Evan Allan Menchel of South Lake Tahoe died June 20, 2017. He was 25. He was born Dec. 30, 1991. If you had ever met Evan, you remembered him. His time on this earth was short, but glorious. He had a different outlook on life that very few could conceive. He lived for experiences. His […]
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New special events are slated for rural Nevada, including a quirky cooking festival that involves steam engines, as well as an event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the land-speed record. Both are among projects funded by the Nevada Division of Tourism through its rural marketing grants program. TravelNevada distributed $983,400 to 159 projects promoting tourism […]
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To the community, The Tahoe Douglas Elks Lodge No. 2670, an on-going supporter of the Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment program, hosted Bread & Broth’s Monday meal on June 12. The Elks Lodge is a service organization whose members work together on national and local levels to help the needy through community […]
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By Carole Jablon-Bernardi INCLINE VILLAGE – When a college is competing to maintain enrollment, even grow it, and is faced with rising tuition costs to offset expenses, faculty can become the target. Such is the case at Sierra Nevada College. The administration of the four-year liberal arts institution in Incline Village announced to faculty members […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News this month will be running several stories leading up to the 10th anniversary of the Angora Fire on June 24, 2007. By Patty Kouyoumdjian As the 10-year anniversary of the Angora Fire approaches, many of us in the government agencies charged with environmental protection are reflecting on the lessons learned […]
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By Russell Contreras, AP ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Typewriter enthusiasts gather at an Albuquerque restaurant to experiment with vintage Smith Coronas. Fans in Boston kneel in a city square and type stories about their lives during a pro-immigration demonstration. A documentary on typewriters featuring Tom Hanks and musician John Mayer is set for release this summer. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Fences in the water and along the beach on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe continue to be an issue. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency was able to get the Tahoe Beach Club to remove its temporary fence, as well as the illegal fence at a property north of Cave Rock and […]
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By Larry Weitzman Mazda’s new fourth generation MX-5 Miata combines tradition with the contemporary. Tradition in the sense of a raw sports car of yesteryear and contemporary in the sense of being built with high tech, state of the art components wrapped in a chiseled, sensuous body as if carved by a Samurai sword. While […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Walking into the Nevada Museum of Art’s newest exhibition is like walking into a Burning Man time capsule. A pair of dusty boots. A 1986 sketch of the man. Several jars of ash and melted glass collected from torched effigies over the years. City of Dust, open to the public from July […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Representatives of the Nevada Commission on Tourism plan to join a trade mission to India in September that’s part of a program President Trump wants to eliminate. Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison, who chairs the commission, told the board Wednesday that he would be participating in a Brand USA […]
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