tahoe City and […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 2, 2016, Chicago Tribune. Leroy Barber grew up in rural New London, Wis., hunting and fishing with two of his brothers. He enlisted in the Navy, trained at the Great Lakes facility north of Chicago and was assigned to a battleship. Barber enjoyed being a sailor, missed […]
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By Brad Stulberg, Outside Although it may seem counterintuitive, you don’t get faster, bigger, or stronger during a workout. The main function of hard physical training is to break your body down so it can grow back stronger. Fitness gains come later, during recovery, and recent research is revealing that simply being sedentary post-workout isn’t […]
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By Kathryn Reed Jeff DeFranco will become Lake Tahoe Community College’s fifth president effective Jan. 3. He was greeted with applause and a standing ovation from the nearly 20 people at the board meeting after the announcement was made Tuesday night. The board of trustees on Dec. 6 unanimously approved the […]
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By Sarah D. Wire and Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times House Republican leaders and California’s senior senator announced Monday a new attempt to pass legislation that would increase water deliveries to San Joaquin Valley agribusiness and Southern California. The 90-page proposal was added to a water infrastructure bill that Congress is expected to vote on […]
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Tommy Caldwell, rock climber of international fame, will present his show “A Year of Firsts: An Enchainment of Patagonia’s Fitzroy Massif, Yosemite’s Dawn Wall and an Infant Son” on Jan. 5 at Squaw Valley’s Olympic Village Lodge. This is the third installment of Alpenglow Sports’ 11th annual Winter Film Series. Throughout 2014 and into early […]
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TART, the North Shore bus company, will offer daily service along the North and West Shores with connections to Squaw Valley, Northstar, and Truckee. TART’s ski shuttle service will be offered every 30 minutes between Incline Village, Kings Beach, Tahoe Vista, Carnelian Bay, and Tahoe City with connections to Squaw Valley every 30 minutes between 6-8:30am […]
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By Amelia Pak-Harvey, Las Vegas Review-Journal Combine educational issues with Nevada’s upcoming legislative session and you’ve got a scene straight from the movie “Jerry Maguire”: Show me the money. When legislators convene in February, they’ll have a number of topics tugging at the state’s purse strings. First, they’ve got to get an estimated $400 million […]
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