By Brian Hickey, KCRA-TV Northern California climbers called off their trips to the world’s tallest mountain this week after growing tension in base camp and dangerous climbing conditions on Mount Everest led to their tough decisions. Adrian Ballinger is the lead guide and owner of Alpenglow Expeditions based in Lake Tahoe. Ballinger was to lead […]
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• The annual wagon train will roll through the South Shore on May 31. • Heidi Hill Drum has been hired as executive director of the Tahoe Prosperity Center. • El Dorado County Fair is June 12-15 in Placerville. • “As You Like It” will be performed July 11-Aug. 24 at Sand Harbor during the […]
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A mother and daughter from Incline Village on April 23 admitted in court that they tampered with a bear trap. Cheryl Ann Morrison and her 35-year-old daughter, Season, contend they did so because state wildlife officials illegally set the traps. According the the Reno Gazette-Journal, Judge Alan Tiras did not render a decision after the […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Democrats outnumber Republicans by 77,000 voters in Nevada, they control the state Legislature and they boast the most powerful member of the U.S. Senate. But they’re unabashed about their failure to find a viable candidate to challenge incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval. “We couldn’t find a candidate,” Sen. Harry […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Fresno Bee Imagine this: A state senator is carrying a package of bills for a major corporation. The same company backs a foundation that plans to give the senator its national legislative achievement award. The award comes with $25,000 cash. What ethical or legal issues does the scenario raise? That question was […]
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Reno and community partners will host a David Wise Parade of Champions on April 26 starting at 5pm. Wise, a gold medalist in men’s ski halfpipe at the recent 2014 Winter Olympics and the first person from Reno to win Olympic gold, will be escorted to Aces Ballpark, where the parade will end at approximately […]
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The two-vehicle accident that snarled traffic on Kingsbury Grade on Thursday involved drivers from South Lake Tahoe and Gardnerville. Pamela Tracy, 67, of South Lake Tahoe crossed over the center line, striking a GMC driven by Cynthia Hendrickson, 59, of Gardnerville that was traveling west, according to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Daniel Lopez. Both drivers […]
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Filming for an ad campaign will close Jacks Valley Road from Arcadia Drive to Green Acres Drive from 8pm-6am April 27-29. The purpose of the closure is to capture still frame images for an automotive headlight advertising campaign. The vehicles used to create the headlight images will be stationery and the headlights will be powered […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometimes it takes just one application. That was the case for Tom Greene. It means Lake Tahoe Community College’s vice president of Academic Affairs and Student Services is leaving. This summer he becomes president of American River College in Sacramento. “I didn’t send out a bunch of applications. This is the only […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 17, 2014, Modesto Bee. Water flows uphill … toward money. That’s as true now as it was the first time it was uttered by some now unknown cynic. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is proving it. Our senior senator introduced a drought-relief bill in February that included $300 million […]
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