A progressive dinner along Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe will combine local storytellers with local cuisine. The April 28 event is a collaboration of Lake Tahoe Leadership and Lake Tahoe Historical Society to raise funds for the Friends of the El Dorado County Library. Dinner guests will start at Black Bear Inn for […]
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A Reno resident is the second person arrested in connection with a burglary ring that involved Incline Village and Truckee. Washoe County sheriff’s detectives said Jason Greene, 30, pawned three guns. Green is an ex-felon and under state and federal law he is prohibited from possessing firearms. Greene was convicted in 2006 by a Washoe […]
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Sugar Bowl Resort will host its annual Golden Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday. Colored eggs will be hidden throughout the resort and on the mountain; each containing festive Easter candies and clues to the location of the coveted Golden Egg. The Easter Bunny will be skiing around the mountain, handing out candy, taking photos with […]
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In Nevada, every eight hours, six minutes someone is raped. Throughout the month of April, Washoe County Sheriff’s Office will be supporting the Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence campaign that promotes Sexual Assault Awareness in Northern Nevada. Sexual assaults can happen to anyone: children, students, wives, mothers, grandmothers, the rich and poor, boys and men. […]
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To the community, The party primaries that select candidates for the presidency of the USA are harmful and destructive because they destroy party discipline. Ideally political parties cut and debate important national issues. It’s the job of parties by discussion and debate to educate citizens by defining the terms on a given subject. Without clear […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Baumanns might be getting out of the restaurant business. Kurt Baumann opened the Swiss Chalet restaurant in South Lake Tahoe in 1957. In 1959, he met his future bride who started working as a waitress. The two were married for 44 years before Kurt died in 2004. Ruth died last year. […]
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Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe wrote two $10,000 checks on Wednesday to local organizations. Tahoe Youth & Family Services received a grant for its Tahoe Collaborative Mentoring Project with Lake Tahoe Boys and Girls Club, a project that will offer site-based, academic focused mentoring services in a variety of areas to all Lake Tahoe youth. […]
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Lake Tahoe Historical Society will present “An evening with the Washo” on April 10 at 6pm. This free program will be at Camp Richardson Resort in the Great Room. Speakers will include Darrell Cruz, tribal historic preservation officer; Jo Ann Nevers, author of “Wa She Shu: A Washo Tribal History”; and Melba Rakow. Both women […]
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Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s 7th annual Trail Construction and Crew Leader Workshop is at Washoe County’s Galena Creek Regional Park May 18-20. Participants may choose from the following courses: Trail Design and Layout (Friday) Fundamentals of Trail Construction (Saturday and Sunday) Crew Leadership (Saturday and Sunday) Advanced Trail Theory (Saturday and Sunday). The weekend is […]
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By Duane D. Stanford, Bloomberg At a beer industry summit last month, Ed McBrien, distribution chief for MillerCoors, compared himself to a typewriter salesman in an iPad age. McBrien was sketching out plans to resurrect light beer, a $50 billion market battling to stay relevant as makers of craft beer, wine and spirits increasingly steal […]
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