“Reel Rock 9, Valley Uprising” will be shown Oct. 2 at 7pm at High Altitude Fitness in Incline Village. The movie is about Yosemite’s rock climbing revolution. It is free for members; $12 for non-members at the door; $10 tickets available for advanced purchase online. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Access Fund and […]
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Colten John Kingman, 22-year-old son of Paige and Bob Kingman of Newcastle, passed away suddenly the morning of Sept. 5, 2014. Colten was born Oct. 9, 1991, in South Lake Tahoe. He attended Scarselli Elementary School in Gardnerville and middle school in South Lake Tahoe. He was a straight-A student while attending Silver State High […]
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By Martin Griffith, AP RENO — For nearly six decades, Reno was known as the divorce capital of the world because of liberal divorce laws that drew hundreds of thousands of estranged spouses from across the country, including Arthur Miller, Jack Dempsey, Clare Boothe Luce and Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Now, a group of Nevada researchers […]
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Max is a 1-year-old Malamute mix. He is a big boy who loves to play and cuddle with people. He does well with other medium to large dogs, but will not be able to go home with cats or small pets. Max would love to go to training classes as he really does want to […]
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On Oct. 8 at 7pm Bona Fide Books will launch St. Louis poet Travis Mossotti’s award-winning collection “Field Study” at the Lake Tahoe Community College’s Writers’ Series. The reading is free and open to the public. Mossotti’s second collection, “Field Study” won Bona Fide’s 2013 Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize, offered annually in honor of […]
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By Charles Fleming, Los Angeles Times Who’s riding motorcycles in California? Older, married, educated men with money — and getting more so. New statistics prepared by the Motorcycle Industry Council show the median age of California motorcycle owners was 45 years old in 2012 — having risen from 33 years in 1990, 38 years in […]
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By Brigid Schulte, Washinton Post The iconic 1950s family of the breadwinner father going off to work and caregiving mother taking care of the homefront, has been described by economists as the most efficient family structure. Everyone has a distinct job to do in their “separate spheres” of public and private life. And in the […]
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“My Fair Lady”, the exquisite musical, is playing in Carson City for three weekends in November. The Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company is presenting the award-winning production Nov. 8-23 at the Carson City Community Center. The play that follows phonetics professor Henry Higgins as he transforms a lowly flower girl into an elegant, refined woman, […]
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By Kathryn Reed A diploma doesn’t mean much if you don’t have any skills that translate to the working world. That is why Mount Tallac High School is changing its emphasis. All the basics are still being taught at South Lake Tahoe’s continuation school. But now there is a focus on making the instruction more […]
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Carl Thomas Strickland was a fun-loving child who always loved anything with wheels and speed. As an adult he moved from Big Wheels to real wheels. Mr. Strickland died Aug. 22 in a boating accident in Incline village. He was 40. Mr. Strickland was born Jan. 11, 1974, in Kansas City, Mo. His outgoing, charismatic […]
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