U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews continue prescribed fire operations on Kingsbury Grade near Andria Drive this week, weather permitting. Residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from this prescribed fire project area. The Forest Service strives to minimize the impacts of smoke on local communities. Smoke-sensitive residents should consider staying indoors and keeping […]
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors last week approved spending $3 million by the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association for four capital and transportation projects. NLTRA is contracted with the county for transportation and infrastructure development, and tourism and visitor information service. The four projects are: North Lake Tahoe Historical Society Black Bear Exhibit ($10,000). […]
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How often do you see drivers texting or talking with hand-held cell phones and wish they would be stopped and cited? California’s second annual Distracted Driving Awareness Month this April will once again find law enforcement in the South Lake Tahoe joining in statewide zero tolerance enforcement efforts for illegal cell phone use and texting […]
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Last October, Carson Valley Trails Association work crews began manual construction of the last three-quarters of a mile of the Genoa Loop Trail, a segment of the 16-mile Genoa Trail System. Work on this trail system started in May 2011, with volunteer hand crews and a professional trail building contractor using two trail building machines. […]
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The public comment period on the Blackwood Canyon project along the West Shore has been extended to May 10. The Lahontan Water Quality Control Board is considering a mitigated negative declaration to comply with CEQA requirements. Work on this Placer County project has been going on for a number of years. The last phase by […]
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By E.O. Wilson, Newsweek Have you ever wondered why, in the ongoing presidential campaign, we so strongly hear the pipes calling us to arms? Why the religious among us bristle at any challenge to the creation story they believe? Or even why team sports evoke such intense loyalty, joy, and despair? The answer is that […]
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The Great Bike Ride is the annual kick-off event each May in support of Bike Month. The bike ride begins at noon May 1 in the breezeway of Building A at the El Dorado County Government Center. Bring a bicycle and a helmet. T-shirts will be given to all participants. Participants will ride along the […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court has denied the appeal of Brent Eli Morris, convicted of illegally entering Las Vegas casinos while a member of the Black Book and cheating at craps. Morris says he was never notified he was included on the list that bars individuals from […]
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By Doyle Rice, USA Today The U.S. hasn’t been this dry in five years. Still reeling from devastating drought that led to at least $10 billion in agricultural losses across Texas and the South in 2011, the nation is enduring more unusually parched weather. A mostly dry, mild winter has put nearly 61% of the […]
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To the community, We live in a troubled world. A time of economic depression and senseless wars. In a way the scene is similar to the mid-1930s and early ’40s. And we are in the middle of a political contest for the highest office in the land. And the political parties are in a muddle. […]
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