By Mike Wolterbeek UNR entomologist Andrew Nuss and biologist Dennis Mathew are looking for a way to stop the spread of mosquito-borne disease. The goal of their research is to identify key mosquito odorant receptors that govern mosquito host-preference for humans and to genetically modify those genes in order to create mosquito strains that avoid […]
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By Jim Sloan In 2009, Will Richardson was doing some summertime bird-monitoring research in aspen stands in Ward Canyon near Lake Tahoe when he heard an unexpected birdsong. It was a high, pleasing, spiraling song, like a flute, and he recognized it right away as the song of a Swainson’s thrush, a bird that had […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Now that Caesars Entertainment Corp. is well on its way toward emerging from bankruptcy, company officials have affirmed significant growth plans are in the works. Speaking Wednesday to members of the state Gaming Control Board in Carson City, President and CEO Mark Frissora said the new Caesars […]
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By Stephanie Taylor, Sacramento Bee There’s something infectious about 150 or so creative people, all chattering at once. This is a weeklong annual conference of writers, established and aspiring, who come from all over to Squaw Valley, some every summer, year after year. If ideas and genius are tangible molecules floating in the air, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Red dots fill a map; with most being located in Christmas Valley and near the state line. They represent the more than 600 private wells within South Tahoe Public Utility District’s boundaries. Most are at residences, while others are at campgrounds, a school, trailer parks and other commercial entities. Per state requirements […]
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By Vicki Gonzalez, KCRA-TV UC Davis is using an underwater robot with the hopes of understanding how climate change is affecting Lake Tahoe. Tahoe Environmental Research Center deployed the autonomous underwater vehicle earlier this month. More commonly known as a glider, the autonomous vehicle will coast 150 meters under Lake Tahoe’s surface, going back-and-forth taking […]
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Former Alpine County Sheriff and Supervisor Stu Merrill died Aug. 1, 2017, at his home in Woodfords.. He was 94. Stuart was born to Grant Perry Merrill and Angie Tibbetts Merrill in Gardnerville in January 1923. He was raised in Woodfords, the third generation of the pioneer Merrill family. He spent his later grade school […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Fireworks are out, lasers are in. A single event on one night has been traded for multiple activities on four days. Labor Day Lake Tahoe is being reinvented. Earlier this year the Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority decided to scrap the annual fireworks show on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. […]
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By Roger Yu, USA Today Good luck looking for a house to buy. The number of residential houses available to buy is at a 20-year low as the appeal of McMansions wanes and a growing reluctance by Baby Boomers to trade up or down from their current homes, according to a report by Realtor.com. More than half of […]
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By Kaleb Roedel, KRNV-TV Following an investigation into the January death of a Squaw Valley ski patroller, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited and fined Squaw Valley Ski Holdings for violating two workplace safety codes, according to documents obtained by News 4-Fox 11. On Jan. 24, Joe Zuiches, a 42-year-old Squaw Valley […]
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