Copyright attorney Carolyn Wright will be giving a free talk this month aimed at professional and amateur photographers. Known as the photo attorney, Wright’s law firm is based out of Zephyr Cove. She is also a professional photographer and author of “Photographer’s Legal Guide.” She will be speaking at the Carson City Library on Feb. […]
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By Mary Bowerman, USA Today and Chris Hrapsky, KARE-TV As the mosquito-borne Zika virus spreads quickly through the Americas, medical experts areencouraging people to try to limit their exposure to mosquitos. But as anyone who’s come home from vacation or summer camp covered in itchy bumps knows, preventing mosquito bites is sometimes easier said than done. “The […]
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By Shay Castle, Denver Post Get the gear. Get the training. Get the forecast. That’s the mantra of the industry that’s built up around the rising popularity of back country sports — skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling — undertaken outside the groomed boundaries of ski resorts. But while more and more people are venturing out into the […]
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By Amy Quinton, Capital Public Radio A new federal study takes an in-depth look at how climate change will affect the Truckee River Basin. The Basin includes the Truckee and Carson Rivers, Pyramid Lake and Lake Tahoe. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation study says temperatures are expected to increase up to 5 degrees by the […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times If there is a holy grail of weight loss, it would be a program that allows someone to shed fat rapidly while hanging on to or even augmenting muscle. Ideally, it would also be easy. A new study describes a workout and diet regimen that accomplishes two of those […]
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· MontBleu casino now has a William Hill sportsbook. · The Genoa Cowboy Festival is April 28-May 1. For more info, go online. · Tahoe Regional Young Professionals’ networking mixers are Feb. 10 from 5:30-8:30pm at The Loft in the Heavenly Village and Feb. 16 from 5:30-8pm at Moe’s BBQ in Tahoe City. They are free for members, $10 for […]
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Upon finding more historic photos of trains at Lake Tahoe, I contacted my friend Jeff Browne who is quite the railroad historian. “The Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company (aka Lake Tahoe narrow gauge RR) went from Glenbrook on the Tahoe East Shore and ended at Spooner Summit where a giant log flume sent […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about Park City, Utah. By Kathryn Reed For years people have been saying Lake Tahoe – the South Shore in particular – is at a crossroads, at a tipping point. Many have predicted this region’s demise if change did not come – and come dramatically […]
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Ice and rocks contributed to area highways being shutdown at times on Saturday. A 16-car accident on Highway 88 the morning of Feb. 6 resulted in only one person being transported to Barton Memorial Hospital. Although there hasn’t been any new snow for a few days, where the pileup occurred is a notoriously icy section. […]
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By AC Shilton, Outside In 2016, instead of talking about the nuances of Cascade versus Saaz hops, we’re going to spend the year talking about how a concave bottom and bulbous top maximize aromas and help keep a beer’s head foamy. And it will be really, really pretentious. Matthew Cummings is a glass-blowing artist who […]
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