By Steve Kolowich, Chronicle of Higher Education Legislation in California originally aimed at getting state colleges to award credit for massive open online courses and other offerings from nonuniversity providers has been shelved for at least a year. The bill, SB520, caused a stir when it was introduced, in March, by State Sen. Darrell Steinberg, […]
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• Twenty-four cadets graduated from the Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Academy on June 29 in a ceremony at the Lake Tahoe Community College theater. Three were on a fire with a U.S. Forest Service fire crew within days of the ceremony. • The Fields Advisory Committee of the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers […]
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By Kathryn Reed Not everyone is buying what the U.S. Forest Service is selling. What the feds are selling is that changing how the Upper Truckee River flows is a good thing. What many on a tour of the project weren’t buying is whether this four-year $4 million project is needed. Seventeen people on Aug. […]
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UNR’s Department of Anthropology, in partnership with the Nevada Indian Commission and the Washoe Tribal Historic Preservation Office, is conducting an excavation at the historic Stewart Indian School in Carson City. The Stewart facility is a 110-acre historic district that is home to more than 50 historic buildings. Sarah Cowie, assistant professor of anthropology in […]
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To the community, South Lake Tahoe is an amazing place. We have the most awesome lake in the world, the best tree skiing on the planet, an outstanding hospital and an extraordinary police force that focuses on real crime with real victims. Best of all, we have the most awesome people you will ever meet. […]
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The Nevada Highway Patrol was successful in meeting its goal of no fatalities on Interstate 80 through Nevada during the July 24-31 I-80 Challenge. During the eight-day challenge NHP investigated more than 20 property damage, minor injury accidents and wrote more than 1,300 traffic citations. There were also more than 20 arrests; six of those […]
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The U.S. Forest Service is restoring a section of the Upper Truckee River.
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Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, is sponsoring a public forum on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to list the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog and the northern distinct population segment of the mountain yellow-legged frog as endangered species, the Yosemite toad as a threatened species, and designate critical habitat of these species. The forum […]
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Bear activity is increasing in heavily populated areas of the Lake Tahoe Basin. A 3-year-old female black bear was trapped near a condo-time share complex July 31 and released the following day in Stateline. Two other traps on the Nevada side of the South Shore remain. The released bear, which was not nursing so there […]
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The Truckee Donner Public Utility District is hosting two free water conservation events. There will be a free toilet exchange at Tahoe Donner’s Aug. 10 Waterpalooza. Qualifying TDPUD water customers can bring up to three old toilets and exchange them for new, water-saving toilets. The event is from 11am-4pm at the Tahoe Donner Driving Range, […]
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