The North Lake Tahoe Resort Association is accepting applications for five seats on its Marketing Committee. Four of the seats will serve a two-year term, January 2011 to December 2013, and one open seat will be appointed to serve the final year of a two-year term to end December 2012. The NLTRA Marketing Committee is […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau ROUND HILL — Seven doctors, nurses and assistants, two monitors, multiple trays of surgical tools and two large adjustable spotlights fill the cadaver lab Dec. 3 at Tahoe Orthopedic & Sports Medicine in Round Hill. The things that resemble raw turkeys on metal stands — those were the cadavers. They were not […]
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A panel of top hotel executives and gaming experts will address the changing hospitality industry and their strategic plans for 2011 at the Nevada Governor’s Conference on Tourism next week. The panel consists of John Farahi, co-chairman and CEO of Monarch Casino Resort Inc.; Jonathan Halkyard, senior vice president and CFO of Caesars Entertainment Corporation; […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, Santa Cruz Sentinel State regulators plan to give strawberry growers the OK to use methyl iodide this month. The pesticide, which kills bugs, weeds and disease that are particularly threatening to berries, is touted as a better alterative to methyl bromide, which is being phased out because of harm it’s done to […]
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Due to continued public demand, a third screening of the hard-hitting education documentary “Race To Nowhere” is scheduled for Dec. 15 at the Truckee High School theatre from 6:30-9pm. Sponsored by Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe in partnership with Parents for Public Schools of Truckee-North Tahoe and the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District, this film […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee The Food Bank of El Dorado County is inviting volunteers and donors to participate in its annual Holiday Outreach event, to be held Dec. 18. The Food Bank hopes to hand out more than 1,000 holiday baskets that day. Each will contain a full holiday meal to benefit low-income families […]
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About 50 pounds of marijuana, other drugs and weapons were seized from a Stateline storage facility on Dec. 3 by Douglas County sheriff’s deputies. The investigation was initiated after employees of Kingsbury Self Storage alerted deputies about the strong odor of marijuana coming from within the storage units. A search warrant was obtained for the […]
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Artist and graphic novelist Jared Manninen will show his work and take orders for his first graphic novel at Bona Fide Books on Dec. 17 from 7-9 pm. An assortment of his original artwork will be available for sale, and the art for his graphic novel will be on display. Bona Fide is located behind […]
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More unsettled weather in the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding area through Monday. Today won’t be a powder day, but another is on the horizon. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe. Catch Fong tonight at MontBleu in Stateline as emcee of “Wintervention” — the latest Warren Miller flick. Squaw’s […]
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Updated Dec. 4 at 4:30pm: The commission voted 8-0 to allow bear hunting in Nevada. By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada wildlife commissioners are poised to approve the first bear hunting season in state history today following an impassioned hearing Friday in Reno. Dozens of people testified to the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, with […]
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