By Andrea Domanick, Las Vegas Sun U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Friday praised Nevada’s role as a leader in renewable energy business development and called for bipartisan support toward continuing that progress in the future. Speaking at a clean energy luncheon at the MGM Grand organized by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, Reid said […]
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By Kathryn Reed While it’s possible in the United States to get nearly any vegetable any time of year, there is no question eating them in their “normal” season without having been shipped from some foreign country makes a huge difference in flavor. Asparagus is one of those seasonal veggies that come packed with wonderful […]
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By Gina Kolata, New York Times To the surprise of researchers who had thought the very notion a joke, an international consortium of investigators reported on Wednesday that shorter stature increases the risk of heart disease. After gathering genetic data from nearly 200,000 men and women worldwide, the investigators found that each extra 2.5 inches […]
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The Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe has partnered with locally owned D.A.F.F.Y skate company to introduce skateboarding to its members. On April 8 D.A.F.F.Y ran a four-hour workshop teaching the boys and girls how to skateboard. D.A.F.F.Y’s mission is to empower young people to find fun and enjoyment through skateboarding. For every skateboard […]
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By Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post For years, the federal government has advised Americans that they are eating too much salt, and that this excess contributes yearly to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. But unknown to many shoppers urged to buy foods that are “low sodium” and “low salt,” this longstanding warning has […]
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• Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules from Caltrans for the week. • Base Camp Festival, a day of electronic music, is set for July 25 at Lake Tahoe Golf Course in Meyers. For more info, go online. • The FNCTN Winter Music Series’ final concert features NURELIX inside the Lake Tahoe Golf Course […]
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By Kathryn Reed Eclectic. That is the word the director of the Valhalla Art, Theatre and Music Festival is using to describe the 2015 season. Evangeline Elston is returning for her second year as leader of this nearly 40-year-old South Shore tradition. As with years past, there will be a mix of offerings for a […]
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A long time local favorite lasting into the 1990s, Ceddy Sherer’s Sugar House was at the corner of Lake Tahoe Boulevard and LaSalle Street near Stateline. The coffe shop seen at the left in the photo above later became a steakery and until recently was Womack’s Texas-style Barbecue. Today it is Mayas Mexican Grill. Now the building […]
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By Zocalo This weekend, tens of thousands – maybe even nearly 100,000 – music fans are rocking out at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio. With multiple stages going full-blast, festival-goers will face difficult decisions such as: Should I catch the soulful roots-rockers Alabama Shakes or the haunting Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li? Should […]
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By Robert Westover There was a time when fire season for Western states meant only certain months out of the year. Not so long ago the U.S. Forest Service considered it primarily a summer problem with a few regions breaking the trend in early spring and late fall. But climate change, according to most wildland […]
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