By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal More than 300 off-road racers have won permission to drive across Nevada’s newest national monument next week, but they won’t be allowed to race or go off-road. On Friday, the Bureau of Land Management issued a special recreation permit for the Best in the Desert “Vegas to Reno” off-road […]
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By Melinda Myers As summer fades into fall it is time to help lawns recover from summer stress and prepare for the winter ahead. Continue to mow your lawn as long as it continues to grow. Grow cool season grasses like bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 inches tall. Warm season grasses like bermudagrass, […]
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By Cassie Wilson, KRNV-TV Dry weather is common in Northern Nevada; we are of course a high desert. But as of Aug. 10, the Reno-Tahoe Airport officially hit a 79-day dry spell. In the last 10 years, the longest dry pattern we’ve seen was 92 days in the summer of 2011. And the current dry […]
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Middle and high school girls who want to improve their bike skills and learn race strategies and tips are invited to a series of clinics presented by Bike Like a Girl. They are Aug. 17, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12 at North Tahoe High School from 5:30-7:30pm. Bring your bike, helmet, gloves, snack and water. […]
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On Aug. 12-13, more than 60 of North America’s rarest and finest classic wooden boats will be on display at the historic Obexer’s Boat Company on the West Shore. In its 44th year, the Concours d’Elegance is celebrating the anniversary of a boating icon: Chris-Craft Racing Runabouts. These boats have a rich history that pre-dates World War II. […]
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By David Porter, AP NEWARK, N.J. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt another defeat to New Jersey’s yearslong attempt to legalize sports betting, setting aside the state’s challenge to a federal betting ban. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling invalidated a law passed by New Jersey in 2014 that would have […]
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By Associated Press With all their modern scientific equipment and state-of-the-art computer models, researchers trying to better understand the effect of algae growth in Lake Tahoe are searching for new tools to aid in their mission — old photo albums. Experts at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center want to better understand the trend in […]
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By Jane Braxton Little, High Country News Looking north from Blue Canyon near Shaver Lake, copper-colored forests blanket mountain slopes that stretch ridge after ridge to the horizon. The patches of fading green that dappled these hillsides last fall have merged into an unbroken cover of rust-needled pines. At dusk, when the winds die down, […]
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Lake Tahoe outrigger teams dominated the boats from the Bay Area during the annual Round the Rock Alcatraz Challenge. Boats of six rowers raced about 10 miles from the beach near Crissy Field in San Francisco, into the bay, around the prison and back to shore. Kawai’ulu O’Tahoe placed first and second in the coed […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care is in the process of getting its first permit to permanently care for an animal that cannot be released into the wild. Emma – the bald eagle from Emerald Bay – came to the South Shore rehab facility last Halloween. She had a broken wrist and damage to […]
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