To the community, Continuing with their monthly sponsorship of Bread & Broth’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment, Heavenly Mountain Resort generously hosted the Monday evening dinners on Jan. 28 and Feb. 11. Tyler Morris, Heavenly’s IT manager, and PC techs David Erickson, Kevin Franzen, Aaron Uretsky and Brett Zingaro assisted the B&B volunteers in January. […]
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By Mark Calvey, San Francisco Business Journal Safeway introduced a combined debit card and store loyalty card so that it can pull money directly out of a customer’s checking account without paying the hefty fees it incurs when customers pay with a bank’s debit card. Those signing up for the program get a new Safeway […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee A popular Placer County hiking trail has reopened after authorities say a state Fish and Wildlife warden was forced to shoot and kill a mountain lion Sunday. Authorities were first alerted to an aggressive mountain lion early Saturday evening, when a hiker on the Stevens Trail near Colfax, fearing for […]
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By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times A common psychiatric drug may be affecting the feeding behavior of wild fish as it filters out of our bodies, through our toilets and into treated wastewater that is released into natural water sources, according to a new study in the journal Science. The findings, which examined the effect […]
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By Matt Woolbright, AP CARSON CITY — Two state senators and a dozen other Nevadans urged a Senate committee Tuesday to tell the federal government that “enough is enough” and declare Nevada a sovereign state, recognizing federal jurisdiction only in areas specified in the U.S. Constitution. Sen. James Settelmeyer, R-Minden, presented the resolution to claim […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association and the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Sierra Human Resources Association are offering The Generations and Sexual Harassment: Awareness and Prevention for Business Owners and Managers on Feb. 26, 9-11 a.m. The event will be at the North Lake Tahoe Visitor Information Center, 100 North […]
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Updated Feb. 20, 2:50pm U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews continued prescribed fire operations above Glenbrook today. Crews burned approximately 100 acres Tuesday, and have completed the ignition of the remaining 35 acres today. Operations may continue through the end of the week as weather and conditions allow. On Feb. 19 smoke impacts to the […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe has more people per capita dying from Alzheimer’s compared to the nation. South Lake Tahoe’s suicide rate is higher than California and the country’s. More people smoke in South Lake Tahoe compared to the state. Those were some of the stats dispersed to the South Lake Tahoe City Council […]
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Beginning the first week of March and continuing into April, staff from the Nevada Division of Water Resources, Office of the State Engineer, will be measuring groundwater levels in wells throughout various hydrographic basins within Washoe, Humboldt, Pershing, Lander, Elko, Eureka and White Pine counties. The data collection is part of an ongoing effort to […]
Read moreFreshies to be had today. Ski with a buddy and stay in bounds, and on open runs and terrain. Here is the Feb. 20 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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