By KTVN-TV The Carson City Sheriff’s Office says they have located two missing runway teen girls. Two others remain missing. Still missing are 16-year-old Lindsey Hamby and 15-year-old Hailey Hamby, both of Carson City. The girls were last seen near the Black Jack Inn South Lake Tahoe, and surrounding hotels and motels. Authorities say the […]
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By Kathryn Reed A year from now it might not be necessary to go to Pie Shop or Lovers Leap or any of the other iconic climbing locales around Tahoe. That’s because an indoor climbing gym in South Lake Tahoe is in the works. “My husband and I are both rock climbers. When we moved […]
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· The 41st annual Antique and Classic Boat Society’s International Boat Show is Sept. 23-24 from 9am-5pm at the Sierra Boat Company in Carnelian Bay. · Ron Kipp will be joining the Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Race Team in the newly created position of ski team coaches education and development manager. · Squaw Valley Park now […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazettte-Journal With time running out on the Congressional session Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., made a pitch for the reauthorization of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act. The legislation would renew funding authorization for the original version of the act that expired in 2010. Heller’s version of reauthorization includes up to $415 million […]
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There will be a commemorative ceremony to honor the victims and first responders of Sept. 11, 2001, on Sept. 11 at 11am at the American Legion Hall in South Lake Tahoe. The ceremony will honor the innocent victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, airline flight takeovers and the American military service […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. All profiles may be found […]
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By Louis Patterson When the music comes on at a rave, a synergetic feeling of mass escape and euphoria runs through the crowd. But this unparalleled collective high has come at a cost. In July, three people were found dead at the Hard Summer Music Festival near Los Angeles. During the two-day festival, which drew […]
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By Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR When you praise a dog, it’s listening not just to the words you say but also how you say them. That might not be huge news to dog owners. But now scientists have explored this phenomenon by using an imaging machine to peek inside the brains of 13 dogs as they […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Tribal leaders in Nevada asked a U.S. judge Wednesday to order the state and two counties to establish satellite polling places on reservations where they say Native Americans are being denied an equal opportunity to vote in the November elections. Two Paiute tribes filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in […]
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By Associated Press The Nevada Department of Wildlife is issuing a warning to Northern Nevada residents about potential conflicts with coyotes. Urban Wildlife Coordinator Jessica Heitt said coyote pups leave their mother in the fall and start hunting on their own. That leads to more sightings and conflicts, such as attacks on small dogs and cats, but […]
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