The Meyers Community Foundation has started a Fish Fund for the stocking of fish in Baron Lake. The fund was started with donations from locals including Dick Mullinix, Pete Nelligan, Eric Mohr, Mel Smothers and a $1,000 grant from the MCF. This money was used for two stockings of trout this summer. The goal is […]
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By Buck Wargo, Law Vegas Review-Journal A new concept that allows businesses to place wagers on behalf of passive investors is failing to gain much traction with Nevada’s sports books. Since the so-called sports-entity betting took effect in November, the only sports book participating is CG Technology, the company that lobbied the Nevada Legislature for […]
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By Kathryn Reed ECHO SUMMIT – Casually walking along the Pony Express Trail we wonder how pioneers had the gumption to push on through the Sierra. Hiking with ample water and modern clothing is a breeze. And we had a map. To have done so with wagons, cumbersome clothing and at times with inadequate supplies […]
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Truckee’s High Fives Foundation is awarding empower grants to two people who have suffered spinal cord injuries to help them have more active lives. Taylor Fiddyment, 22, was injured in 2011 in an ATV accident that left her paralyzed. She has worked with the High Fives Foundation, receiving prior grants that have brought her skiing, […]
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Starting in October boat inspections will move to select launch ramps and winter hours will begin. Tahoe Resource Conservation District inspectors will be stationed at Cave Rock and Lake Forest boat launches from 6am-4pm seven days a week, weather and construction permitting. All boats without an intact Tahoe inspection seal are required to get an […]
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Off-highway vehicle enthusiasts and interested members of the public may give input regarding sign content for the McKinney Rubicon kiosk at a meeting Sept. 22. It will be from 1-4pm at the U.S. Forest Service office in South Lake Tahoe, 35 College Drive. For more information about the meeting, contact Mike Gabor 530.543.2642 or emailmgabor@fs.fed.us.
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Crews will be on working around the clock on Sept. 21 and Sept. 26-Oct. 7 on the bike path-stormwater project on Highway 28 in Incline Village. Motorists should anticipate delays of up to 30 minutes with one-lane flagger controlled closures near Hidden Beach, one mile south of Incline Village. Work will include relocation of a […]
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While Boreal usually is the first Tahoe area ski resort to open, Squaw Valley is on a quest to be close behind. Following the region’s first snow fall this week, the resort has bumped up opening day from Nov. 23 to the week of Nov. 11, weather and conditions permitting. Following the earliest opening in more […]
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By Tony Berendsen In the beginning there were five planets. Our ancestors watched them for millennia knowing they differed from the stationary stars in the heavens; they wandered. They were given names and mythologies to share from generation to generation and ruled the night sky as gods. Then a man with a telescope discovered another […]
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Permits for the Nevada Division of State Park’s annual wood sale will be available beginning Sept. 17 at 8am at the Sand Harbor main office. Permits are $65 per cord, with a limit of one cord per address/family and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The wood is a mixture of pine and fir, some […]
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