Laura McCollough is the author of four books of poetry. Her fifth book “Rigger Death & Hoist Another” is forthcoming from Lawrence Press. She founded the Creative Writing program and Visiting Writers series at Brookdale Community College. McCollough will give a free public reading March 29 from 7-9pm in TCES, room 139-141, on the Sierra […]
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Sugar Bowl & Royal Gorge are teaming up with B4BC (Boarding for Breast Cancer) for the Shred the Love event on March 30. The resort will be hosting an open rail jam in the Switching Yard Terrain Park, with all entry fees from the event benefiting the foundation. A silent auction, sponsor village, raffles and […]
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By Katy Murphy, San Jose Mercury News California’s community colleges – the nation’s largest public higher education system – have lost so many teachers and classes that students are being driven away. With the number of course sections down systemwide by as much as 20 percent since 2008, enrollment rates have hit their lowest point […]
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By Chuck Raasch, USA Today Dry conditions have persisted in many of the areas ravaged by fires last year and bark beetles have invaded millions of acres in western forests, creating a tinderbox of dead wood. Persistent drought and an infestation of tree-killing insects have left broad swaths of the United States vulnerable to unusually […]
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Two South Lake Tahoe residents were arrested Monday on drug charges. Police Officer Travis Cabral allegedly saw Ryan Marino, 29, buy drugs in a parking lot at the Y on March 25. Marino, who is a member of the local Brotherhood Motorcycle Club and an ex-felon, was stopped by Cabral outside a residence in the […]
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By Maura Dolan and Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO — For Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, knowing that his son was gay helped change his mind. For President Obama, talking with gay White House staffers and learning that his daughters’ friends had same-sex parents proved influential. Today, Jean Podrasky, a 48-year-old accountant from San […]
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Unsettled weather will be moving through the area in the next few days with a chance of snow in the higher elevations. Wind could be a factor today on the upper lifts. Here is the March 26 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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By Kathryn Reed Liberty Utilities’ plans to upgrade the power supply to the North Shore are not moving forward as quickly as the company had hoped. The U.S. Forest Service wants more detail than what the company had originally provided. Much of the land that would be affected belongs to the USFS. Originally the power […]
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Living in Abundance is the title of a talk to be given by international speaker Evan Mehlenbacher on May 13 at 7pm at Lake Tahoe Community College — 1 College Way, South Lake Tahoe. Mehlenbacher is in the public healing practice as a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science. He is a member of the […]
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The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is offering eight new Grow Your Own! classes to help Nevadans who want to get on a path to more sustainable, local, healthy living by growing more of their own food. Cooperative Extension offices in Carson City, Elko, Eureka, Fallon, Hawthorne, Lovelock, Owyhee, Pahrump, Reno, Tonopah, Winnemucca and Yerington […]
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