By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A regulation requiring thousands of home-based businesses to pay a $200 annual fee won approval from a legislative panel. Secretary of State Ross Miller has been trying to get the regulation approved for several months, but has seen the regulation stymied by strong opposition from some […]
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By Kathryn Reed Fans crowd Scottsdale Stadium to watch the 2012 Giants – to see their favorite players, new acquisitions and the young guys they want to learn about. Who will be on the 25-man roster is still an uncertainty. But those trying to make the team had to be invited to this audition. No […]
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The 9-year-old Reno River Festival is changing dates – June 15-17. Former Freestyle World Champion Ruth Gordon-Ebens has taken over as festival director. The event includes freestyle, boatercross, and slalom kayaking competitions, as well as the Run Amuck fun run. Live music takes the stage throughout the weekend, along with Yoga in the Park and […]
Read moreThe annual Douglas County lake schools fundraiser ‘Treasures of Zephyr Cove” is April 21 at 6pm at MontBleu in Stateline. For more information, click on the poster.
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Lake Tahoe weather historian Mark McLaughlin will talk about this winter’s wild and wacky weather and where it stands historically at a fundraiser for Tahoe City Cross Country Ski Area. McLaughlin will also be selling and autographing his two ski books, the double award-winning “Longboards to Olympics: A Century of Tahoe Winter Sports” and his […]
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“The Royal Family”, a comedy by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber, opens March 23 in the Viking Theatre in the Tahoe Arts & Design Academy at South Tahoe High School. Show dates are March 23, 24, 30, 31 at 7pm and March 25 and April 1 at 2pm. Tickets are $5 for students and […]
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There will be a three-day workshop on the South Shore to prepare students for the SAT. This workshop will help to prepare students for the SAT/PSAT. With completion of the SAT prep class, students will understand the format, pacing and content of the test and how to maximize test scores; study, practice and improve reading, […]
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Nevada Indian leaders and others will gather April 3-4 in Elko to discuss tourism promotion at the Nevada Tribal Tourism Conference. About 60 participants from the Western United States are expected at this event, now in its fourth year. Tribal tourism allows Nevada Indians opportunities to sustain and strengthen their cultural legacies. Nevada is home […]
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El Dorado County Fair officials are looking for people whose talents lie in art, baking, sewing, computers, dancing, floriculture, horticulture, literary arts, minerals and mining, needle art, photography, preserved food, quilts or wine making. This year’s fair in Placerville is June 14-17. Details about entering are in the guide. The following materials must be submitted, […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee Once again, human error has cost Pacific Gas and Electric Co. millions of dollars. It was announced Thursday that the utility giant and two companies working for it paid $29.5 million to the federal government to settle lawsuits over two forest fires in 2004. The old bugaboo of carelessness combined […]
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