By Aaron Gulley, Outside There’s a trend in some cycling circles away from drink mixes and back toward real, whole foods. Osmo Nutrition puts it succinctly with their catchy tag line, “Hydration in the bottle, food in the pocket.” That might sound ridiculously basic, but it’s actually unorthodox thinking compared to the all-in-a-bottle strategies that […]
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• Journey has been added to Harveys Outdoor Concert Series. The groups will play Sept. 14 at 7pm. • Chase International real estate company had opened its first office in Minden. • John Carlson, who was principal of McQueen High School in Reno, has been hired as principal of Tahoe Truckee High School. • Lava […]
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By Jennifer Medina, New York Times LOS ANGELES — Less than five years after California voters approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, the fate of that referendum — and the ability of thousands of gay men and lesbians to marry — is expected to be decided by the United States Supreme Court this week. […]
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Violet has been in the shelter system for over 18 months. She was transferred to our Meyers shelter in January in the hopes of finding a home at Lake Tahoe. And especially since the kittens have arrived, she is still being passed over. She is 5 years old and is very affectionate with people, but […]
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By Kathryn Reed Leslie Asbury didn’t grow up dreaming of being a firefighter. But she became one. She didn’t set out to break ground in South Lake Tahoe, but she is. She isn’t saying she will be a fire chief one day, but she’s on that path. The 38-year-old South Lake Tahoe firefighter is about […]
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By Teri Mizuhara It’s your day off and you’re home relaxing when suddenly you hear sirens, a lot of them, off in the distance. So you wander outside to see what’s happening when you suddenly spot a large column of smoke from a wildfire on the horizon growing fast. Your stomach knots up as you […]
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To the community, On June 11, the City Council promised us tomorrow. That day the council approved the permit for part of the original plan for the Chateau project that was billed at $400 million. The plan present on the eleventh will cost under $20 million. No one knows when what’s left of the Chateau […]
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By Jenny Deam, Los Angeles Times JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — As five major wildfires rage at the onset of a fire season far from over, many in this state are saying the time has come to consider toughening building regulations and shifting some fire protection costs to those who live in danger zones. After the […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Actor Nicolas Cage told legislators that investors and movie producers could flock to Nevada. But he would only get to produce his “four scripts that could easily be shot in Nevada” if the Legislature passed a $20 million tax credit for the film industry, Cage told lawmakers several months […]
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By Monica Cure In this age of Instagram and Twitter, it is easy to forget how recently postcards were a principal way of sending images and short messages. Nothing about postal communication seems appropriate for that today: Someone once confessed to me that he hand-delivers postcards after he returns from a trip because they arrive […]
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