There is no estimated time when the Comet chairlift at Heavenly Mountain Resort will be back in operation. It has been out of service since New Year’s Day morning. Everyone on the lift had to evacuated. “The Comet chairlift is not operating due to a mechanical issue and an inspection is currently under way. The […]
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Updated at 7:01pm: By Kathryn Reed An avalanche threat has been issued for parts of Incline Village. “There are indications that an avalanche may occur in the Third Creek drainage and in the avalanche path adjacent to Third Creek to the south. Flowing debris from this anticipated avalanche(s) are expected to remain confined to the […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt “Noise, by definition, is ‘unwanted sound.’” This is how the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s 2015 Threshold Evaluation report characterizes it. The report goes on to note that vehicular traffic and “aircraft activity at the South Lake Tahoe airport have been identified as the predominant noise sources in the basin.” El Dorado County […]
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By Lake Tahoe News The Nation Weather Service in Reno is forecasting a series of extreme weather events over the next two weeks for the Lake Tahoe Basin, calling it a “once a decade event.” Snow is expected on Saturday, with the white stuff as low at 2,000 feet. Then it will be heavy rain […]
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Kingsbury Grade is open. Nevada Department of Transportation crews were able to stabilize the sink hole so motorists can use this main thoroughfare that links Lake Tahoe and Carson Valley. (There are chain or snow tires requirements in effect as of Friday night.) “We reinforced it and then we repaved over it so it is […]
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Preliminary data shows that 327 traffic fatalities occurred on Nevada roads in 2016, one death more than the previous year. Total year-end traffic deaths could be adjusted based on ongoing traffic crash investigations. Statewide, traffic fatalities reached an all-time high of 432 in 2006. Unsafe driving behavior and an increasing number of miles traveled on […]
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By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times California water conservation took a slight step backward in November, officials announced Wednesday, possibly due in part to an unusually wet fall and months of successful conservation efforts. Californians used 18.8 percent less water this past November compared with November 2013, the benchmark year for state conservation measurements. In […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Former state Sen. Valerie Wiener was aghast when she read a 2003 report that painted a bleak picture of young people and their basic understanding of government. “We learned that more than 80 percent of 15- to 25-year-olds could identify the most recent ‘American Idol’ (winner), […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal An unknown amount of wastewater effluent spilled into the Carson River Tuesday and Wednesday. That’s according to the Douglas County Sewer Improvement District which operates a pipeline that moves treated wastewater from Stateline-area casinos, businesses and homes to agricultural land in the Carson Valley. Rob Hopkins, general manager of the […]
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Updated 10:55am: The heavy, wet snow that has been falling in the Tahoe basin was finally too much for power lines. Power is out in various locations. Liberty Utilities has had outages in most of Meyers, including the Sky Line area, much of the West Shore around Tahoma, and the Glenshire area of Truckee. The […]
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