By Kathryn Reed Snow Valley Peak is aptly named – especially right now with the various pockets of that white stuff leading up to the final approach. With the heat wave the Lake Tahoe Basin has been experiencing, there will be even less snow now compared to two weeks ago. Still, it might be a […]
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By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle California’s reservoirs are brimming after a winter of relentless storms and a late-spring heatwave that thawed the a big chunk of the snowpack. The Golden State’s system of 154 major reservoirs is holding 34,464,000 acre-feet according to the most recent June 12 state report with data pulled from an […]
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By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle Even packed on a Monday: The beach at Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park, is packed on June 19. In the summer, even Mondays are busy at this popular beach. The parking lot at Sand Harbor, the most popular beach on Lake Tahoe, filled up every day […]
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Due to the risk of wildfires, the Carson Ranger District is banning all shooting until Sept. 30 or conditions change. The Carson Ranger District encompasses more than 400,000 acres on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada (136,232 acres) and California (270,208 acres). The extremely wet winter led to higher-than-normal grass growth. In addition, the current […]
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By Erika Cook and Angela Moniot Barton Health sponsors some of the area’s top athletes: Daron Rahlves, Marco Sullivan, Travis Ganong, Lila Lapanja, and now Ty Tremaine, world champion EnduroCross rider from Gardnerville. EnduroCross is a hybrid motorcycle competition combining supercross, trials, and enduro racing. Forty competitors blast around an indoor track, maneuvering hundreds of […]
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By Kathryn Reed OLYMPIC VALLEY – You know it’s not an ordinary ski day when long pants and jackets look out of place. Sometimes only a Speedo or bikini was covering certain parts. This is summer skiing. And it is very different than spring skiing – the atmosphere, the skier, the attitude, the conditions. From […]
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By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal PAHRUMP — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke didn’t stop at any national monuments during his first official visit to Nevada, but he promised to return for a tour of Gold Butte and Basin and Range before the end of July. During an event in Pahrump on Monday, Zinke said he […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A type of toad that only lives in a remote Nevada valley could be in trouble if proposed geothermal power project becomes reality. Ormat Nevada is seeking permission from the Bureau of Land Management to build two 30-megawatt power plants and 15 production and injection wells on federal land about […]
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By Brooke Warren and Paige Blankenbuehler, High Country News A network of long trails crisscrosses the West, through open deserts and wild forests. Many trails follow historic routes where people made pilgrimages or embarked on exploratory expeditions. The National Trails System, managed by the National Park Service, has officially designated some of these extensive trails. […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Nevada gaming lawyers, lobbyists and handicappers applauded the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to hear a case against a law preventing legalizing sports gambling in New Jersey. The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act prohibited sports betting across the country, except for Nevada, Montana and Delaware. The law, passed in […]
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