By Kathryn Reed Just as businesses were getting accustomed to recycling and using recycled products, compostable is a word and practice that is being thrown at them. C&M Food Distributors in Reno is helping Lake Tahoe businesses make the switch. “We show small businesses they can do what big businesses do. It can be done […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Every time Luiz Garcia fills up his car in Washoe County, he pays nearly 60 cents per gallon in taxes. That’s money the Sparks resident contributes toward state and local projects to repave cracked and aging streets, widen freeways, build bridges. It isn’t enough. By 2016, Nevada could be up […]
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By Kathryn Reed We all have food issues. You know, trigger foods. Foods to make us happy. Cravings. Compulsions. Something where one isn’t enough. French fries. They are my problem. I think an order can qualify as a meal. When I’ve been alone in a drive-through I have ordered two helpings of fries – for […]
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By Ashley Archibald, Union Democrat The Sierra Nevada Conservancy is proposing a broad-based policy aimed at promoting sustainable development and bringing jobs to the Sierra Nevada. The policy, called the Sustainable Sierra Nevada Initiative, outlines general goals including protecting water, creating jobs, reducing pollutants emitted by catastrophic fires, providing habitats for threatened and endangered species […]
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The next meeting of the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee is March 31 at 6pm at South Tahoe High School, 1735 Lake Tahoe Blvd. This meeting is open to the public, similar to Board of Education meetings, and the public is invited to attend. Joe Stewart of SMC Construction and Steve Morales, Lake Tahoe Unified School […]
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It was 20 years ago when Kirkwood Mountain Resort introduced the concept of low prices season passes to the skiing world, offering a full season of midweek skiing for $199. To celebrate what has now become common place throughout the nation, Kirkwood introduces its all-new No Blackout pass for the 2010-11 season. Prices are $349 […]
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HONK is April 14 from 5-7pm at the Y in South Lake Tahoe. The annual event is to bring attention to V Day Tahoe, which is about stopping violence. Meet in the old Mikasa parking lot.
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Wind may be a problem as a storm rolls into the Lake Tahoe Basin. Mount Rose is closed because of the winds. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By World Snowboard Guide The 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam slopestyle and halfpipe finals both went down Sunday under sunny skies at Mammoth Mountain in California. The day began with slopestyle finals in the morning under the blazing California sunshine making the course a little bit slow, but the ladies powered through the slush and put […]
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