By Kathryn Reed What a difference a week can make. On Feb. 28 the snow water equivalent near Echo Summit was 1.7 inches, or 7 percent of average, while on March 5 it was 9.4 inches, for 39 percent of normal. Frank Gehrke took the manual readings at Phillips Station for the Department of Water […]
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By Kathryn Reed Rumors are rampant, while facts are few when it comes to why South Lake Tahoe’s city manager is not at work. On the March 6 agenda is a closed session item stating: Public employee discipline/dismissal/release. This is the third meeting with this same agenda item. An attorney other than Nira Doherty with […]
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By Jay Hamburger, Park Record Vail Resorts could medal in any U.S. bid for a Winter Olympics. The Colorado-based ski behemoth has properties in three of the places that are seen as contenders to become the bid city once the United States Olympic Committee mounts an effort to secure another Winter Olympics, perhaps as early […]
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By Ramona Giwargis, Las Vegas Review-Journal Growing up in a religious Southern California household, Jazzmyne Lizarraga-Valle couldn’t even talk about sex. But three months ago, the aspiring teacher proudly held a sign that read “Reproductive Freedom For All” as she marched among thousands of people in Nevada’s Women’s March. The event marked the height of […]
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By Kathryn Reed For those who are schussing down the slopes, it’s all about having fun. And while it can be fun for those responsible for the operation of the ski resort, the bottom line is it’s a business – and with that reality comes some not so fun aspects of the job. In a […]
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By Matt Weiser, Water Deeply California is about to learn a whole lot more about how water moves through its many diverse landscapes. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a $2.2 million grant to the University of California to use remote sensors and drones to monitor hydrology across various landscapes. The subject areas will […]
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By James DeHaven, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevadans who haven’t kept up with the state’s upcoming elections, take heart — the rest of the country is paying plenty of attention for you. Three months before party primary voters decide which candidates will appear on November’s general election ballot, money and media attention has poured into races for […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – One more vote and the Meyers Area Plan will be the law of the land, replacing the planning document from 1993. The process to develop this plan started in February 2012. In these six years there have been a multitude of meetings, angry words levied between residents, at El Dorado […]
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By Matt Weiser, Water Deeply A skier threads his way through patches of dry ground at California’s Squaw Valley Ski Resort on March 21, 2015, when the state experienced one of its driest winters ever. A new forecasting tool could one day be able to predict such poor mountain snowpack conditions as much as […]
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By Howie Nave On the surface the timing couldn’t be more perfect. When you look at the change, or movement if you will, that’s been happening in the country on attitudes toward sexual harassment, more women being empowered and the treatment of minorities in the bigger cities it just seems more than just a coincidence […]
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