The League to Save Lake Tahoe is gearing up to move into a building that it owns. The environmental group is in escrow on the old Lorraine Bakery at the corner of Highway 50 and Third Street in South Lake Tahoe. The League offices are currently on Emerald Bay Road on land that years ago […]
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Wind could be a problem at some resorts this morning. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By USSA This will be the second Olympic Winter Games, after the 1988 Games in Calgary, to be in Canada, but the country’s historic ties to the event go back much further. Canada helped usher in the first Olympic Winter Games — at the Alpine resort of Chamonix, France, in 1924 — by joining with […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal In the fight against removing large numbers of wild horses from the northwestern Nevada range, a proposed $3 billion natural gas pipeline is at the front lines, critics of the roundups said. Activists who want the horses to stay on the range say the Ruby Pipeline project is […]
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By Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee From rustic vineyards to elegant country clubs, the rolling hills of El Dorado County paint a picture of quiet wealth. But the recession is taking a toll on an area that traditionally has been one of the most privileged in California. El Dorado County’s unemployment rate was 12.6 percent in […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLEASANT VALLEY — People are imbibing, but it’s not all about California. Argentina, Chile and Australia are cutting into the Golden State’s wine sales. Last year was the first time in 16 years that California wine shipments dropped, according to the Bay Area’s Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates. 2009 was a mixed bag […]
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Diamond Peak ski resort in Incline Village is bringing back its Last Tracks wine event starting Feb. 6 For $29 participants can the last chairlift to the mid-mountain Snowflake Lodge and enjoy wine tasting and appetizers before skiing down a freshly groomed run at sunset. Last Tracks Schedule Feb. 6 – Sebastiani Feb. 13 – […]
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The new morning guy at KTHO-FM 96.1/AM-590 can’t get a day off. Hear what Dan Thrift is doing now after being a full time photojournalist for years and learn what he thinks about bear hunting. He’ll be the guest on Saturday at 10am. Or listen at www.kthoradio.com.
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By Andrew Del Greco, News 4 While Northern Nevada is no doubt a desirable place to live, a new list was unveiled that ranked Reno in a rather unappealing category. Reno’s done it again. The city has found itself on the top — or should we say the bottom — of another national list. This […]
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By James Keller, Canadian Press SQUAMISH, British Columbia — One of four First Nations communities that have been given an official role in the Winter Games welcomed the Olympic torch to their traditional territory on Thursday, blessing the “sacred” flame as it entered a region that has been waiting for this moment for nearly a […]
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