By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun With no discussion, state regulators this week voted unanimously to slash the value of credits rooftop solar customers earn for generating excess energy. The three-member Public Utilities Commission adopted a proposed order that would reduce by 75 percent the amount NV Energy pays customers for excess power their solar […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Fifteen years after U.S. regulators started assessing damage and health risks at an abandoned Nevada copper mine, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to add the contaminated site to its Superfund National Priority List, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. Rural neighbors of the World War II-era mine that […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Charred. That’s how the chef likes her marshmallows. Daniella Rinaldi prepares about 2,000 of these gooey squares each week at the Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe. Then guests turn them into s’mores. Rinaldi likes when hers catch fire. That’s what happens when the stick stays static. To get an even golden hue […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Frank Shyong and Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times A series of powerful snowstorms in the Sierra Nevada has resulted in a small milestone in drought-stricken California: The snowpack is now higher than average for this time of year. The storms, which are likely to continue into Friday, have fattened the mountain snowpack […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Frank Sinatra’s fans celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this month, but there was something missing from the festivities: the Cal Neva Resort & Casino, the Lake Tahoe hotel once owned by the legendary entertainer. The Cal Neva, closed for renovations since September 2013, was scheduled to reopen on the late […]
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By Kathryn Reed The rush this fall to have the documents signed to create the Community Play Consortium had a lot to do with money. Money in regards to the three-day SnowGlobe music festival that starts Tuesday, money from Lake Tahoe Community College’s facility’s bond, money to be spent on future fields and the potential […]
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By Jane Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Officials with the Reno-Tahoe International Airport are decrying the treatment of a 15-year-old girl by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the airport when she flew to Reno from Guadalajara, Mexico in November and was allegedly detained, questioned for five hours and unable to contact family. On Monday, Reno-Tahoe Airport […]
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Publisher’s note: This was first published in Tahoe In Depth and is reprinted with permission. By Devin Middlebrook The low water level at Lake Tahoe is the starkest reminder of the current drought, with piers and marinas reaching out over sand and rocks that are normally hidden from view. But sand and rocks are not […]
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By Susan Wood TWIN BRIDGES – It’s not your grandfather’s Bombardier. That’s the impression of Sierra-at-Tahoe’s new addition to its terrain park grooming fleet – the Prinoth Tier 4 Bison X. The workhorse of a machine runs smoothly like a Cadillac, but acts like it has the conscience of a Tesla electric car when it comes […]
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By Garance Burke and Jonathan Fahey, AP Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university’s housing files when he stumbled into a larger nightmare: Cyberattackers had opened a pathway into the networks running the United States power grid. Digital clues pointed to Iranian hackers. And Wallace found […]
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