Renowned Winemaker Scott Harvey Comes to Après, Tasting Tuesday at Après Wine Company on April at 6pm. A trip to Germany inspired a lifetime of wine creativity. Meet the man who delighted the masses with Ménage A Trois. The cost is $25 advance, $30 at door. It includes five wines and appetizer pairings. Discounts on […]
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A winter weather advisory is in effect through 5pm. Snow and wind are already impacting upper lifts. See today’s ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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U.S. Snowboarding News AROSA, Switzerland – U.S. Snowboarding landed two athletes on the final snowboardcross World Cup podium of the season Friday in Arosa with Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton, VT) second and Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) third. After missing the podium on Thursday, SBX star Jacobellis wasn’t going to let another podium spot go by […]
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By Kathryn Reed Interesting travel pieces capture my imagination, taking me places I’ll never go, returning me to places I’ve been and introducing me to places I’ve never heard of. “Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel” is a collection of short stories from a group of women who gathered to draw inspiration from one […]
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The Forest Service will be submitting an annual application to the state Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. This application requests funding to provide trail maintenance, restoration, conservation, patrolling, education and law enforcement for over the snow and off-highway vehicle trails and areas. These grants will be available for public review […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the March 23, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. If there were any doubts that Nevadans would play an important role in the 2012 presidential race because of the state’s early caucuses (and its additional Electoral College vote), Tuesday’s visit to the Silver State by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour should put them […]
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Residents in the Kingsbury General Improvement District will be getting water meters starting in May. The Stateline board is accepting bids on the project until April 5. The board is expected to award the bid April 19. The work involves the installation of approximately 787 individual meters and setters with bid alternates for 188 meters […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College hopes to return to its roots a bit this fall by offering community education. While the state mandates the dollars it doles out to two-year institutions be largely spent on courses geared toward students who will transfer to four-year colleges and for remedial purposes, it hasn’t always been […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal The road over a dam at a popular Sierra reservoir will be closed next week because of security concerns, blocking access for many Reno-area boaters come summer. With Boca Reservoir expected to fill to the brim for the first time in years, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is forced to […]
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By Gretchen Weber, Climate Watch Environmental groups are criticizing the Obama Administration’s new proposed rules for managing the country’s nearly 200 million acres of national forest, arguing that they weaken current standards for protecting wildlife and watersheds. More than 100 organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and Defenders of Wildlife, signed on to a […]
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