By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal GARDNERVILLE — Speakers at the third annual Basque Fry gave red meat speeches to an appreciative crowd of 3,000 who flocked to the conservative Republican gathering in Northern Nevada. The event at the Corley Ranch in rural Gardnerville, organized by the Morning in Nevada PAC, comes as Republican Attorney […]
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Kingsbury Grade is closed because of a single-vehicle accident that occurred Sunday afternoon. Nevada Highway Patrol officers are still trying to determine exactly what happened. The crash occurred just past Tramway Drive on the Tahoe side of the summit a little past 3pm Aug. 27. The RV was a total loss because of a fire. […]
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Nationally known sound healer, educator and author Diáne Mandle will be performing at Tahoe Yoga Shala on Sept. 27 at 7:30pm. The event will be a sound immersion with ancient Tibetan bowls, gongs and percussion to soothe, inspire and awaken the body, mind and spirit. The concert is designed to relieve stress, enlighten the mind […]
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The Douglas County Public Library is hosting a local author gathering at the Minden branch on Sept. 19 from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Meet and chat with local authors as they sell and sign books. Todd Borg and Mike White will be featured alongside authors Jay Crowley, Karen Dustman, Sally Mooney, Bonnie Nishikawa, Jerry Pattison, Kat […]
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By Megan Rowling, Reuters The world needs to use water more efficiently rather than exhausting invisible underground supplies and blindly exporting “virtual water” to avert a global crisis that would undermine food and energy systems, a leading expert warned. More than one-third of humanity is water-stressed every year or season, while drought crises are on […]
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By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, who has faced rowdy protesters and sharp barbs at town halls this year, received a kinder if not exactly warm response in a remote town in the Sierra foothills Thursday evening. Most of the hostility from the crowd inside the Foresthill High School gym focused on McClintock’s […]
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· South Lake Brewing Company’s gives TAMBA 10 percent of every TrailBuilder beer people purchase. · Incline Village bike park is going to become a reality. Construction bids are being sought. · The Sept. 16-18 motorcycle training course is aimed at beginning riders. Students must be at least 16 with a class C or A […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal For Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s lengthy and, so far, triumphant climb out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it was “Veni, vidi, vici” — “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman Tony Alamo, like his state Gaming Control Board counterpart, A.G. Burnett, two weeks earlier, quoted the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Being in the business of recovering dead bodies is stressful and rewarding. The past few days have been extremely satisfying for Keith Cormican and his girlfriend Beth Darst. On Saturday they recovered the body of Pham Dan Vu Thanh just north of Emerald Bay. He had gone kayaking by himself on June […]
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By James McCommons Amos, a one-legged Amish man, was having trouble with his new prosthesis. He left the leg in his sleeping compartment and came to the diner on crutches—a hazardous ambulation on a moving train. Because Amish do not buy health insurance nor take Medicare or Social Security, he rode the Southwest Chief from […]
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