By Steve Kubby As a Libertarian, I respect the First Amendment and people’s right to express their opinion, no matter how harsh, especially if I choose to write something and others choose to criticize what I have written. However, I have a serious problem when someone ignores the facts and attacks me personally and that […]
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Monday Night Writing Workshop: A fun supportive and committed writing group that meets for six Monday nights from 6:30-8pm in downtown Truckee. Generate new material, explore craft techniques to develop work, provide feedback, learn ways to inspire ourselves to write consistently and playfully, and write a lot. This workshop will help you develop work in […]
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Northern Nevada farmers have discovered that hoop houses can extend the growing season and increase profitability for their operations. However, little training has been available locally for this innovative method. In response, Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute will offer a low-cost hoop house construction workshop. The daylong event is Jan. 14 from 9am-5pm at […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau In any given hour at Sierra House Elementary School in South Lake Tahoe, half a dozen kids are in and out of the nurse’s office. Illnesses, injuries, bloody noses and burns are among the ailments. A young girl wearing purple jeans and a bright orange bow in her hair wanders into the […]
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By Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times Horse people hope the new year will bring a solution to an old problem: too many horses. A horse summit planned for the first week of the year is expected to draw to Las Vegas representatives from Northwest tribes, federal agencies and conservation groups, as well as wildlife advocates, […]
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By Rob Sabo, Northern Nevada Business Weekly After 21 consecutive months of declining revenues from taxes on hotel occupancy, the Reno-Sparks market saw gains for six of 10 months at the start of this year, leading to optimism that the worst might be over. The declines in hotel room tax began in March of 2008 […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal As Nevada prepares for Monday’s inauguration of Brian Sandoval as governor, a sense of hope stirs among some state leaders. They hope Sandoval’s tenure will be marked by cooperation and compromise and not the rancor that existed under the administration of Gov. Jim Gibbons. “Everybody feels positive,” said Dan Klaich, […]
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Due to the winter weather advisory in effect through 10pm, expect some snow and wind on the slopes. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Judah Cohen The earth continues to get warmer, yet it’s feeling a lot colder outside. Over the past few weeks, subzero temperatures in Poland claimed 66 lives; snow arrived in Seattle well before the winter solstice, and fell heavily enough in Minneapolis to make the roof of the Metrodome collapse; and last week blizzards […]
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2011 will be the eighth year South Lake Tahoe will have a V-Day celebration. This year our community has once again been granted the privilege of producing an Eve Ensler production. It’s especially exciting because after a two-year break, local organizers are bringing back “The Vagina Monologues”, after a successful two years of “A Memory, […]
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