A tree was blocking Highway 50 in Zephyr Cove at Warrior Way for a short while Wednesday afternoon. No vehicles were damaged, according to a Tahoe Douglas fire spokeswoman. It fell about 3pm Feb. 17. The basin is under a high wind advisory for much of Wednesday. Crews from the fire station at that corner […]
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A 77-year-old skier sustained fatal injuries Tuesday after hitting a tree at Heavenly Mountain Resort. Kathryn Strangman of Madison, Wis., was on the Nevada side about noon Feb. 16 when the accident occurred. Douglas County sheriff’s deputies said an autopsy will be conducted as well as an investigation into the death. Resort officials would only […]
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Wind has knocked down trees and power lines Truckee. Zermatt Drive and Jeffrey Way are closed as crews clean up the mess Wednesday morning. There is no estimated time when they will reopen. Residents are being reminded to not move power lines. A high wind advisory is in effect for the Lake Tahoe Basin and […]
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By Kathryn Reed The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday got an earful from a handful of people who are taking issue with having to make changes to their property because they are using it as a vacation rental. Residents are being hit with unexpected bills to bring their properties up to code. “We […]
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By Jonathan Thompson, High Country News On the morning of May 10, 2014, San Juan County Sheriff Rick Eldredge waited on horseback in the sagebrush of Recapture Canyon in southeastern Utah. In his faded jeans, boots and white cowboy hat, he looked as if he were out for a casual ride in the cool spring air. […]
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A winter storm warning has been issued for the Lake Tahoe Basin from 7pm Wednesday through noon Thursday. Rain will precede the white stuff. The National Weather Service in Reno is calling for 2 to 3 inches of snow per hour between 10pm Feb. 17 and 8am Feb. 18. At lake level between 4 and […]
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By Tara Lohan, Huffington Post Historically speaking, when the going gets tough, California builds more dams. “If you look at the history of California since the 1930s, every time there has been a drought people have been interested in expanding surface storage,” said Jay R. Lund, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis. […]
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By Henry Fountain, New York Times HONOLULU — A thousand miles south of Hawaii, the air at 45,000 feet above the equatorial Pacific was a shimmering gumbo of thick storm clouds and icy cirrus haze, all cooked up by the overheated waters below. In a Gulfstream jet more accustomed to hunting hurricanes in the Atlantic, […]
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By Denver Post Pitkin County authorities have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of pushing a snowboarder off a chairlift last month at Aspen Highlands. Thomas Proesel is accused in the case of attempted second-degree assault, a felony, and reckless endangerment. Records show he appeared in court Thursday for an advisement. Proesel’s bond was set at […]
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By Associated Press RENO — Federal judges have agreed to allow environmental lawyers in to legal battles being waged by rural and commercial interests in Nevada and Idaho intent on blocking new U.S. protections for the greater sage grouse. Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter didn’t oppose granting intervener status to the three national conservation groups […]
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