• Sugar Bowl’s Torchlight Parade with Santa and the Backcountry Ball is Dec. 13 from 5-10pm in the Judah Lodge. It’s a fundraiser for the Sierra Avalanche Center and features professional big-mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones. Tickets are $20 at the door. • Northstar will host a Northern Lights Festival and Mardi Gras Celebration, as well […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Medical marijuana and the Nevada casino industry don’t mix, gaming officials said at a conference Nov. 7, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. The Gaming Control Board made it clear in a May notice that casinos must stay out of the state’s budding medical marijuana business since […]
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By Elle Knickmeyer, AP SAN FRANCISCO — With organic food growers reporting double-digit growth in U.S. sales each year, producers are challenging a proposed California pest-management program they say enshrines a pesticide-heavy approach for decades to come, including compulsory spraying of organic crops at the state’s discretion. Chief among the complaints of organic growers: The […]
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Employees of the town of Truckee, including police officers, will begin to look a bit scruffy over the next several weeks. They are participating in the national cancer awareness campaign known as No-Shave November. The Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center has estimated it would treat 350 new patients from this area. The center has […]
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Dream Spirit Baroque Band will be playing festive music featuring traditional Christmas tunes, and popular classics on Dec. 13 at 11am at the South Lake Tahoe Library. Refreshments will be provided by Friends of the Library. The event is free, however non-perishable food items are being collected for Christmas Cheer. The library is at 1000 Rufus Allen […]
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TOCCATA-Tahoe Symphony will present Parts I & III of Handel’s Messiah along with carols the audience can join in singing on Dec. 12, 14, 19, and 21. Locations are as follow: Dec. 12 7pm: First United Methodist Church, 209 W. First St. Reno. Dec. 14 3pm: Cornerstone Church, 300 Country Club Drive, Incline Village. Dec. 19 7pm: […]
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By Stephen Singer, AP HARTFORD, Conn. — Revenue at U.S. casinos jumped more than 6 percent in 2012, the first significant increase in three years as economic growth picked up speed and more casinos opened in several markets. But revenue generated by Indian casinos rose less than 2 percent the same year, Casino City’s North […]
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By KRNV-TV A traveler who visited one of the three West African nations experiencing an Ebola outbreak and returned to the United States and the Reno area, is being actively monitored by the Washoe County Health District for appearance of any symptoms of Ebola. According to the Washoe County Health District, the individual was not […]
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Tahoe National Bank existed from 1963 to 1979 before being absorbed by Central Bank. One branch was built next to the Tahoe Valley Post Office with a drive-up teller window. That building later has housed a clothing outlet store, video rentals, and currently Pet Supermarket. The other branch was built where the Marcus Ashley Gallery […]
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Lake Tahoe schools dominated the NIAA Division III state soccer tournament. Whittell High School’s girls won the state crown on Nov. 8 by beating Incline 3-1 on their home field. All the games were played at WHS. Whittell beat White Pine 5-0 the day before in the semifinal round. Incline topped North Tahoe in the semis […]
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