By KTVN-TV A pilot was killed in a small plane crash in Truckee on Thursday morning. The Truckee-Tahoe Airport general manager says the crash happened as the plane was taking off about 8:15am. He says he witnessed part of the crash and it seemed as if the plane was having difficulty climbing while taking. Firefighters […]
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Charges related to the Topaz Ranch Estates Fire have been filed against two Northern Nevadans. Kim Carlin and Steven Cozad are scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 27 in the East Fork Township Justice Court on charges of willful or negligent failure to guard or extinguish a fire. The charges are misdemeanors. Authorities believe the fire […]
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By KOLO-TV CARSON CITY — Sequoia King National Park officials in Inyo County are working to identify a body found during the search for a missing hiker from Carson City. That’s according to an Inyo County spokeswoman. The body was found during the search Wednesday night for doctor Gary Dankworth, who has been missing since […]
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High speed Internet has finally come to Alpine County and parts of Douglas County outside of the Lake Tahoe Basin. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski was in the area June 30 to recognize Frontier Communications’ efforts to expand broadband service to this sparsely populated area. The cable company is partnering with NBCUniversal to broadcast the Olympics […]
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The countdown is on for the start of the 2012-13 school year and the Lake Tahoe Boys & Girls Club is busy making plans for after school programs. There are programs for youth grades K-12. The club operates from two sites: the main site is located at 1100 Lyons Ave. (previously the Al Tahoe Elementary […]
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By Wendy Hanson Mazet The winter of 2012 went down in the record books for being dry, unseasonably warm and short. But what does last winter have to do with this year’s vegetable and flower gardens? Well, the very mild winter is the reason many gardeners are being inundated by unwanted critters this summer. By […]
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• South Lake Tahoe’s George Drake has released “In the Service of Gaia: Trials to Trails”. For details about the book, go online. • The Potlatch will host the next North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association Business Mixer along with a Jewelry Trunk Show on Aug. 3, 5-7pm, at 930 Tahoe Blvd., Ste. 401, Incline Village. […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 15, 2012, Los Angeles Times. So much for the Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012. Earlier this month, lawmakers pulled the $11-billion bond measure off the Nov. 6 ballot because the time wasn’t right, which is another way of saying there was no […]
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New this summer, Squaw Valley is offering free guided hikes on the upper mountain every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 12:30pm and 2:30pm. The guided hikes, which last about one hour, leave from High Camp and travel across Squaw Valley’s mountaintop meadow. Squaw’s guided hikes are free with the purchase of an Aerial Tram ticket […]
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El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division is offering back-to-school immunizations for children. Public Health can provide all childhood vaccinations required for school entry, including those needed for kindergarten entry, and the Tdap vaccine which is required for incoming seventh-graders and for those students in grades 8-12 who are transferring from […]
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