By Zlati Meyer, USA Today Following the news that Amazon.com’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market received FTC approval, Amazon announced that it is striving to make Whole Foods more affordable for the average consumer. Amazon, which is acquiring the organic-heavy supermarket chain for $13.7 billion, announced that starting Monday, the day the deal closes, it will […]
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By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal UNR President Marc Johnson told the class of 2021 that the university is not an institution defined by the actions of just one student. It was a message delivered at a welcome event for 3,800 freshmen ahead of the Monday start of the fall semester. It follows the national spotlight the […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal To the parents and grandparents who took the time to share the science of last week’s Great American Eclipse to children and grandchildren, I salute you. You might have planted a seed of curiosity that one day might play an important role in our tourism economy. The youngsters […]
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By Moonshine Ink Alice Waters is a pioneer — in the truest sense of the word — for the local, organic food movement. Most passionately, Waters has been an advocate for free, locally-sourced meals in our school systems. She got her start in Berkeley when she opened Chez Panisse, one of the first restaurants in […]
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The Truckee-Tahoe watercraft inspection station’s last day will be Sept. 4. After that date, all watercraft launching on Donner Lake must go to the Alpine Meadows station for inspections. Alpine Meadows will remain open until Sept. 30. Beginning Oct. 1 watercraft inspections will be available at the Lake Forest launch ramp in Tahoe City. During […]
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· Tahoe Transportation District is having a public workshop Aug. 30 from 3:30-6pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library on Rufus Allen Boulevard. The district’s short-range transit plan is the topic. · Grand Funk Railroad will be at MontBleu in Stateline on Oct. 21 at 8pm. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $45, plus taxes […]
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By Olga R. Rodriguez and Jonathan J. Cooper, AP There was no rain, no rumbling, no sign of danger before the blinding flash and deafening bang of a lightning bolt threw Mathias Steinhuber to the ground, tore off his clothes and burned a gaping hole in his shoe. The 31-year-old Austrian teacher, an avid hiker, […]
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The Alpine Watershed Group will be hosting the 18th annual Markleeville Creek Day on Sept. 9. Each year this event allows for the completion of important watershed restoration work. Volunteers are needed to help complete projects throughout the East and West Carson Watersheds including plantings, stream bank stabilization, invasive weed removal, protective tree wrapping, and […]
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Sierra Nevada College’s Tahoe’s Writers in the Woods kicks off with author Sunil Yapa on Sept. 15. Yapa’s first novel, “Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist,” set during the Seattle World Trade Organization protests of November 1999, is this year’s Common Read and a 2016 Time magazine Best Books of the […]
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The 39th annual Freakers Ball will be Oct. 28 at MontBleu at Stateline. Tickets, which are $30 if purchased in advance, $35 if purchased the week of, and $40 if purchased the day of the ball, give guests access to three spook-tacular parties. Fun-seekers can experience Halloween celebrations at Opal Ultra Lounge, Blu Nightclub, […]
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