The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Corps is offering a free emergency preparedness and response training academy beginning June 6. The Community Emergency Response Team Academy provides residents with the information they need to help save lives and reduce trauma in the event of an emergency. CERT Academy training includes disaster preparedness, emergency medical techniques, […]
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Dig Into Reading is the theme of this year’s Summer Reading Program for kids at the Douglas County Public Library. Registration starts June 3 at the Minden and Zephyr Cove libraries. The program continues through July 31. Go to the library’s website and fill out a registration form. Bring your printed form to the library […]
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By Mary Clare Jalonick, AP CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which […]
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By Chris Ciarlo, KTVN-TV As the economy continues to recover, every state is fighting for tourism dollars. Here, at home, the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority is launching a new campaign it hopes will bring in the next wave of tourists called Northern Nevada Motor Madness. “When I arrived in Reno, I was really delighted […]
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The North Tahoe Business Association is ready for this summer’s Music on the Beach. Music on the Beach, a free nine-week outdoor concert series, begins July 5 and will run every Friday from 6-8:30pm through Aug. 30 at the Kings Beach State Recreation Area. Here is the line up: July 5 – Peter Joseph Burtt […]
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By Tom Hauser, KSTP-TV For George Lamson Jr., every day since Jan. 21, 1985, is a gift. Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashed shortly after take-off just after 1am that day. Lamson was the only one of 71 people on board who survived that crash a short distance from the airport in Reno. He’s one of […]
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Will Richardson will present The Tahoe Natural Year: a Journey Through the Season. This talk will cover a variety of natural history topics as Richardson takes guests through the calendar year at Lake Tahoe illustrated with his photography. This presentation on June 8 is a fundraiser for the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science. TINS is […]
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• Sunnyside in Tahoe City is having a deck opening party May 24. Mountain Grill opens at 11:30am, live music is from 3-9pm. • On May 26 at 11am is the annual Patriotic Service honoring all veterans and troops at First Baptist Church, 1053 Wildwood Ave. in South Lake Tahoe. All veterans, current service members […]
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By Kathryn Reed Despite an ongoing 1½-year-old lawsuit involving Washoe Meadows State Park, improvements at the South Shore park are expected to begin this summer. The bridge crossing Angora Creek is slated for replacement, along with work on the channel so it flows better. Comments for the CEQA documents are being taken until June 5. […]
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Kisses is an unusual chocolate brown shorthair cat who is about 20 months old. She came to the shelter when her owner became too sick to look after her. Kisses is a nice cat who has always lived inside. Kisses is spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter […]
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