Nevada Department of Agriculture officials are recommending bird owners in Nevada adopt extra healthy hygiene practices after avian bird influenza was found in Oregon and Washington. While health risks to humans are low, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is warning people to avoid contact with sick or dead poultry or wildlife. Nevada State […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two SnowGlobe attendees were found unconscious and suffering from hypothermia Tuesday night near a dumpster at Lake Tahoe Hard Rock. “The security at Hard Rock did a great job knowing what was going on around the property. They found her by a dumpster and the kid had crawled up on one of […]
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Two people were injured Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle accident on the West Shore. Icy roads are an issue at different areas of the basin, especially where it is shady. The Dec. 31 accident occurred on Highway 89 near Michael Street. CareFlight landed at Tahoe City Golf Course to transport one person to Renown Medical […]
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By Associated Press A report shows Nevada ranks near the bottom for volunteer service in the nation. The report from the Corporation for National and Community Service, released last week, ranks Nevada’s volunteer rate 49th among the 50 states and Washington, D.C. It shows that 20.3 percent of Nevada residents volunteered in 2013 compared with […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee Glancing at the 458 candidates who recently showed up for the California Highway Patrol’s applicant screening on a recent blustery morning, one wouldn’t think the department has a diversity problem. The group that had gathered in the gym at the CHP’s West Sacramento academy came from the Sacramento region and […]
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Robert Fish, a seasonal Caltrans equipment operator working out of Truckee, was plowing Interstate 80 on Christmas about 9pm when he noticed a man trying to wave down traffic near the eastbound Hirschdale Road off-ramp. James Mengel, 77, of Citrus Heights said he had been involved in a hit-and-run accident and his truck would not run. […]
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By Josh Richman, San Jose Mercury News After months of seeing gas prices sink ever lower, Californians will ring in 2015 by paying more at the pump as a result of the state’s landmark greenhouse-gas emissions law. But how much more we’ll pay, and whether it’s worth it, remains bitterly debated among oil companies, some […]
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It depends on what end of the lake you are on if the gaming revenue numbers are good or bad news. On the South Shore the win was down 30.36 percent for November compared to 2013, while on the North Shore there was a gain of 22.14 percent. The Nevada Gaming Control Board released the […]
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Getting boats in and out of the Tahoe Keys is not getting any better as winter progresses. Buoys for navigation and speed limits at the main channel are sitting to the side, in muck because the water level is so low. If the lake level rises — especially in any significant way, it won’t be until […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though the snowpack was increasing as it was being measured Tuesday morning near the entrance of Sierra-at-Tahoe, it will need to keep falling the rest of the winter to significantly ease the impact of California’s drought. The Dec. 30 reading was the first manual measurement of the season. Frank Gehrke with […]
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