By Susan Wood KIRKWOOD – Based on the reaction of skiers and snowshoers venturing this year to the land of deep snow and simple needs, it’s almost as if the one trail not open at the start of season at the Nordic center should have been. Ecstasy, one of four black-diamond trails, is the operative […]
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By Christopher Thornberg Debate about California’s housing crisis typically revolves around low-income households. More than 90 percent of California families earning less than $35,000 per year spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing. This isn’t new; that percentage has been stubbornly high for years. Nor is this an exclusively Californian problem—the comparable […]
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By Associated Press Cancer is becoming the No. 1 killer in more and more states as deaths from heart disease have declined, new health statistics show. Nationwide, heart disease is still the leading cause of death, just ahead of cancer. While death rates for both have been falling for nearly 25 years, heart disease has […]
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Author Bill Morgan will share his newest book “Morgan’s Tahoe” on Jan. 23 at 1pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library. This book is a memoir of his time with the U.S. Forest Service at Lake Tahoe and, later, of his experiences as executive director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency during one of the most […]
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Rangers from Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa will be giving two free guided history talks coming up. Mormon Pioneers in Nevada is the topic of the Jan. 23 talk. Mormon pioneers were some of the first people to settle in Nevada. This talk will cover the history of Mormon settlement in the northern and southern […]
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By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Gerald “Jerry” Smith grew up in Nevada and went to work for the Bureau of Land Management right after college. As a local, he figured he was uniquely suited to work with the ranchers who have long resented the federal government’s role in land management here. It didn’t quite […]
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Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, California State Parks and the California Tahoe Conservancy may continue prescribed fire operations beginning Jan. 19. To view a map with project locations and details, go online. Residual smoke may be seen in locations where operations have taken place over the last several weeks. Before conducting prescribed fire operations, agencies […]
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Washoe Lake State Park is offering a full moon hike along the Deadman’s Creek Trail on Jan. 23. People will get to explore the park by the light of the full moon on this moderate, one mile, round-trip hike to the gazebo overlooking Washoe Lake. Participants should wear sturdy hiking shoes, wear warm clothes and […]
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The Squaw Valley Prom is a notoriously high-energy event attracting 1,100 partygoers grooving to the sounds of San Diego-based electro hip hop soul collective Vokab Kompany. The event will take place at Squaw Valley’s Olympic House on Feb. 20 at 8pm. The 12th annual prom is themed a luau, with guests hula-ing their way through the night. […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Jan Aphelin paid her way through college by working as a “camera girl” snapping commissioned photos of the high rolling gamblers and highfalutin clients of Reno’s swankiest casinos and clubs. She photographed the elite – some of them celebrities, including actress Debbie Reynolds […]
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