Measurable snow is on its way to Lake Tahoe. Snow levels will start just below 6,000 feet and continue to fall to valley floors throughout Monday and into the evening, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. One to 3 inches are predicted for lake level. Drivers should be prepared to deal with slick […]
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By Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times CARSON CITY — For Terry Tussey, a gun is the perfect marriage of form and function, a carefully crafted machine that can contain an explosion delivering 20,000 pounds of pressure per square inch and drive a bullet through a barrel at 1,000 feet per second. Every spring, catch, plunger, […]
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Warning that “winter is in trouble,” 75 Olympic medalists and other winter sports athletes – including White House “Champion of Change” awardee and pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones of Truckee – sent a letter to President Obama urging him to take action on climate and clean energy. Jones was in Washington on April 11 with other […]
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By Cynthia Hubert, Phillip Reese and Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee Over the past five years, Nevada’s primary state psychiatric hospital has put hundreds of mentally ill patients on Greyhound buses and sent them to cities and towns across America. Since July 2008, Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas has transported more than 1,500 patients to […]
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Now that the snow has melted, it is a good time to take a walk around your house to look for any damage that icicles may have caused. Be sure to check the gas meter and any other utility lines that may have been damaged. It’s time to begin cleaning up any loose debris on […]
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By Richard N. Velotta The director of the state Tourism Commission said that while many critics have pounced on Nevada’s new tagline, she’s confident the slogan will be embraced by residents and help attract tourists and businesses to the state. Gov. Brian Sandoval unveiled “Nevada: A World Within. A State Apart” Tuesday. “People are saying […]
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Placer County recently created the position of an ombudsman for the Community Development Resource Agency’s Tahoe office to resolve problems. The idea came about from discussions between North Tahoe business leaders and county staff. They wanted to improve customer service and business development in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Lake Tahoe, with its numerous overlapping layers […]
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Publisher’s note: Rep. Tom McClintock on April 12 submitted this letter commenting on the Merced River draft Comprehensive Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement to Don Neubacher, superintendent of the Merced River Plan. Dear Mr. Neubacher: I am writing to provide comments on the National Park Service’s (NPS) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the […]
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By Erik Eckholm, New York Times HOUSTON — As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers in schools, youth advocates and judges are raising alarm about what they have seen in the schools where officers are already stationed: a surge in criminal charges against children for misbehavior that many believe is better […]
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This is the final daily ski report for the season because many resorts close this weekend. Here is the April 14 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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