Deerfield Lodge in South Lake Tahoe is hosting an apres ski opening party for musician-artist Walter Alan Salas-Humara on Feb. 16 from 6-9pm. His work will be at the lodge on Ski Run Boulevard Feb. 16-March 16. In 1987, Salas-Humara’s rock band, The Silos, was voted Best New American Band in the Rolling Stone Critics […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – In two months the Tahoe Transportation District board expects to know which alternatives for the loop road will be studied in the environmental documents, what businesses in the affected area think about the economic analysis, and it hopes to have finally appeased the South Lake Tahoe City Council with a […]
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By Tracy Franklin As part of the city’s initiative to increase communications, we will be offering a 12-part monthly series during 2013 highlighting emergency preparedness. Use these tools to prepare yourself for an emergency. More information is available in the city’s website. Create a Family Disaster Plan Your family needs a plan that tells everyone […]
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The League to Save Lake Tahoe’s second annual Fat Tuesday Masquerade Ball fundraiser is Feb. 12. Doors open at 9pm, with music starting at 10pm at the American Legion Hall, 2748 Lake Tahoe Blvd. Last dance is at 1:30am. Admission is $10, however anyone arriving wearing a Mardi Gras mask will be admitted for $5. […]
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By Erin Kelly, Gannett News Service WASHINGTON — All but one member of Nevada’s congressional delegation own guns, bucking a trend in Congress in which Republicans are much better armed than their Democratic counterparts. A USA Today survey of lawmakers released this week showed that 119 Republicans and 46 democrats identified themselves as gun owners. […]
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A Meyers community meeting is set for Feb. 13 at 6:30pm at the new California Conservation Corps Dining Hall at 1949 Apache Ave. in Meyers. At the meeting there will be an interactive community exercise about what neighborhoods to include in the greater Meyers residential area, a presentation on the Meyers Community Plan and a […]
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Douglas County officials have confirmed that the man who died in a plane crash in the Pinenut Mountains was pilot Keith Jorgenson of Gardnerville. The wreckage was discovered Feb. 7. Jorgenson had left the Minden Airport on Wednesday and was expected back that night. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time. It […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval has asked the state Legislature to act within 30 days on an Assembly bill to allow Nevada to join with other states to offer online poker games. The bill would permit the governor to enter into agreements with other states to allow online […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn and Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A new snowplow that can remove snow from two lanes at once should speed up the clearing of Interstate 80 over Donner Summit for skiers and other travelers. Caltrans began using the new plow Thursday on I-80 from Kingvale to Truckee, said Rochelle Jenkins, Caltrans public […]
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By Kristen V. Brown, Times Union A few months ago, a new product appeared in the aisles of Price Chopper supermarkets. The store’s plainly-packaged private-label butter now also bore a seal heralding its primary ingredient, “Real California Milk.” This new item – California-made butter in a Northeast supermarket chain – is only a more visible […]
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