To the community, The good news is that President Obama is to speak at the Tahoe Summit on Aug. 31. The bad news is that it is to be at Harveys outdoor stage and a band is to perform at the same event – a band named The Killers. This is entirely unacceptable. I ask […]
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By Denise Roland, Wall Street Journal Scientists on opposite sides of the globe appear to be getting closer to harnessing one of red wine’s most elusive health-giving ingredients and putting it into a pill. The ingredient, resveratrol, has been touted for years for its ostensible powers to prolong life and protect against a range of […]
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By Marcella Corona, Reno Gazette-Journal A Truckee woman faces a DUI and child endangerment-related charges following a rollover crash that involved a total of five passengers on Mount Rose Highway Sunday night. Nevada Highway Patrol troopers responded at 10:24pm Aug. 7 to a report of a crash on Mount Rose Highway near Timberline Drive. At least […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal The Burning Man organization has purchased a chunk of residential property in Gerlach, a town just a few miles away from the annual Burning Man site. Black Rock City, LLC, a subsidiary of the arts nonprofit based in San Francisco, bought seven parcels of adjacent land for $169,993 on July 28 from Giovanni […]
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Eagle Falls Trailhead parking lot will be closed from 7pm to 6am Aug8-12 to accommodate construction on Highway 89 as part of Caltrans’ stormwater pollution prevention efforts. The $13 million Emerald Bay water quality improvement project includes constructing new drainage facilities which will capture stormwater runoff and filter out dirt, oil and litter before it […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette Journal A Nevada Department of Wildlife biologist shot and killed a bear near Stateline about two weeks after it broke into an occupied home and made several other break-in attempts. The bear, a 2-year-old female, too young to bear cubs, known as Blue 54, was shot on July 28 following […]
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Truckee’s $9.2 million aquatic center is scheduled to open Labor Day weekend. The 26,000-square-foot facility includes a 10-lane, 25-yard pool and a warm-water (90 degrees) pool that is designed for senior fitness, rehab and a place for kids to hang out. The kids’ feature of the warm pool is that it has two slides. It […]
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Steve Hale will become Stephen T. Mather, first director of the National Park Service, in a Chautauqua performance in Minden on Aug. 10. Mather distinguished himself as a consummate salesman, including the iconic 20 Mule Team Borax brand, which helped him amass a fortune by the early 20th century. After visiting the new western national […]
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John Michael Bajuk died May 7, 2016, from pneumonia after a five-week struggle. He was 53. He was born in 1963 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. After traveling for 14 years with his naval officer father, the family returned to California. John graduated from Carmel High School and then moved to South Lake Tahoe. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Vail Resorts has expanded its ski resort portfolio to include Whistler Blackcomb in Canada. The Colorado-based company is buying the Vancouver resort for $1.1 billion. Whistler, with 8,171 acres, is the largest ski resort in North America. Coming in a close second is the Vail owned Park City-Canyons merged resorts with 7,300 […]
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