By Kathryn Reed “I’m not sure we can make any runway.” “We’re gonna be in the Hudson.” “Say again captain.” That is some of dialogue between airline Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and the control tower moments before he landed US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River in New York on Jan. 15, 2009. The […]
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Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will be releasing the first golden eagle of the season Aug. 26 at Carson Pass. Everyone is invited to see what exactly the third “R” of wildlife rehabilitation is all about. Every bird and animal that is received by LTWC has one goal — release. Meet at LTWC (1485 Cherry Hills […]
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By David Siders, Sacramento Bee A late-hour bid to overhaul the California Environmental Quality Act fell apart Thursday, with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg saying the upper house will not take up the measure before the legislative session ends next week. “The Senate will not take up comprehensive CEQA reform in the last days […]
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To the community, I want to make a correction or retraction for comments I made during a slightly heated debate thread about the Lakeview Commons summer concert series. I mistakenly made these comments because I was under the assumption that the city was financing this event and because of that I thought we should have […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun Nevada’s $59.5 million horse race-betting sector will continue operating after the Nevada Gaming Commission pressed Thursday for the industry to avert a shutdown that threatened to take effect as early as today. The shutdown was threatened after the state’s 83 race books were unable to agree on a new […]
Read moreTangled Roots Writing resumes its Monday Night Workshops on Sept. 10 in Truckee. The 6:30-8pm six-week sessions are a way to invigorate your writing and how you think about your creativity. Classes explore different approaches to inspiring people so you aren’t waiting around for inspiration. Use the workshops to develop ideas or come with an […]
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By Andrew Prince, NPR Intense forest fires have been raging across the western United States this summer. So far this year, nearly 43,000 wildfires have torched almost 7 million acres of land. As NPR Science correspondent Christopher Joyce and photographer David Gilkey report from Arizona and New Mexico this week, the forests of the American […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two people were hospitalized Friday after the motorcycle they were on was hit by a car in the middle of South Lake Tahoe. Shirley Kravan was in the vehicle behind the motorcycle on Highway 50 heading west and saw the whole thing unfold. She told Lake Tahoe News a car came from […]
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By Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times The nation is heading toward the worst outbreak of West Nile disease in the 13 years that the virus has been on this continent, federal health authorities said Wednesday.But it is still unclear where and how far cases will spread. Dallas declared an emergency last week, and […]
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Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is putting on a Firehouse Pancake Breakfast for the residents of the Tahoe Douglas Fire District on Sept. 1 from 8:30—11:30am. It will be at Fire Station No. 3, 193 Elks Point Road, Zephyr Cove. Cost is adults $5, kids under 12 free. All proceeds go to local charities. Meet […]
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