Returning this month to the Tahoe Gallery, located on the third floor of SNC’s Prim Library, is accomplished tapestry and weaving artist Antonia Lowden. According to Lowden, her act of weaving necessitates, “a different kind of attitude and a mode that requires you [to] express an idea….” By doing so, she has elevated her large-scale […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee SANTA CRUZ – By his count, Don Ivey, 56, should have been dead six times by now. The artisan and former competitive in-line skater survived both a stabbing and a scuba diving accident as a young man. Fifteen years ago, he was diagnosed with AIDS and hepatitis C. Five years […]
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South Lake Tahoe is like any other community. Drugs are a part of the equation. They are accessible to kids — sometimes in their home. Teaching youth the facts about drugs with the bigger picture focusing on making healthy choices is key to providing them with what they need to make healthy decisions. This is […]
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By Sean Collins Walsh, Reno Gazette-Journal Warning: Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and an annual $2.6 billion drain on the Nevada economy. At least, that’s what researchers found in a recent American Lung Association study, “Smoking Cessation: the Economic Benefits.” Health economics and administration experts at Penn State University performed cost-benefit analyses for […]
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By Liz Benston, Las Vegas Sun In a darkened conference room at the Tuscany, a group of casino surveillance managers lean forward in their chairs for a closer look at video footage of a man strapping a metal device to his left wrist and concealing it in his jacket sleeve. Caught red-handed by the casino, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is from the April 1973 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. By Marie Walsh, Lake Tahoe Historical Society Glenbrook, that picturesque little community on the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe, had its colorful past described to an overflow audience at the Feb. 28 meeting of the Lake Tahoe Historical Society. Program guest for […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — No wonder Lakeside Inn is a favorite with locals. Good food, excellent prices, fun dealers, great guest service. And no wonder tourists and locals like to stay there. Reasonable room rates, spacious hot tub, outdoor pool that isn’t visible from the highway, walking distance to lots of things. Having never […]
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Forty-four students at South Tahoe High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on advanced placement exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance […]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal Writer Mark Twain is being honored by having a body of water at Lake Tahoe named after him. But one Lake Tahoe writer opposes the honor because it perpetuates what he said is a myth that Twain had a connection to that specific location. The Nevada State Board on Geographic […]
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The art of longtime local artist Pat Edwards comes to the North Tahoe Event Center on Oct. 5 and will remain in the center until Jan. 4. To celebrate this exhibit and allow the public an opportunity to meet the artist, a reception will be on Oct. 5th from 5:30–7:30pm at the North Tahoe Event […]
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