November 2012

Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort will open for the 2012-13 season on Thursday, Nov. 22, offering Easy Rider Express lift, Rock Garden lift, and three surface lifts, giving guests access to four trails including, Broadway, Easy Street, Echo, and Lower Sleighride. Building on the reputation as one of the nation’s top terrain park resorts, Sierra Resort™ will offer a small to medium jib park on Broadway consisting of multiple features including new boxes and rails, giving eager guests a chance to get their park legs back underneath them.

CARSON CITY – The impacts of the so-called “fiscal cliff” on Nevada’s state budget would likely be less significant than for many other states because of our lower dependence on federal spending, according to an analysis by the Pew Center on the States.

Slash piles in the North Canyon area east of Carson City are up for burning beginning Monday, Nov. 26, weather permitting, according to the Nevada Division of Forestry. Meanwhile, forestry crews will conduct pile burning at Sand Harbor, Slaughterhouse Canyon and the Van Sickle Unit at South Lake Tahoe. The burning will continue through March.
The Nevada Division of Forestry implements forest restoration and fuel reduction projects on about 300 acres annually within Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park funded through the Environmental Improvement Program.

Nancy Crump-Kenton passed away Saturday Nov. 17 from complications of a stroke suffered on Wednesday Nov.14. Nancy was born on Feb. 24, 1947 the first child of Marie and Dutch Wolf and shared th...