A 42-year-old man visiting Lake Tahoe died at Angora Lake on July 24. The name of the man has not been released. An autopsy is pending to determine the exact cause of death. He had been at the South Shore lake with friends. When they didn’t see him above water they went searching for him. […]
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Northern Nevada was not much help in June when it came to gaming revenue. While statewide revenues were up 14 percent compared to the previous year, they were down in Stateline and Reno. The state Gaming Control Board today released June’s numbers that show the state brought in $907 million. Stateline casinos were down 2 […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – The tiny moths that are turning a large swath of the South Shore orange are out mating so there will presumably be more organisms to wreak havoc. The needle miner is a micro moth that lives about a year, but can do tremendous harm in its short lifespan. They live […]
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High bacteria levels at a creek in Kings Beach resulted in a health advisory being issued this week by Placer County Environmental Health. Griff Creek is near highways 267 and 28. The advisory includes the creek near the highway road culvert and bridge where the creek widens and ponds. Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board […]
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By David Crary, AP NEW YORK — Experimentation with human growth hormones by America’s teens more than doubled in the past year, as more young people looked to drugs to boost their athletic performance and improve their looks, according to a new, large-scale national survey. In a confidential 2013 survey of 3,705 high school students, […]
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Eight airmen from the Nevada Air National Guard joined 160 people from seven nations July 21 to provide humanitarian assistance to the citizens of Tonga as part of Operation Pacific Angel-Tonga. The mission will continue until July 26. Tonga is Nevada National Guard’s partner in the National Guard’s State Partnership Program, the Department of Defense […]
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Washoe County Sheriff’s Office lost another boat at Lake Tahoe. The search and rescue vessel that sank at Incline Village overnight is the second boat to have done so. The other sank in May. “The command staff is talking over what the options and availability are for the lake at this point,” Bob Harmon, spokesman […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two people were injured when the Deerfield Lodge in South Lake Tahoe went up in flames Wednesday night. The fire that swept through the Ski Run Boulevard two-story hotel displaced all of the guests. Thirty-five people were taken to Lakeside Inn for the evening and are expected to return today. The back […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – With an arsonist on the loose on the South Shore setting brush fires, Simmie is even more important. Simmie is Lake Valley Fire Protection District’s arson dog. She was at the Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe lunch on Wednesday at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe with her handler Gareth Harris. Harris, fire […]
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Two black bears trapped on July 22 have been released back in to the wild by Nevada Department of Wildlife. One was caught in Incline Village and the other Gardnerville. Both bears were tagged, tattooed and microchipped in order to identify them in the future should they come back in to contact with humans. A […]
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