New tool determines areas at high risk of forest fire
With California officials predicting the worst fire season in a century, finding areas at high risk of wildfire before the flames start is crucial. That’s how a new tool to help forest managers assess regions exposed to multiple threats could save …
Read More »On the Hill: Kayaking at Nevada Beach
On the Hill Summer, brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, brings you a video report about a different Lake Tahoe adventure every day. Today's activity: Kayaking at Nevada Beach Why you want to do this: …
Read More »Local studio performs at national level
For a small town dance studio, Forever Dance Lake Tahoe dominates the stage. The 5-year-old studio has been ranked among the top 50 dance studios in the country by the Federation of Dance Competitions for the last four seasons, while two of its numb …
Read More »On the Hill: Hiking Horsetail Falls
On the Hill Summer, brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, brings you a video report about a different Lake Tahoe adventure every day. Today's activity: Hiking Horsetail Falls. About the hike: Really one …
Read More »Adventure park slated for former amusement park site
Everyone will have the opportunity to be a stunt man if one local entrepreneur gets his new business up and running. South Shore photographer Kurtis Rix hopes to transform the site of the former Tahoe Amusement Park, where the Upper Truckee River cro …
Read More »Local group promotes community activism
Mike Herron wanted to start a community activism group that would prove its worth through deeds rather than words. So on May 25, the South Lake Tahoe native and his friend, Katie Doner, used social media to unite friends and create the South Lake …
Read More »$17.9 million high school expansion OK’d
As the class of 2019 is preparing for middle school, plans for the new Douglas High School got a final green light from school board members. Those new seventh-graders will, in 2015, be the first freshmen at the high school since they left for the mi …
Read More »Kingsbury open, fire under control
Firefighters wielding chainsaws and shovels built a line all the way around a wildfire burning near Kingsbury Grade by 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Kings fire’s size was revised down to five acres, according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch spokesman Ma …
Read More »Local groups launch Tahoe apps this month
What if you could hold Lake Tahoe in the palm of your hand? Thanks to two new basin-specific apps, you — almost — can. Beach access and event information is only a click away with Big Blue Concierge or Tahoe Beaches in your pocket. The mobile appli …
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