By Aaron Orlowski, Orange County Register Last month, state water officials eased conservation mandates in response to slightly above-average winter rain and snow in much of California, leading many to speculate that the state’s long-running drought has tapered off. If only. The El Niño winter that forecasters said could drench the state with rain and […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Jan Jones Blackhurst stood in a large ballroom at the Mirage on Wednesday and showed an image that she said illustrated a critical issue for the casino industry. It was more than a dozen headshots of executives from a certain gambling company. All but one were men. Jones Blackhurst, […]
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The El Dorado County Area Agency on Aging has a limited supply of senior farmers’ market check booklets available for qualified El Dorado County Seniors. Each eligible senior will receive one booklet that includes five checks redeemable for $4 each to be used at certified farmers’ markets for the purchase of fresh, unprepared, locally grown […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada has regained nearly all of the 175,000 jobs lost during the Great Recession and should fully recover later this year, a state economist told the Economic Forum on Thursday. Bill Anderson, chief economist for the state Employment, Training and Rehabilitation Department, said Nevada added 140,000 […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is urging backcountry hikers and backpackers to use extra care when visiting upper elevation areas of the Lake Tahoe Basin over the next several weeks because there is still significant snow above 8,000 feet in many locations. Many backcountry trails are still covered with snow and […]
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· South Tahoe Public Utility District in May reduced water consumption by 36.4 percent compared to 2014. · Deborah Urich, Tahoe National Forest fisheries and aquatics biologist, and David Lass, Trout Unlimited field director, recently received the Rise to the Future Award, a national recognition awarded annually for excellence and leadership in Fisheries, Hydrology, Soil […]
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Construction on two trails that will eventually connect Placer County and Truckee could start in 2018. The eight-mile Truckee River Access Trail will connect the north end of an existing shared-use trail at Squaw Valley Road to the Placer County line near West River Street in Truckee. The two entities will share the cost for […]
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By Kathryn Reed If life is about creating cherished memories, then Bob Rockwell had a full life – even though many would say 61 is way too young to die. He was a character. His friends proved that on Saturday with their stories about this longtime South Lake Tahoe resident who died in November. As […]
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By Julianna W. Miner, Washington Post According to a poll from the National Alliance for Youth Sports, about 70 percent of kids in the United States stop playing organized sports by the age of 13 because “it’s just not fun anymore.” I have three kids, all of whom play sports, and my oldest is about to […]
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By Jasen Lee, Deseret News Distracted driving is on the rise as texting and social media usage are increasing among teenage drivers, according to AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Nationally, during the past five years more than 5,000 people have been killed in crashes involving teen drivers during the summer months. And nearly 60 percent […]
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