By Ashley Andrews, Reno Gazette-Journal More than 170 years ago, a woman named Gertrude Jeckyll was born in Mayfair, London. Eighty-nine years later, she died. Gertrude filled the years in between to the brim. She created a line of flower vases, and she documented fading facets of 19th-century life. Gertrude published more than 300 photos. […]
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By Kara Fox, Moonshine Ink By 2025, all water systems in California must be metered. This requirement proved too much for Mid-Sierra Utilities, which owns and operates Tahoe Cedars and Madden Creek water companies in Homewood and Tahoma. “I didn’t want to put in the meters, so I sold it,” said Robbie Marr, president of Mid-Sierra […]
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· South Lake Tahoe is looking for people to commit to a two-year stint on the Planning Commission, Airport Land Use Commission, Building/ADA Board of Appeals and Parks and Recreation Commission. Applications are online and are due Dec.30. · Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education is celebrating its 30th anniversary. During this time the group has spent […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Free booze, handed out by casinos to reward regular gamblers is a tradition that may be going by the wayside. “There’s always been this unspoken rule that the bartenders decide who gets what,” said Scott Roeben, a blogger who reported on the issue last week. “They’re watching the play […]
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By Larry Weitzman Good things come in small packages, and you could say this new Mitsu Outlander Sport can be classified as such. And the Outlander Sport is a small CUV being just 171 inches long or about 10 inches shorter than your average compact SUV such as the CR-V and RAV4. But since it […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadans are split when it comes to legalizing recreational marijuana use, according to a poll of 800 likely voters commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Forty-seven percent said they would vote “yes” on Question 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot, 46 percent opposed the measure, and 7 percent remained […]
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Incline Village General Improvement District is offering $300 rebates for bear sheds to its residents. Rebates are available for residential properties which install an approved bear shed or commercial properties which install an approved wildlife enclosure. The rebate application is available online. For more info, call 775.832.1284 or email wastenot@ivgid.org.
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To the community, On Sept. 17, more than 100 volunteers of Northstar California Resort gathered to reinvigorate the surrounding natural landscape. Northstar’s volunteers united in support of Vail Resorts’ annual EpicPromise Day and represented a portion of roughly 2,000 employees, nationwide. Approximately 100 volunteers constructed almost two miles of the Elizabethtown Meadow Trail. The terrain […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss who should be on the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board. This will be the first election in which Lake Tahoe Unified School District residents vote for board members based on areas – aka, where they […]
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By Max A. Cherney, Reveal Walter Baronowski didn’t think there was anything peculiar about a couple of guys renting his mother’s Florida house. He was relatively new to vacation rentals and managing the investment property, listing it on sites such as Airbnb and Expedia Inc.-owned HomeAway. Last-minute rentals weren’t a frequent occurrence, but it was, […]
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