Nevada State Parks invites the public to attend an exhibit of historic clothing from the Dangberg Home Ranch’s extensive collection. The exhibit will be during Nevada Day weekend and the first weekend in November. The exhibit will feature clothing worn by three generations of the Dangberg family. Included are the 1898 wedding gown worn by […]
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By Stephen Ward INCLINE VILLAGE – Using a propane flame to shoot silver iodide into the sky with a unit that resembles a prison watchtower with a trash barrel aimed at the sky attached to the top is how the Desert Research Institute is helping Mother Nature produce more moisture. Ground tactic cloud seeding is […]
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By Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal Dorothy Gillemot never sought the spotlight, but when someone needed help, she was always the first to step up. “She always had a smile, and she was always diving in to help everybody,” said Kathleen Kamille, a longtime Lake Tahoe neighbor. Gillemot, a philanthropist who, along with her husband, George, […]
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By Susan Wood WOODSTOCK, Vt. – The red carpet Vermont throws out in fall lies beyond the ground beneath its world-renowned maple trees. In the heart of central Vermont, Woodstock boasts a AAA four-diamond rated hotel as rich with history and iconic to the quaint, colonial-style village as the Rockefeller name and the origin of […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Pete Sonntag made himself more real Friday night than most executives ever do. At his “coming out” party of sorts at Edgewood Tahoe, he talked about how great it is to be general manager of Heavenly Mountain Resort, joked a bit with his predecessor and boss Blaise Carrig (who introduced […]
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By Kathryn Reed Domestic violence. It’s not an isolated issue. It’s not a private issue. It’s a community issue. That was the message Lisa Serafini, El Dorado County deputy district attorney, drilled into the women gathered for the Thursday meeting of Soroptimist International Tahoe Sierra. Serafini, who has prosecuted domestic violence cases, said the number […]
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By Todd Woody, New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — In a city passionate about the environment and technology, commuters are using their smartphones to check in at a popular social networking service to help keep a critter threatened by climate change from checking out. “What does it take to help save the endangered pika? About […]
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The Geology Club at Lake Tahoe Community College has teamed with the Tahoe-Baikal Institute to present the Fall Speaker Series. The presentations will be in the Aspen Room at the Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe. They are free. · Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species: Oct. 27th 7:30-8:30pm presented by Sudeep Chandra, UNR […]
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By Jessica Bennett, Newsweek It started with rumors, a love triangle, and a dirty look in a high-school bathroom. Soon jokes about an “Irish ****” cropped up on Facebook, and a girl’s face was scribbled out of a class photo hanging up at school. One day, in the cafeteria, another girl marched in, pointed at […]
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Each November, members of the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association elect and/or re-elect members of the board of directors. This year, there are three open seats, including small lodging, recreation and general. All are three-year terms. The filing deadline for interested candidates is Nov. 5 at 5pm. Nine of the 11 seats on the NLTRA […]
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