By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s second bear-hunting season would be shorter and no hunting allowed within the Lake Tahoe Basin under new regulations proposed by Nevada wildlife officials. The proposal will be considered early next month in Las Vegas as the Nevada Wildlife Commission reviews hunting season regulations proposed for black bears and all […]
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is hosting two public workshops to help orient customers to the reorganization of TRPA’s Code of Ordinances, which go into effect on March 1. These workshops are designed to help property owners considering home or building improvement projects, along with planners, consultants, contractors, and land-use attorneys. The workshops are: Jan. 26, […]
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Environmental novelist Li Miao Lovett is the first author of the Writers in the Woods series this year at Sierra Nevada College. Her visit includes a reading, book signing, and reception Feb. 10 at 7pm in the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences in Incline Village. This evening is free and open to the community. Lovett […]
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Tahoe Arts Project continues its 25th season with the comedy/juggler duo The Gizmo Guys on Jan. 27 at the MontBleu theater. Allan Jacobs and Barrett Felker have amazed and amused audiences around the world. They work in a variety of venues, including theaters, corporate functions of all types, cruise ships – you name it, they’ve […]
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In the last three months of 2011, there were 26 vehicle burglaries in the Incline Village area. Authorities say even in a big city, 26 burglaries in three months is unacceptable, but in an area such as Incline Village it is a matter for concern. In Incline the thefts are mostly to vehicles that have […]
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The board the oversees how Measure S/R money is spent on the South Shore is meeting Jan. 20 at 9am at Lake Tahoe Airport. Here is the agenda. Key items on the agenda include voting on whether the bonds go from being non-taxable to taxable. South Lake Tahoe, one of three partners of the joint […]
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Blood drive officials are asking people to give pint before the first punt. That’s because the blood drive is Super Bowl Sunday. It is at Kahle Community Center in Stateline on Feb. 5 from 11am-4pm. More information is on the flyer.
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Lahontan Regional Water Quality Board is taking comments on the waste discharge requirements, and monitoring and reporting program for the South Shore Fuel Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration Project until Feb. 27. The U.S. Forest Supervisor has signed-off on the project that is expected to take eight years to complete. The last hurdle to go […]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal California adopted new rules Thursday aimed at preventing wildfires sparked by power lines. In light of the Caughlin Fire blaze that destroyed 30 homes and forced 10,000 people to evacuate, Assemblyman Pat Hickey said laws like those adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission might have merit in Nevada. “It […]
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By Rick Daysog, Sacramento Bee California will become the first state in the nation to require greater energy efficiency in the battery chargers that millions of consumers use to power their cellphones, laptops, power tools and other electrical devices. The California Energy Commission on Thursday unanimously approved new standards for battery chargers, which the agency […]
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