By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe Refuse hopes to have its green waste program revamped by this spring when people start to clean their yards after winter. “It will be expanded to get a higher diversion percentage,” John Marchini with the South Lake Tahoe garbage company told Lake Tahoe News. The company is still working out […]
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By Kathryn Reed A private beach for Lake Tahoe Ritz-Carlton guests is close to becoming a reality. The resort has secured the property in Tahoe Vista on which it plans to build a clubhouse of sorts this summer that would be available only for guests of the Truckee hotel. “It is something we have been […]
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By Katie Arnold, Outside The other morning my 5-year-old daughter begged me to let her buy lunch at school. I typically pack her and her 7-year-old sister an almond-butter sandwich, carrot sticks, and a sliced apple, but we’d gotten a late start to the day and my husband and I were chasing them around with […]
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By Elizabeth Royte, National Geographic Tristram Stuart has 24 hours to produce a restaurant meal for 50 people—to plan a menu, gather food, then welcome guests to a venue in a city not his own. Complicating what sounds like a reality-show contest is a singular rule: Nearly all the ingredients must be sourced from farms […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Governor’s Gaming Policy Committee is on course to recommend some form of regulation for daily fantasy sports wagering, but don’t count on the leading companies in the industry to line up for licensing. Executives of Draft Kings and FanDuel, the two largest daily fantasy sports industry players, […]
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Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus continues its Winter MusicFest with the 11th annual presentation of J.S. Bach’s masterpiece the “Passion according to St. Matthew”. The first concert of the four concert series will take place March 18 at 7pm at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Carson City (3597 N. Sunridge Drive). The program will feature […]
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A Reno man died Sunday while skiing at Mount Rose ski resort. Ski patrollers were unable to revive Luke Solum, 43, when they found him just after 2pm March 6 on the Galena run. The cause of death is under investigation because it did not appear he ran into anything. — Lake Tahoe News staff […]
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By Richard Solbrig The National Interagency Fire Center described the 2015 wildfire season as one of the most severe in decades, with more than 10 million acres burned. The Valley (76,000 acres), Butte (70,000 acres), and Rough (150,000 acres) wildfires highlighted the impact of the severe drought upon our critical watersheds. According to a study […]
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· TRYP will host a professional development workshop titled Nutrient Deficiencies: Eat Well to Live Well on March 16 from 6-7pm at Elevated Fitness, 4000 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Suite 8, South Lake Tahoe. The workshop is free for members, and $5 for non-members. · The Future of Rural Healthcare Conference hosted by Barton Health is June 8-10 at […]
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