South Shore artist and poet Yasmin Sayyed will display her abstract paintings in Lake Tahoe Community College’s Foyer Gallery Jan. 9-March 20. An Artists’ Reception is Jan. 14, 6-8pm. Born in New York of Cape Verdean and Caribbean ancestry, much of her professional life has been spent as an educator, researcher and psycho-educational therapist. Sayyed […]
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Explore Tahoe lecture Jan. 14 at 6pm in South Lake Tahoe. What: “Saving Li’l Smokey” Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Executive Director Cheryl Milham tells the heartwarming story of an orphaned cub, severely injured in a forest fire that was rescued, rehabilitated and released back into the wild. The book written by the firefighter who rescued […]
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By Elizabeth Karam, USSA ST. JOHANN, Austria -– Daron Rahlves knifed the injected ski cross course, landing on the podium in second place in Tuesday’s World Cup in St. Johann. The German young gun Simon Stickl won the race with Canada’s David Duncan in third. Conditions were tough in St. Johann with the course totally […]
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For people who have further questions about the New Year’s Day power plant fire at Kirkwood, the Kirkwood Meadows PUD board of directors is having a meeting at 5 today. The board also met with concerned residents, guests and employees on Saturday night. The meeting will be in the Community Center on Loop Road in […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal With the stroke of midnight Monday, the transaction for the new ownership of the Carson Valley Inn was finalized. The new ownership team of noted thoroughbred owner Mike Pegram and the Carano family wasted little time to begin renovations on the 25-year old property. “At 12:01 last night, the Carano […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette- Journal After six years of following the path of least resistance in building the Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway, the volunteer group is now tackling the Truckee River Canyon — with high hopes of building the first sections of trail into high Sierra this year. This is the big one awaited by many […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal Two horses died and a third leaped over a fence and escaped through barbed wire in the first week of a roundup of wild horses in the Black Rock Desert 100 miles north of Reno. The federal Bureau of Land Management, which plans to gather 2,500 mustangs over […]
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The Harlem Globetrotters will be at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center Jan. 12 at 7pm. Tickets range from $15 to $88; call 800-641-4667 (775) 784.4444 or go to www.harlemglobetrotters.com.
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Why are you reading this? Get on the slopes. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Tom Kelly, USSA ZAGREB, Croatia -– Following a short holiday break, the men’s Audi FIS Alpine World Cup resumes Wednesday with a night slalom in Zagreb. The race will air live on www.UniversalSports.com with first run action at 6:15am followed by the finals at 9:30am. Zagreb features one of the highest prize money for […]
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