By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Reno’s primary tourism agency has reached into the past to move into the future. A refurbished 1951 Willys Jeep station wagon, loaded with outdoor gear and bearing promotional slogans, is the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority’s vehicle to get there. The freshly painted “Washoe Willys” was introduced Wednesday by the […]
Read more
The North Lake Tahoe Historical Society will host two tours in August: the annual Home Tour, and the Historic Bus Tour. The Home Tour (Aug. 2) is exclusive to NLTHS members. Individuals may purchase membership for a $30 annual fee ($5 for full-time students). The Historic Bus Tour (Aug. 24), which is open to the […]
Read more
Bona Fide Books is hosting an art reception for Jared Manninen and his collection “Based on a Dream” on Aug. 1 from 6:30-8:30pm. Manninen began his art career in 1997 working with oils on canvas, and later worked with other two-dimensional media such as pastel, watercolor, and acrylic. In 2010, he began to work strictly […]
Read more
By Gary Stoller, USA Today Overall satisfaction with check-in and check-out, food and other hotel services and facilities, such as pools and business centers, has dropped to its lowest level in seven years of surveys, J.D. Power and Associates’ annual survey of North American hotel guests says. The survey — based on online responses from […]
Read more
By Anita Creamer, Sacramento Bee She wore a brown floral dress for the ceremony. He wore his U.S. Army uniform, and after all this time, he still worries that it looked too rumpled to pass muster. When Flo Swanson married Herm Dorion at Fort Lewis, Wash., in July 1942, the future of the world was […]
Read more
By Mandy Kendall Be prepared. I was involved in a small accident the other day, nothing serious, just a fender bender. No one was hurt, but what struck me most (other than a rather large truck) was that life is unpredictable and things can go wrong just when you least expect it. Both drivers were […]
Read more
Cold beers and hot music will come together at Squaw Valley at the 11th annual Brews, Jazz and Funk Fest that supports the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe. Some of the nation’s most recognized jazz and funk legends will perform under the peaks of Squaw Valley, including headlining acts Orgone and Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk. The Brews, […]
Read more
By Jayne Clark, USA Today If it seems like vacations aren’t as rejuvenating as they used to be, maybe it’s because more people are spending more time working when they’re off the clock. Or so say a couple of new polls. Almost 60 percent of respondents to a survey out this week say taking a […]
Read more
By Kathryn Reed LONDON – War is hell. And sometimes you don’t have much say about whether you will be a soldier. Your country says fight. You don the uniform or you flee and face prison. But for the animals, well, they never have a choice. The cavalry charges on. The nays of the horses […]
Read moreIn May, Lake Tahoe resident Sean Riley suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a succession of blackouts and falls. Sean is an off-road tour guide for Lake Tahoe Adventures and his wife, Georgette, works for the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce. Sean has been hospitalized […]
Read more