The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for the Lake Tahoe Basin, Truckee, Carson and Reno areas from 2pm Thursday through 11am Friday. The winds will be accompanied by low humidity. This combination can lead to fires quickly spreading out of control. Fire officials are asking people to: Report any smoke to […]
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A man who rented a standup paddleboard in South Lake Tahoe is missing. A boater found the board, GoPro camera, selfie stick and life jacket about one-half mile offshore from Timber Cove Marina on Aug. 12 about 4:45pm. The water there is about 17-feet deep. The equipment was returned to the shop about an hour […]
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By David Goldman, CNN Money CVS is dropping more than two dozen prescription drugs from its list of covered medicines for 2016, including Viagra. The drugs will still be sold at CVS/pharmacy stores, but customers who carry prescription benefit insurance with CVS/Caremark will no longer receive coverage for them. CVS (CVS) said the medicines dropped […]
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By Kelsey Ray, High Country News When large wildfires blaze, the public counts on airplanes to put them out. Pilots fly air tankers over mountainous terrain and drop fire retardant — up to nearly 12,000 gallons per trip — onto the dense forests below. The bursts of red slurry bring hope to those whose homes […]
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A Reno man has been arrested in connection with a series of pharmacy robberies in the region. Placer County sheriff’s detectives arrested Peter Joseph Terry, 48, on July 11 at 12:24pm after receiving a call that the Rite-Aid on North Lake Boulevard in Kings Beach had been robbed. This was the third time this pharmacy […]
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By Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Tuesday a measure that prohibits secret grand juries to weigh in on cases involving excessive or deadly force by law enforcement, and another affirming the public’s right to take audio or video recordings of police officers. Both measures were part of a spate […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s time to do something different. That was the overriding message delivered Tuesday night regarding invasive weeds that are taking over of the Tahoe Keys canals in South Lake Tahoe. Twenty-five years of various methods – most notably harvesting – have not solved the problem. The Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association has […]
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An 18-year-old South Lake Tahoe man is at Renown Medical Center in Reno after being hit while riding his bicycle. The name of the victim has not been released. He was struck by a vehicle at 3:53pm Aug. 11 on Ski Run Boulevard. The cause of the collision is under investigation. — Lake Tahoe News staff […]
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A South Shore man is scheduled to be arraigned next month in the July 9 shooting death of a bear. Gilbert Wetenkamp faces one misdemeanor count of unlawful taking of an animal. This is a violation under the state Fish and Wildlife code. The maximum penalty if convicted is one year in jail and a $1,000 […]
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By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal California’s cash-strapped parks system has a $1.2 billion maintenance backlog. But many of its 279 parks are getting spruced up anyway thanks to a secret weapon: conservation groups that have stepped in to rebuild trails, renovate restrooms and even buy more land. Park Champions, a program run by the […]
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