By Elizabeth Brake Since at least the time of Aristotle’s “Politics”, families have been considered the building block of society. Strong families produce the stability—and reproduce the future citizens—needed for society to flourish. But the inverse can also be true. When members of insular nuclear families lose understanding and empathy for those unlike them, the […]
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By Laurie McGinley, Washington Post PHILADELPHIA — Flyer, a 70-pound golden retriever, lies patiently on her left side on an examination table as technicians scurry around, placing little sandbags on her legs and neck to keep her still. She’s getting chest X-rays to answer a critical question: Has a deadly bone cancer spread to her […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Burning Man is increasing the ticket prices for next year’s weeklong Black Rock Desert gathering. On Tuesday, the San Francisco-based arts nonprofit announced that general admission tickets will cost $425, $35 more than the 2016 price. The increase is one of the largest since Burning Man organizers first sold tickets in 1992 for $25, an increase […]
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It looks like it will be a white Christmas in Tahoe after all. A winter storm warning is in effect from 10am Friday to 4pm Saturday. According to the National Weather Service in Reno, between 8 and 16 inches of snow will fall at lake level, with 1 to 2 feet above 7,000 feet. White-out […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Gamblers left more than $35 million on casino floors in the past five years, money the state of Nevada was happy to come along and pick up. The cash came in the form of slot and video machine tickets that players either lost, forgot about or simply didn’t bother […]
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This holiday season, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows will offer a pilot intra-valley transit program in partnership with the app-based transportation provider Chariot. It will be available Dec. 23-Jan. 4. Chariot’s mobile app will allow people to book rides for on-demand and fixed-route services within the Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows neighborhoods, using new 14-passenger Ford […]
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By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal Call it the Great Basin boom. Utah and Nevada ranked as the nation’s two fastest-growing states over the past year, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for 2016 released Tuesday. Utah’s population grew by just more than 2 percent while Nevada’s added 1.95 percent from July 1, 2015, […]
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Every business wants more customers and to make more money. Lake Tahoe News wants to help you accomplish those goals. LTN is the only place to get news about Lake Tahoe seven days a week and it is not affiliated with any other media. We have readers inside and outside of the basin. That is why […]
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The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office has received a number of reports this week from people saying they received phone calls from someone claiming to be from the department and stating that the potential victim has “law enforcement issues” which need to be taken care of. Typically with these types of scams, the scammer provides instruction […]
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Oliver Wendell Hayden was born at home Nov. 18, 1927, in Nicholson, Pa., to Hallie I. Hayden and Leta Cooley Hayden; the fifth of seven children. He passed way Dec. 17, 2016, at Carson Tahoe Medical Center in Carson City. He was 89. Ollie graduated from Nicholson High School in 1945, and entered the U.S. […]
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