Publisher’s note: Aramark operates the two South Shore paddle-wheelers and runs Zephyr Cove Resort. By Michael Martinez, Reno Gazette-Journal Washoe County School District staff wants to hire a new company to manage food services, ending a near decade relationship with multinational company Sodexo. Aramark, which provides food service and management for about 500 school districts […]
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Sierra Nevada College is hosting the exhibit “Stop the Car, Dad!” a series of photographs by artist Erik Lauritzen. While traveling the often deserted roads of Nevada, photographer Lauritzen was captivated by the evidence of human presence affecting the Western landscape. From abandoned military installations to roadside vernacular architecture, the sites Lauritzen photographed reveal a […]
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Enjoy the spring weather because it is not going to last through the weekend. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kathryn Reed MINDEN — A wish list of more than $64 million worth of improvements to the Lower Kingsbury Grade area is circulating among Douglas County officials and property owners. “It’s a major public policy decision to create a district like this,” Douglas County Manager Michael Brown said. “We would use the tax increment […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 7, 2010, Reno Gazette-Journal. It was only about 30 years ago that Nevada admitted that the gaming genie was out of the bottle and would never go back in. That’s when Nevada, which had long enjoyed a monopoly on casino gambling among the states, agreed to allow […]
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Artist Peter Goin will have an exhibit at the Haldan Art Gallery at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe from April 15-June 18. The opening reception is April 15 from 6–8pm. There will be an artist’s talk April 15 from 5–7pm in the Aspen Room. The title of the exhibit is “Fire” and […]
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By Kathryn Reed In the 1970s the predominant thinking was a bike trail through Tahoe City was not feasible. By the late 1980s the conceptual design for Lakeside Trail was drawn. In 2010 the final funding piece has been approved for the last 1.1 miles of trail that will connect the existing 17 miles of […]
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By Kathryn Reed So many recipes are seasonal either because of the ingredients or the weather outside. With winter being at least a six-month long season in Lake Tahoe, soup is always a good choice. Many soups are relatively easy to make and don’t involve going up and down every aisle of the grocery store. […]
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As part of Global Youth Service Day, Lake Tahoe Community College’s H.O.P.E. club, in association with the Boys and Girls Club of South Lake Tahoe, is screening “Documentary Papers, Stories of Undocumented Youth” on April 24 at 6pm in the Duke Theatre at LTCC. “Papers” is the story of undocumented young adults and the educational […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal A Washoe District Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a Catholic priest who claimed the Diocese of Reno and its bishop defamed and wrongly fired him after he raised concerns about a deacon and alleged death threats. In his order, Judge Patrick Flanagan granted the diocese’s motion […]
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