U.S. Forest Service fire and fuels management crews plan to begin prescribed fire operations in the Angora Fire area this fall, burning piles created during the fuels reduction component of the Angora Ecosystem Restoration Project. Operations could begin this week. Burning the piles is the last step in the fuels reduction process in these units, […]
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By Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee Got a pet pooch? Local government agencies are motivated more than ever to make sure you get him licensed, and soon may get some help from the state. Assembly Bill 1121, on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, seeks to give local shelters a new tool for enforcing a state licensing law […]
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• Fire+Ice restaurant in the Heavenly Village will donate all October proceeds from its Strawberry Shortcake to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. • There is a blood drive in Incline Village on Oct. 14 from 10am-5pm. Click on flyer for details. • The Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada has given South Tahoe High […]
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By Amanda Strong After an exhausting day, all you want to do is put your feet up and spend time with the person you care about the most … and then your spouse walks into the room. Upon their arrival, you close your computer hoping you don’t appear too startled to raise suspicion. Sharing intimate […]
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By Northern Nevada Business Weekly New technology, federal tax breaks and lower construction costs combined to spur efforts by Southwest Gas to replace miles of vintage plastic pipe in its system at Lake Tahoe this year. The Las Vegas-based utility is using two new technologies — “keyhole” and “split and pull” — in the Tahoe-area […]
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By Robert Schimmel “Take me back!” “I remember when.” “Those were the good ole days.” Have you ever had thoughts like these when unexpectedly you were back in a special place or activity and flooded with joyous and reflective memories, not to mention real-time rushes of excitement and peace? Of course you have, and that’s […]
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By Dylan Walsh, New York Times There are nearly 7,000 known languages in the world today. It is predicted that half of these, in many cases vessels of indigenous cultures, will vanish over the next 50 years. This has been much on the mind of Brigitte Baptiste, who took over this year as director of […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling the six candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. They are being published in the order they were submitted. Dale Rise is the incumbent. Name: Dale Rise Age: 59 How long have you lived on the South Shore?: […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal In time for the coming cold season: Declines in electricity and natural gas rates for NV Energy customers effective Saturday. The utility said today it will trim electricity rates by an average of 2.43 percent for its Northern Nevada customers and natural gas rates by 10.7 percent for its Reno-Sparks […]
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What are the top environmental challenges for our region? Who is working to address these challenges? How can museums be involved? These are some of the questions to be posed on Oct. 14 by the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center to discuss how museums can inform their communities about environmental challenges and inspire action. […]
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