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The Nevada Division of State Parks is starting the planning process for updating the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park’s general management plan and is seeking public input on planning issues, user needs and potential park management or development opportunities.
The first public workshop is an opportunity for the public to help shape the park’s plan early in the process.

CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Nevada Division of State Parks is starting the planning process for updating the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park's general management plan and is seeking public input on planni...

Before Sunday, the last time I was out on the mountain was 17 years ago. I learned to ski at Kirkwood when I was 5 years old and spent many seasons on a handful of mountains all the way through ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - More than 170 people turned out to shave their heads at the St. Baldrick's event at the South Tahoe Ice Arena on Friday, leading to more than $60,000 raised for childh...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tackling a huge logistical challenge, the Obama administration Monday released an ambitious blueprint for states to match up uninsured Americans with coverage that's right for the...

The Nevada State Demographer’s Office, located at the University of Nevada, Reno College of Business, has released its 2011 population estimates. The state gained an estimated 17,152 people from July 2010 to July 2011, an estimated increase of 0.6 percent, about equivalent to the increase of 0.7 percent the prior year. Two years ago, the state lost 27,677 people, a decrease of about 1.0 percent.

ELKO, Nev. (AP) - A congressional panel is in northeast Nevada for a field hearing on what critics say is excessive environmental regulation on federal lands across the West.The House Resources sub...

After the first week of filing, Douglas has to look to its state race for a primary.Kelly Kite, R-Minden, is being challenged by Republicans Jim Wheeler of Gardnerville and Gary Schmidt of Dayton i...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Vail Resorts announced pricing for ski and snowboard passes for the 2012-2013 winter season Monday. "Each of our Tahoe resorts offers a different type of skiing and ridin...

Vail Resorts, Inc. ski and snowboard season passes for the 2012-2013 winter season go on sale today and feature the best prices in the industry.

RENO, Nev. - The U.S. Forest Service says nine snowmobilers have been cited on suspicion of driving in closed areas south of Lake Tahoe in recent weeks.Five snowmobilers were cited Feb. 25 after th...

Make no mistake about it, "John Carter," a movie playing now at the Horizon Stadium Cinemas at Stateline, Lake Tahoe, is a multi-million-budgeted film that takes itself seriously, although audiences may not. It's ripped from the pages of a 1912 newspaper series by Edgar Rice Burroughs of "Tarzan fame" (newspapers ran fun things like that in better times).

SACRAMENTO - The recent loss of tens of billions of dollars from California's public pension funds may have raised awareness about the high cost of guaranteed benefits for public workers, but refor...

Just like other winter recreation groups, it's been a tough year for snowmobilers. Sure, there's enough snow to ride their high-powered machines in some places. But not all those places are lega...