By Kara LaPoint, Reno Gazette-Journal Gasoline prices continue to inch up in Nevada, rising 4 cents statewide in AAA Nevada’s monthly survey, which was released today. Nevada’s average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline rose to $2.97 this month, which was 11 cents above the national average and the fourth highest average price […]
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The second round of project proposals for the Nevada and Placer County Resource Advisory Committee are due Sept. 1. The RAC is looking for potential projects to benefit National Forest System land in both counties. These projects need to meet the legislative requirements of Public Law 110-343 including: • Improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure; […]
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Hear the “Tales of Picket Pin of the High Sierra” on Aug. 14-15 from 10-11am or 12:30-1:30pm. Author, illustrator, and master storyteller Carol Timmerman will share her book about a Belding squirrel’s journey through the Sierra Nevada mountains. Along the way he learns about the history and geography of the area, meets animals named after […]
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Parasol Community Collaboration presents “It’s 2010. Is Your Business Social?” on Oct. 7 from 9am-noon. RSVP: pcc@parasol.org or (775) 298.0119 Description: Learn how to use social media in your marketing mix and how to effectively listen, engage and measure your social media efforts with real-life examples specific to non-profits and small businesses. Topics include: -The […]
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Parasol Community Collaboration is offering three-part grant writing training class. Sept. 22 — Developing Your Idea Into A Fundable Plan Sept. 29 — Researching Funder Matches For Your Plan Oct. 6 — Customizing Your Proposal To Funder Specs Instructor: Phil Johncock has a 92 percent success rate. His students received more than $1.2 billion in […]
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By Queenie Wong, Sacramento Bee State lawmakers on Monday sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a measure to delay an $11.1 billion water bond from the Nov. 2 ballot until the November 2012 vote. Schwarzenegger and supporters of the water bond asked weeks ago for the measure to be delayed because they’re concerned voters will reject it […]
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Award-winning Nevada schoolteacher Janet Bremer will give a Chautauqua presentation of Comstock socialite Marie Louise Mackay at a free event at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park. Mackay came to Nevada during the “Rush to Washoe,” but her husband’s drug and alcohol addiction left her a widow with a young child. In 1867. she married […]
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By Rob Sabo, Northern Nevada Business Weekly A team of six Douglas County economic development officials last week descended on a large outdoor and recreational trade show in Salt Lake City to pitch Douglas County as a great place to locate companies that manufacturer outdoors and leisure products. The value of Douglas County’s scenic outdoors […]
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Four distinguished wineries – Chalk Hill Estate, Kuleto Estate, Three Rivers and Sebastiani – are on board for the Shaw Family Farm’s Feast in the Field dinner, slated for Aug. 21 in Truckee. A portion of the event’s proceeds will go to support Slow Food Lake Tahoe, a grassroots movement that links the pleasure of […]
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Longtime South Lake Tahoe resident and businessman Robert “Bob” Kimball passed away July 23 at age 76 in Pukalani, Hawaii, where he had lived for the past eight years. Mr. Kimball and his twin brother, Don, owned and operated the M.S. Dixie and Zephyr Cove Resort until the sale to Aramark in December 1999. Mr. […]
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