Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 6, 2016, Reno Gazette-Journal. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., has started meetings to transfer millions of acres of public land in Nevada from the federal government to the state. He is coming off an election win and, more importantly, he was Donald Trump’s Nevada campaign manager through controversy […]
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Search crews on Sunday recovered the body of a skier who died at Mt. Rose ski resort. This is the first fatality of the season at a Tahoe area resort. The name of the victim has not been released pending notification of next to kin. Two men in their 60s went skiing at the resort […]
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By Associated Press More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the most ever. The disastrous tally has been pushed to new heights by soaring abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers, a class of drugs known as opioids. Heroin deaths rose 23 percent in one year, to 12,989, slightly higher than the number […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal If Burning Man were not a spiritual event before, it promises to be in 2017. Burning Man founder Larry Harvey announced the 2017 theme, radical rituals,”for the annual 70,000-person bohemian campout in the Black Rock Desert. Harvey, who worked this year with Burning Man education director Stuart Mangrum, has invented the theme […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sierra-at-Tahoe is expanding its footprint. The ski resort close to Echo Summit is about to have a storefront in South Lake Tahoe. It will be two doors down from Big 5 in what is now called The Crossings shopping center at the Y. “Hours of operation have not been determined yet. With […]
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Rob Wheatley’s love of tennis never wavered, even when he was battling cancer. Cancer, though, was the one opponent he could not beat. Rob died Nov. 24, 2016, in Indian Wells. He was 67. Rob split his time between the desert and the mountains. For the past eight summers he was the pro at Zephyr […]
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Toys for Tots has returned to the South Shore to collect new, unwrapped toys to benefit the less-fortunate families in the community. The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve started the Toys for Tots campaign a century ago to provide new toys to children in need during the holiday season. Drop off gifts at one of the […]
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By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun Although passage of Question 2 will make recreational marijuana use legal for people 21 and older in Nevada as of Jan. 1, employees can be fired for testing positive for the drug, state lawmakers said. Sen. Tick Segerblom says that while he believes the testing practice isn’t always fair, […]
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A 32-year-old man died Saturday night after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe. The name of the victim is being withheld until next of kin are notified. Police say he has ties to South Lake Tahoe and Idaho. The accident occurred just before 11:30pm Dec. 10 near the Town […]
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· Out of the 20 resorts nominated by a panel of pro skiers and snowboarders, USA Today and 10Best readers selected Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows as the best ski resort. · Truckee Tavern and Grill will offer Blueprint of the Cocktail classes on Saturdays from Jan. 14 through the end of February. For more information, go online. · […]
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