By Kathryn Reed After a workout most dietitians recommend athletes consume protein. Unfortunately after most USTA tennis matches I ingest wine and something salty. But that is not the case when I go home after a practice. As a vegetarian, beans are my staple when it comes to protein. The recipe below is simple and […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce will host a training with Alex Smith on what is required for Nevada commerce tax for businesses that gross less than $4 million. The training will be on June 7 from 9-10am at the chamber conference room in Stateline. Nevada implemented a $1.5 billion tax plan to fund its education […]
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By Kathryn Reed Keep the sunscreen handy, it’s just going to get hotter. Temps in the Lake Tahoe Basin are expected to stay above normal through Saturday. “We are not going to be this hot the rest of the summer. We had all those cold low pressures moving inland. This time it stayed off […]
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By Adam Minter, Bloomberg This spring, millions of Americans have learned to dread going to the airport. An unfortunate combination of surging passenger volumes and declining numbers of screeners have led to security lines that can average over an hour in length. Thousands of passengers are missing flights daily. Meanwhile, airports and airlines across the U.S. […]
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By Associated Press A federal judge Tuesday sentenced the former head of the nation’s largest public pension fund to four and 1/2 years in prison in a case in which the pension fund CEO acknowledged accepting more than $200,000 in bribes and trying to steer investments to help an associate. Senior U.S. District Court Judge […]
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Yes, there were more kids than usual on bikes today. And there will be on Thursday and Friday, too. Students in Lake Tahoe Tahoe Unified School District are participating in the Bike to School Challenge. Kids are wearing school colors and biking together under the guidance of teachers and parents.
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By Marcella Corona and Mike Higdon, Reno Gazette-Journal The former owner of Lake Tahoe Brewing Co., Michael Candelario, turned himself in to Carson City Sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday after he was linked to an ongoing theft investigation. Candelario, 33, was wanted for two outstanding arrest warrants issued by the Carson City Justice Court. He was […]
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By Evan Maxwell, Reno Gazette-Journal Long-simmering political tension between Lake Tahoe casinos and the government of Douglas County broke out into open warfare last week. In an extraordinary three-hour presentation before the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners last Monday, District Attorney Mark Jackson leveled charges of corruption, illegal collusion and political malfeasance against the leadership […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun Beware, those who are hoping to poker-star-gaze at the start of the World Series of Poker: The forecast inside the Rio ballrooms is cloudy. The 47th annual event begins in earnest today, but unlike in past years, there’s no tournament clustering all of the biggest-name poker professionals for at […]
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Historian and author Frank X. Mullen will present his program In the Footsteps of the Donner Party in a free presentation at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on June 4 at 10am. Mullen, author of “The Donner Party Chronicles: A Day-By-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train”, takes audiences on the trail of pioneers […]
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