Publisher’s note: This is one of a few articles about the Drug Store Project. This marks the 10-year anniversary of the program. This year’s event will be April 2 at Lake Tahoe Community College. For more info about volunteering, donating or if you have questions, email Lisa Huard at lhuard@ymail.com. By Molly Cocking Lovell I […]
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William L. Fox, director of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, will present an illustrated journey of art made during the Anthropocene, an informal geologic chronological term that serves to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the […]
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Bowers Mansion in the Washoe Valley is now on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1976 it was listed as a local historic place, but this month it was given national significance. The National Register is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Constructed between 1862 and 1863, Bowers Mansion is […]
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By Barbara De Lollis, USA Today Travelers may hate paying for Wi-Fi in their guest rooms, but more hotels are getting ready to offer it for free in lobbies. More than 300 Marriott Hotels & Resorts locations will flip the switch in the coming weeks on free lobby Wi-Fi to please guests and non-guests alike, […]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will recognize recipients of the 2012 Best in the Basin Awards at its March 27 Governing Board meeting beginning at 9:30am in Stateline. This is the 23rd year TRPA’s Best in the Basin awards program has recognized projects that demonstrate exceptional planning, design, and compatibility with the Lake Tahoe environment. […]
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By Ted Long On March 19, I completed my first session of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Citizens Academy. Of the 30 participants, I was the only one from South Lake Tahoe, and like many other things I have done in Placerville, it seems that Lake Tahoe is in a different world. And with the […]
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Last summer and fall, with three Canadians and four Indian climbers, Andy Selters went to an area at the northern tip of India that, due to border disputes, had been prohibited and unexplored. The team discovered high passes and wildlife, and climbed and named several peaks over 20,000 feet high. After climbing, Selters stayed on […]
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Colorful costumes, resounding voices and contagious songs will soon fill the Truckee High School theater as the hard work of 30 students comes to fruition on May 10, the opening night of “Best of Broadway!” Since February, performers in the Truckee High School Drama Club have been rehearsing 15 hours per week. Barbara Wilkinson is […]
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By Jonathan Zimmerman Upon today’s 10th anniversary of America’s war in Iraq, a critical question with serious ramifications has been little explored: What are our children being taught in schools about the conflict, as it passes from “current events” into history? To answer this question, one obvious place to start is school textbooks. I looked […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a few articles about the Drug Store Project. This marks the 10-year anniversary of the program. This year’s event will be April 2 at Lake Tahoe Community College. For more info about volunteering, donating or if you have questions, email Lisa Huard at lhuard@ymail.com. By Kathryn Reed “Pick your […]
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