By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada wildlife officials have finalized plans to plant more than 1.2 million trout across Nevada over the next two years — a program profoundly challenged by an invasion of exotic mussels at Lake Mead. Closure of the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Lake Mead fish hatchery, forced in 2007 due to […]
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By Kathryn Reed “People in your life are a wing to lift you up or a weight to drag you down.” Manny Scott said that message in several ways to South Tahoe Middle School students Jan. 14. Scott is one of the Freedom Writers – the gang members depicted in the 2007 movie by the […]
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Truckee River Winery is having a full moon snowshoe on the property. Winemaker Russ Jones will be the guide on the tour. Homemade desserts, hot mulled wine and homemade apple cider will await the treksters on their return. Snowshoe rentals are available for the walk, although reservations should be made ahead of time by calling […]
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By Freddy Perryman, U.S. Ski Team MONT GABRIEL, Quebec City – Olympians Ryan St. Onge of Winter Park, Colo., and Emily Cook of Bosto were the top Americans, both finishing just off the podium in fourth, in Sunday’s aerials World Cup at Mont Gabriel. St. Onge and Cook led a U.S. surge totaling five Americans […]
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By Greg Welter, Chico Enterprise Record SACRAMENTO — CalFire, the state’s firefighting agency, is facing a budget cut in excess of $30 million for fiscal year 2011-12, and will trim staffing on engines from four down to three to cover most of it. Starting in 2003, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an annual executive order […]
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South Tahoe Public Utility District is having a workshop about rate increases on Jan. 20 from 12:30-2pm in the board room at 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe. HDR Consultants will present Water Rates 101. No action will be taken.
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Skies will be mostly gray today, but the temps could hit 50. It might be time to find an Adirondack chair and sip a cocktail. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kathryn Reed Apparently Andre Agassi didn’t get the message that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. His autobiography is all about life in Las Vegas, the hazards of growing up under the tyranny of a father who makes the phrase “Little League parent” seem like a compliment, the struggles of losing ones hair, […]
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By Sacramento Bee A convicted murderer of an Olivehurst man wants out from behind bars – this time legally, according to the State Board of Parole Hearings. Troy Alexander Temple, now 50, is serving 15 years to life for killing Kenneth D. Cossey, 50, of Olivehurst in 1989. He also is under a nearly 32-year […]
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The Kokanee Salmon Festival at Taylor Creek Visitor Center each October is possible because of support from local groups like the Kokanee Trail Runs and the U.S. Forest Service’s nonprofit organization Tahoe Heritage Foundation. The Kokanee Trail Runs recently donated $4,000 to the Forest Service’s nonprofit to go toward the Kokanee Salmon Festival 2011.
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