South Lake Tahoe, CA…We would like to thank Nevada Energy’s Karl Walquist for giving us an update on the Outages. From Mr. Walquist “Most of the outages started early today when the snowstorm hit the Lake Tahoe Basin. Strong winds accompanying the snow blew trees and tree limbs into power lines causing the outages. Service […]
Truckee, CA…There is a jack knifed big rig and several vehicles involved in an accident on I-80 just east of Farad Road. CHP is reporting two accidents in the area. Multiple vehicles are blocking lanes just east of the scales in the Truckee area. On 267 there is an accident near Northstar. Luckily it is […]
Incline Village, NV….The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Reno Police Department, Nevada Highway Patrol and the Sparks Police Department will be placing additional personnel on patrol this New Year’s Eve as part of the statewide DUI Enforcement campaign. These additional enforcement patrols are being conducted to help ensure that all motorists have a safe holiday weekend. […]
On December 12th at approximately 8:46 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office responded to Pyramid Lake on a report of a missing boater. The missing boater was accompanied by two other’s while canoeing in Pyramid Lake when their boat capsized. Two persons were able to swim to safety, the third identified as Dustin Mason did not. Sheriff’s […]
Lake Tahoe Area…Power is coming back on today for up to 10,000 Nevada Energy Customers who were without power due to the recent storm. The culprits were trees and limbs coming into contact with or knocking down power lines. The major outages occurred early this morning and the bulk of the outages have been in […]
Truckee, CA…Emergency and Road Crews are having a busy morning on the local roadways. At this time the hot spots are on SR-89 at Chambers Lodge Road. A non-injury accident on SR-28 and Dollar Hill Drive where a vehicle has been hit several times. A vehicle vs a plow on Cascade Circle. Multiple spinouts on […]
Truckee, CA…Crews are working a non-injury crash where a Ford Pickup and a Subaru have been rearranging sheet metal. There is also a spinout on I-80 near Blue Canyon, Hwy 50 is still controlled traffic from a utility pole down and in South Lake Tahoe they are finishing up with a non injury accident on […]
BORMIO, Italy (Dec. 29) – Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) led a U.S. trio into the top 20 with eighth in Wednesday’s Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill in Bormio. Steven Nyman (Sundance, UT) finished 11th and World Cup rookie Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CA) was 20th, while Austria’s Michael Walchhofer clinched the victory. The race […]
Incline, NV…SR-89 is closed near Emerald Bay for avalanche control. Hwy 88 is closed in the Carson Spur area for avalanche control. One way traffic on US50. Chain controls on many of the area roads the report is below… NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY CONTROLS SUMMARY DECEMBER 29, 2010 6:13 AM PST All routes are […]
