The first Maker’s Monday of the New Year will be Jan. 9 in Meyers. The focus will be Mail Art. This art form, also known as postal art and correspondence art, is an artistic movement centered on sending small scale works, interesting/fun inclusions, and unique mailings through the Postal Service. The free event starts at […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Vic Salerno’s bid to fill the gap created by the absence of daily fantasy sports play in Nevada has grown exponentially during the football season and is making even greater strides outside the state. Salerno, president of USFantasy and a 38-year veteran of the gaming industry, said handle […]
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By Dan Roe, Outside You have no idea how tough [insert sport] is. Whether we say it out loud or just repeat it to ourselves, many of us share this sentiment. As American novelist Mary McCarthy once said, “We are the hero of our own story.” That said, some activities are legitimately harder than others, and […]
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Washoe County commissioners this month allocated $75,000 to expand senior services in Incline Village. The old library on Alder Avenue will be remodeled to divide the area up a bit. New furniture will be ordered. Services will include clinical programs, nutrition, and caregiver support. The county regularly budgets $150,000 for senior services in the Incline-Crystal […]
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· South Tahoe Refuse will pick up Christmas trees that are free of all decorations from Dec. 26-Jan. 6 on regular garbage days. · Incline Village General Improvement District’s board this month voted to change the policy for trash violators. First offense for residential customers requires getting a wildlife-resistant trash cart, second offense will be […]
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By Kathryn Reed Homelessness has many faces, many circumstances, many reasons. It has only one definition – having no place to live. It’s expected to be in the single digits at 7:30am on Christmas Day in South Lake Tahoe. That’s the hour dozens of homeless people will be turned out onto the street until the […]
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By Clay Russell When newly-elected Donald Trump took his family to a restaurant for dinner without telling the public recently, the press flipped out. Journalists issued thoughtful pleas about the importance of documenting a chief executive-to-be’s movements. I’m not here to defend the president-elect’s behavior or suggest that his unwillingness to play by traditional rules […]
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By Erin Kelly and Seth Richardson, USA Today When President-elect Donald Trump looks to the Senate for confirmation of his Cabinet nominees next year, he’ll have outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid to thank for Democrats’ powerlessness to block his choices. The Nevada Democrat, a fierce Trump opponent who often referred to the president-elect as […]
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By Nicole Winfield, AP VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus by thinking about the plight of today’s children, bemoaning how some must escape bombs or flee in migrant boats and how others are prevented from being born at all. Francis celebrated a somber Christmas Eve Mass in a […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee With drought-defying snowstorms romping through the Sierra on a weekly basis, truckers once again are discovering how tough Interstate 80’s Donner Pass can be. Commercial trucks carrying 80,000-pound loads are losing traction in the snow, officials say, even with tire chains on, getting stuck in heavy summit traffic, blocking lanes […]
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