Generally light winds into early next week, except for some stronger gusts in Higher Elevations on sunday. A fast moving storm will bring a return of wintry conditions wednesday and thursday with gusty week. Even when there isnt any wind. Thats because its part of a test by the Nevada Department of transportation. They will test their new wind Warning System on tuesday from nine to one in the afternoon. During these tests, drivers of highprofile vehicles and Passenger Vehicles will still be allowed to travel on i 580. Take a look at this view. A man was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after crashing his suv into the Truckee River near idlewild park. This happened about 930 this morning. Police and fire crews called out to help the driver of the jeep grand cherokee. No word yet on what caused the driver to lose control. An oregon man is recovering after being stranded for a week in gerlach. 69 year old philip besanson, was driving from arizona back to eugene, oregon when accor
Essayist. Teacher. Mentor. Dean of western literature. Raconteur. Critic. Filmmaker. Legend. Monolith. Friend.
When Bill Kittredge died on December 4, word passed quickly among his many friends in the nature writing community, especially in his beloved West. Bill arrived at the University of Montana in 1969, and helped create the “Paris of the West” by joining a writing community that included Richard Hugo, Jim Welch, and Annick Smith, who would become Bill’s longtime partner. Bill’s ability to teach and encourage others would jump-start dozens of beginning writers who studied with him, including Andrew Sean Greer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for his novel