There will be a guided full moon snowshoe at Sugar Pine Point State Park on Feb. 20. Explore the natural and cultural history around the Hellman-Ehrman estate and walk along the Lake Tahoe shore. For those new to snowshoeing, there will be a beginner’s clinic at 6:30pm. The hike starts promptly at 7 pm near […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal Washoe County voters found out Friday which tax increase for local schools awaits their decision on the November ballot. Sales tax. And voters will likely be asked to pass the highest sales tax in Nevada of 8.265 percent, according to a Washoe committee unanimously agreeing Friday to seek a sales tax […]
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Liberty Utilities started construction this week on its first solar project. It is projected that it will provide 25 percent of the utility’s energy requirements when it comes online in December. The Luning Solar Energy Center will be a 50 megawatt project. Luning is 140 miles southeast of Minden and 80 miles northwest of Tonopah. In addition […]
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By USSA BOSTON – U.S. Snowboarding rookie Julia Marino (Westport, Conn.) topped the women’s field at the Polartec Big Air at Fenway on Thursday night in front of a stellar Boston crowd in one of America’s most iconic sports venues. Marino, a New England native, wasn’t originally even scheduled to compete. She snuck in off […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bulldozing and starting over is what many people would like to do with a majority of parcels in South Lake Tahoe. One-by-one the California Tahoe Conservancy is doing this. The board in March will have a say in whether that happens to the Knights Inn that fronts Highway 50 at the corner […]
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By Allen C. Guelzo “If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong,” Abraham Lincoln said in 1864. “I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel.” Yet, there has always been doubt about just how great an emancipator he really was. Why did he wait for two years into his presidency to […]
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By Mike Errico, New York Times Every couple of months, I see another post in my Facebook feed about a band that was cut off by an 18-wheeler or skidded on a patch of black ice and rolled their van into a ditch. Some members are injured, and they’re launching a Kickstarter campaign to pay […]
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By Kimber Laux, Las Vegas Review-Journal If you want something wearable and shiny this Valentine’s Day, start dropping hints now. According to the Retail Association of Nevada, only one in five Nevadans are planning to buy jewelry for their Valentine. On the bright side, you’re about 25 percent more likely to receive candy this Sunday, a […]
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· Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Advisory Planning Commission will have a hearing on the Kings Beach pier reconstruction project on April 13. The comment deadline has been extended to April 15. More info about the project is online. · The North Lake Tahoe Bridal Fair is Feb. 28 from 11am-3pm at the Olympic Valley Lodge. For […]
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By Jackie Valley, Las Vegas Sun The number of Nevada children without health insurance keeps dropping, especially among such historically hard-to-reach populations as minorities and lower-income residents, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study released Thursday. The number of uninsured Nevada children dropped to 10 percent in 2014 from 14.4 percent in 2013 — […]
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