By Susan Skorupa, Reno Gazette-Journal One good thing came from the death by avalanche of miner William F. Weir near Poker Flat in the western Sierra Nevada on Dec. 17, 1852. Other miners learned that knowing how to ski could help them survive in the mountains. Skis and sleds, snowshoes and Olympic competition form the […]
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Homewood Mountain Resort’s Dress-Up Days’ dare skiers and riders to show up on Saturdays throughout spring clad in costume. Those who do will receive $5 off a full-day adult lift ticket. Homewood Dress-Up Day calendar: Feb. 13 – Retro Day (Decades flashback – 60s, 70s and 80s Feb. 27 – Old West Day (Cowboys vs. […]
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By USSA This will be the second Olympic Winter Games, after the 1988 Games in Calgary, to be in Canada, but the country’s historic ties to the event go back much further. Canada helped usher in the first Olympic Winter Games — at the Alpine resort of Chamonix, France, in 1924 — by joining with […]
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By Andrew Del Greco, News 4 While Northern Nevada is no doubt a desirable place to live, a new list was unveiled that ranked Reno in a rather unappealing category. Reno’s done it again. The city has found itself on the top — or should we say the bottom — of another national list. This […]
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By James Keller, Canadian Press SQUAMISH, British Columbia — One of four First Nations communities that have been given an official role in the Winter Games welcomed the Olympic torch to their traditional territory on Thursday, blessing the “sacred” flame as it entered a region that has been waiting for this moment for nearly a […]
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The Reno-Tahoe community will have an opportunity to view “TAPPED”, an award winning documentary on the issues surrounding bottled water vs. tap water. Three local screenings are being sponsored by the Tahoe Water Suppliers Association this spring in the south and north Lake Tahoe areas. “TAPPED” is currently only available for viewing at theaters or […]
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By Forrest Hartman, Reno Gazette-Journal For the first time in its 38-year history, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival will run a season without a play penned by William Shakespeare. That doesn’t mean, however, that the 2010 event will lack Bard-isms because he festival, running July 9 through Aug. 22, has built its year around the three-person […]
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Country music mega-star Tim McGraw brings his “Southern Voice Tour†to Lake Tahoe May 30. This will kick-off the 2010 Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series at Harveys Outdoor Arena in Stateline. Hot new country stars Lady Antebellum are also on the bill, along with opening act Love and Theft. McGraw had 11 consecutive albums debut […]
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The Douglas County Public Library in Minden presents “An Afternoon with Local Authors†on Feb. 6 from 2-4pm. This free event will feature an appearance by South Lake Tahoe mystery author Todd Borg. Other authors participating include: Dianna Maria de Borges, Soozie Lewis, Tim Mueller, Stan Paher, Tom Perkins, and Julia Wells. The authors will […]
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MotorHome When winter snows blanket the Sierra, most campgrounds and RV parks shut down. But there are a handful of parks that stay open throughout the winter in an effort to accommodate cross country skiers, snowshoers, downhill skiers, snowboarders and snowmobile enthusiasts. “We put our water lines down deep enough so they don’t freeze,†said […]
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