Squaw Valley is giving skiers and snowboarders something to be thankful for Thanksgiving weekend. Nov. 27 is the Thanksjibbin’ rail jam. The base mountain location means lift tickets are not necessary to watch or enter this rail competition. Judges will be dishing out cash prizes as well as Thanksgiving treats including butterball turkeys, smoked hams […]
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Lake Tahoe residents awoke to rain Sunday morning. And it’s just going to get worse as the day goes on. The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a winter weather advisory above 7,000 feet from 10 am to 10pm Sunday. Expect snow accumulations of 5 to 10 inches above 7,000 feet, with accumulations up […]
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Check your clock. You might be able to go back to bed for another hour. Today is the return to standard time — when clocks are set back an hour.
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A portion of Highway 50 near Ponderosa Road in El Dorado County will be renamed to honor the life and service of a California Highway Patrol officer who was run down and killed in the area while trying to stop a fleeing driver. The CHP will hold a memorial freeway […]
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By Kara Lapoint, Reno Gazette-Journal The Tax Foundation, a nonprofit and nonpartisan tax-research group in Washington, D.C., has released its latest edition of the State Business Tax Climate Index, which ranks the tax systems of the 50 states. Nevada came in at No. 4, which means the state had the fourth-best tax climate on the […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Millions of acres are charred by wildfire. Millions more covered by invading grass. Elsewhere, pinyon-juniper trees are creeping downhill, overrunning a landscape that should be dominated by sagebrush. Nevada’s rangeland, simply put, is in trouble. “We’ve got some pretty big problems on the range,” said Lee Turner, a habitat specialist […]
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By Michael Kay, Union Democrat There was a time when the forests of northeastern Calaveras County fed communities. Now they threaten to destroy them. Decades without thinning and wrongheaded national anti-fire policies have left a tinderbox of thickly grown trees and heavy brush, according to many experts. It is so bad in some areas that […]
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By Kara Lapoint, Reno Gazette-Journal Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe installed its first Windspire vertical wind turbine Wednesday on the north side of its Winters Creek Lodge, and will install two more today. The Windspire renewable energy sources will use wind power to provide electricity, offsetting a portion of the new lodge’s electrical costs. The electricity […]
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By Kathryn Reed Free ride, downhill, cross country, or something else – the mountain bike community is becoming one and a force to be reckoned with. At a two-hour meeting Nov. 5 at the South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Complex, more than 60 cyclists packed the room to express their desire to unite in […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input as it evaluates a proposal from Black Rock City LLC to renew its special recreation permit to hold the Burning Man festival for the 2011-2015 period. The festival is held annually on public lands in Pershing County, Nev. in the Black Rock Desert […]
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