By Nicholas Joyce, The Conversation Every holiday season, families and friends convene to share affection, kindness and experience. In the ideal holiday atmosphere, one often depicted in commercials and media, such get-togethers are places of warmth, appreciation and general happiness. If you find yourself in such a family, count yourself lucky and blessed. If your […]
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By Joe Hart, KRNV-TV Buffy Ford, her husband and their three horses moved to south Carson City in 2005. The quiet rural neighborhood at East Roland and Ponderosa Street was a perfect fit for their outdoor lifestyle. They knew the new Carson City freeway was coming. What they didn’t know is that the sound wall […]
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By Doug Puppel and Nikole Robinson Carroll, Nevada Public Radio After being declared nearly extinct in Nevada in 1979, black bears have staged a comeback in the state, with a population today numbering in the hundreds. Fanning out east and south from Lake Tahoe, bears are repopulating the Great Basin ranges that hunting, logging, and encroaching […]
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A painting worth more than $1,000 that was stolen from a South Lake Tahoe gallery has been recovered. Someone stole the artwork on Dec. 9 from the sidewalk display in front of Pacific Crest Gallery in the Heavenly Village. It had a sales price of $1,195. Gallery staff then saw it for sale on Craigslist. […]
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The Truckee Town Council approved a 10-year solid waste and recycling franchise agreement this month with Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal that includes a host of new, sustainable services for residential and commercial customers. The previous agreement was set to expire June 30, 2018. Truckee residents will be moving to containerized recycling and yard waste services […]
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By Vicki Gonzalez, KCRA-TV El Dorado County has completed three human trafficking stings this year — in South Lake Tahoe, Placerville and El Dorado Hills, according to the district attorney’s office. “We have young victims as well as older victims that are at risk so we are targeting all areas of the county,” Deputy District […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal California ski towns are going to have to wait a little longer for recreational marijuana. On Jan. 1, adults 21 and over will be allowed to possess up to one ounce of recreational marijuana in California, but most ski towns in Northern California won’t allow sales of retail product yet. […]
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By Kathryn Reed I believe there is white privilege. I’m sure I’ve benefited in ways I don’t even know. That ignorance is part of the problem of white privilege. So much of the United States is divided by color. It’s one of the original us vs. them battles, a battle that still exists today. The […]
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By Meghin Delaneym, Las Vegas Review-Journal Reports of bullying in Nevada’s schools nearly doubled during the 2015-16 school year before dipping last year, a byproduct of stronger reporting and better investigations, according to a state official. The state passed an anti-bullying law during the 2015 legislative session, a few months before the 2015-16 school year […]
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· South Lake Tahoe’s SnowGlobe music festival hours will be Dec. 29, 2-11:30pm, Dec. 30, 2-11:30pm, and Dec. 31, 2pm-1am. · Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules from Caltrans for the week. · South Lake Tahoe now has a vacation home rental page on Facebook. · Multi-platinum artist/musician/producer Charlie Puth is the first act […]
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