By Landon Miller, KTVN-TV It is normal to see cars along the Mt. Rose Highway, but not a helicopter. This week, Nevada Department of Transportation is using one to help in road construction near the summit. Being installed along the steep terrain are 9,500 square yards of steel mesh. “They are actually picking up individual […]
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By Carl Edwards An onslaught of retiring baby boomers; the uncertain duration of Social Security funding; difficulty with workplace retirement accounts like 401(k)s – even if these factors were stronger than they are now, you’d still have a heavy burden in managing your finances during retirement. Financial planning for retirement has always been a daunting […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – When the emergency happens it’s too late to think about what to take. That’s why it is necessary to have papers in place, an emergency kit packed and a rendezvous spot selected now – not later. Leona Allen with Lake Valley Fire Protection District and Niki Congero with Lake Tahoe […]
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The body of man who had been missing for nearly 48 hours was recovered from the South Fork American River on Monday afternoon by El Dorado County search and rescue team members. Raymond Nocon, 32, of Folsom had been rafting with a friend when both went in the water and became separated about 9pm Aug. […]
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By Christopher Mims, Wall Street Journal Sometimes, like the moments leading up to when a police officer decides to shoot someone, transparency is an unalloyed good. And especially lately, technology has progressed to a point that it makes this kind of transparency not just possible, but routine. So it is in Rialto, where the entire […]
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The Boca Fire east of Boca Dam had grown to 75 acres as of 6pm Aug. 18. The forward progress of the fire has been stopped and there is no threat to Truckee, according to officials. The fire is burning away from Truckee. The fire initially made a run up the slopes east of Boca. […]
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South Lake Tahoe area youths ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies Sept. 21. Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 1073 of Truckee is hosting a Young Eagles Flight Rally at the Lake Tahoe Airport in South Lake Tahoe. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to introduce […]
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By Abigail Wise, Huffington Post “The mountains are calling and I must go,” naturalist John Muir famously wrote back in the 19th century. And while he set off to create and protect one of today’s most famous wilderness parks, Yosemite, all of that time spent in the mountains may have also led him to happiness […]
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By Ned Resnikoff, MSNBC Hungry students don’t enter the on-campus food pantry at New York’s LaGuardia Community College; instead they sit in an office in the college’s financial services center while a staff member or volunteer runs upstairs to get their food, bringing them unmarked grocery bags to take home. Little more than an unlabeled […]
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South Tahoe Public Utility District customers in the States Street area of South Lake Tahoe are without water this morning. This is because of an emergency line shutdown. STPUD hopes to have service resorted by 12:30pm Aug. 18. Also without water is the Tahoe Meadows area. Crew have been working in this area off Tahoe […]
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