By Melinda Myers Add productive garden space and raise your planting bed with straw bale gardening. This technique allows gardeners to create raised bed gardens on a patio, lawn or any area with poor compacted soil. Straw bale gardening has been around for centuries, but thanks to Joel Karsten’s book “Straw Bale Gardens” it has […]
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By Associated Press LAS VEGAS — State officials say Nevada gambling revenue was up 8 percent in February compared with the same month a year ago and saw across-the-board gains. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Wednesday that the state’s casinos won $990 million in February. Las Vegas Strip gambling revenue grew more than 7 […]
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By Susan Wood How can Lake Tahoe Basin residents and nature stakeholders deal with the inevitable power struggles that go with sharing open space in winter – whether that power is driven by human or machine? That’s the pervasive question the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit team is asking as it starts the long, laborious […]
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By Christopher Solomon, Outside Earlier this season, ski tracks appeared on Josies Ridge above Jackson, Wyoming. Ski tracks around Jackson usually aren’t news. But the Forest Service closes Josies and other areas to recreationists from December through April to give deer and elk a break from human disturbance during the winter. Signs announce the closures. […]
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By Mark Ellwood, Bloomberg Dan Dunn spent much of his adult life drinking, albeit for professional reasons (he’s the former nightlife columnist for Playboy). He’s a whisky aficionado, cocktail expert, and beer enthusiast. The only tipple that never tempted him was wine. So when he finally decided he needed a break from the fast lane, […]
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By Associated Press California plans to delay state-required warnings on metal cans lined with the chemical BPA, arguing too-specific warnings could scare stores and shoppers in poor neighborhoods away from some of the only fruits and vegetables available — canned ones, officials said Thursday. Instead, the state on May 11 will require stores to post […]
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By Lori Halloran, KQED-TV For the past seven years Sonja Hinrichsen has made snow drawings all over the world. Over time she’s come to terms with the completely unpredictable nature of her work. Though she spends months planning her projects, she can never be sure if the weather will cooperate, until the appointed day arrived. […]
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Construction of the Highway 89 realignment and Fanny Bridge rebuild in Tahoe City are expected to start this summer, with completion slated for 2017. Rerouting the highway and the roundabouts on either end will be built this year. The new roundabout at the Tahoe City Y, the rebuild of Fanny Bridge and the creation of a […]
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By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP WASHINGTON — Ten U.S. states — Nevada among them — still have not regained all the jobs they lost in the Great Recession, even after six and a half years of recovery, while many more have seen only modest gains. The figures help illustrate the uneven nature of the economic […]
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Tahoe Art League’s next meeting will feature a young artist from the Los Angeles area who now runs the Genius Fine Art Gallery in South Lake Tahoe. Scott Forrest’s abstract paintings are featured in this gallery along with the work of Rashad Hopkins, Salvadore Dali, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, and Marc Chagall. The April 13 […]
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