By Kathryn Reed Construction this summer on Kingsbury Grade is going to require patience from drivers, businesses and residents. Expect the roadway to be torn up until just before July 4, 2015. If the weather holds, the work could begin before May 1. This stretch of road that connects Lake Tahoe to the Carson Valley […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — The state Board of Finance approved the sale of $1 million in bonds to preserve historic buildings in Nevada, with a small share going to Clark County. There were 15 requests to the commission asking for a combined $2.1 million, but the commission was limited to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe’s clarity took a turn for the worse in 2013, with visibility decreasing by 5 feet. Data released March 13 show the average annual clarity level for 2013 at 70.1 feet. This breaks a two-year gain. The measurements have been taken continuously since 1968, when the Secchi disk could be seen […]
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By Susan Wood Ski trail maintenance worker Jeff Eckland can thank his lucky stars he had man’s best friend looking for him when he broke his back tumbling in a massive avalanche at Kirkwood Mountain Resort a decade ago. Although the highly trained canine leaped across the rainbow bridge 14 years ago, the golden retriever […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post The Water Rights Protection Act — which would prohibit the federal government from seizing privately-acquired water rights used on federal lands — arrives for debate on the House floor Thursday. HR3189 — sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., and co-sponsored by 15 Western members of Congress — stems from the […]
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By Dana Hull, San Jose Mercury News With 2013 the driest year on record and 2014 possibly worse, the devastation of California’s drought is trickling down to crops, fields, farmers markets, grocery stores — and the kitchen table. While it’s too early to tell precisely how much the drought will push up household grocery bills, […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN – Douglas County is back on track, but it’s unlikely the county will return to the earlier high growth that once fueled its budget. In 2013, 947 homes were sold, the most sales since 2005, at an average price of just less than $300,000, the highest since 2008. Assessed values, which […]
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By Jame Sturz, Outside Last summer, Google launched a unique program in which it loans out backpack versions of its car-mounted Street View cameras, called Trekkers, to intrepid explorers. It’s an ingenious idea: put these devices in the hands of the people who know a trail, river, or stretch of wilderness best, and let them […]
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By Jerry Markon and Alice Crites, Washington Post From the beginning, the U.S. government’s decade-long crackdown on prescription drug abuse has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use. State and federal officials have pressed their campaign against prescription drug abuse with urgency, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Students at Zephyr Cove Elementary School spent a day learning via a different kind of white board – snow. Thirty-two students in Damon Kixmiller’s fifth-grade class spent a recent Thursday snowshoeing at Heavenly Mountain Resort as part of the U.S. Forest Service’s Winter Trek Conservation Education program. Kixmiller believes place-based education – […]
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