The Truckee-Tahoe watercraft inspection station’s last day will be Sept. 4. After that date, all watercraft launching on Donner Lake must go to the Alpine Meadows station for inspections. Alpine Meadows will remain open until Sept. 30. Beginning Oct. 1 watercraft inspections will be available at the Lake Forest launch ramp in Tahoe City. During […]
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By Olga R. Rodriguez and Jonathan J. Cooper, AP There was no rain, no rumbling, no sign of danger before the blinding flash and deafening bang of a lightning bolt threw Mathias Steinhuber to the ground, tore off his clothes and burned a gaping hole in his shoe. The 31-year-old Austrian teacher, an avid hiker, […]
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The Alpine Watershed Group will be hosting the 18th annual Markleeville Creek Day on Sept. 9. Each year this event allows for the completion of important watershed restoration work. Volunteers are needed to help complete projects throughout the East and West Carson Watersheds including plantings, stream bank stabilization, invasive weed removal, protective tree wrapping, and […]
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A golf tournament to raise money for South Tahoe High School’s football team will be Sept. 30 at Lake Tahoe Golf Course in Meyers. Registration begins at 8am, with a shotgun start at 9am. Cost is $100 per person. For more information, email stvquarterbackclub@hotmail.com.
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Campers at Martis Creek Lake Alpine Meadows Campground near Truckee are being warned to take precautions to avoid contracting plague. The Army Corps of Engineers put up warning signs this week as well as insecticide treated bait stations. The goal is to kill the fleas that can carry the disease. Plague is naturally present throughout […]
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The 20th annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day is Sept. 23 from 8am-3pm. Participants will help restore the Angora burn area by improving trails and thinning brush to protect young trees. Then all volunteers are invited to South Tahoe Brewing Co. for a celebration. The work ends at 1pm, with the party from 1-3pm. The annual […]
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By Kathryn Reed Before Whittell High School’s football plays its first game tonight it has already scored in the arena of community cooperation, as has Lake Tahoe Unified School District. They are showing what it truly means to blur the state line. Construction equipment is occupying Whittell’s gridiron as it undergoes a major transformation. It’s […]
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By Melissa Siig, Moonshine Ink At 5:45 one morning in early June, Tahoe Vista resident Brent Thrams parked his truck in front of the grove of cottonwood trees near the entrance to Christy Hill restaurant in Tahoe City. Thrams, who was accompanied by two others, was not there to watch the sun rise over Lake […]
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By Christopher Solomon, Outside More than 99.2 percent of the people who commented on President Donald Trump’s national-monuments review were in complete agreement: Leave the monuments alone. That’s the stunning result of a detailed new survey on the comments that the federal government solicited after Trump issued an executive order earlier this year to revisit the status of 27 national […]
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By Carolyn Wilke, Sacramento Bee A recent report by UC Davis gave a grim assessment on the health of forests around Lake Tahoe. The threats facing them include white pine blister rust, an invasive fungus, and bark beetles, an insect that attacks trees. And both of these were exacerbated by the recent drought. From 2015 […]
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