The El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Family Caregiver Support Program is presenting a free Aging & Caregiver Mini Series on the West Slope. The educational, three-part series will be on July 24, July 31 and August 7 from 2:30-4pm at the Greenwood Community Center located at 4401 Highway 193 in Greenwood. The […]
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By Kathryn Reed A business with the same SS logo used by the Nazis, posing with the Confederate flag and using it in another business, slamming gays and immigrants, saying there is no such thing as a transgender, and belonging to an outlaw motorcycle gang. The above describes one of the candidates on the June […]
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By Joe Mathews To: Governor Jerry Brown of California; Governor Greg Abbott of Texas From: Joe Mathews If North and South Korea can have a peace summit, why can’t California and Texas do the same? The United States desperately needs its two biggest states to figure out how to keep the country together. Sure, you […]
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By Sam Gross, Reno Gazette-Journal Amtrak Chief of Police Neil Trugman said Tuesday at a press conference that his department’s investigation is indicating that 22-year-old Aaron Salazar attempted suicide by jumping from his moving train as it entered Truckee. Salazar’s family fiercely disagrees. The Portland State University economics student was traveling on Amtrak’s California Zephyr from Colorado to […]
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A disagreement between two men who recently moved to South Lake Tahoe ended in a knife fight on Memorial Day. Edmundo Martinez, 45, was arrested on May 28 on assault with a deadly weapon charge. The name of the 23-year-old victim has not been released. According to police, he was in stable condition at Renown […]
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By Michael Green, The Conversation Nevadans can be forgiven for thinking they are in an endless loop of “The Walking Dead” TV series. Their least favorite zombie federal project refuses to die. In 2010, Congress had abandoned plans to turn Yucca Mountain, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, into the nation’s only federal dump […]
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There will be four ranger led hikes at Spooner Lake in June. This area on of Nevada is home to more than 100 species of wildflowers. Park entrance fees are waived for event attendees. Pets are not recommended and children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Nevada Independent In 1902, a rancher by the name of Henry Miller — known as the “Cattle King of the West” — brought a lawsuit against Thomas B. Rickey, a Nevada farmer, through his Miller & Lux land company. The issue was water rights on the Walker River, and the fight between […]
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Lake Tahoe Historical Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer with a Chautauqua on Aug. 18. Icons from Lake Tahoe will perform, like D.L. Bliss, George Whittell and Lillian Virgin Finnegan. The show will be at the Duke Theatre at Lake Tahoe Community College. Doors open at 5:30pm. There will be food, drink and […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Reno Gazette-Journal Crews rescued an injured paraglider from a mountainside off of Mt. Rose Highway on Monday afternoon. The man was originally 200 feet below the highway near the Silde Mountain Trailhead, after crashing into the mountain while paragliding, crews said. Read the whole story
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