To the community, The board of directors and staff of Austin’s House would like to thank the entire community for the tremendous support of our ninth annual Cowboy Mardi Gras fundraiser in February. Our successful event was another display of how wonderful and supportive the Carson Valley and Carson City communities are. Each dollar raised […]
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By David Gershwin My grade school summer vacations seemed to last forever, pairing well with the Beach Boys’ “Endless Summer” double album I wore out on the record changer. During those hot and humid Northern Virginia summers, I headed each weekday to the summer camp held in my elementary school’s nearly-abandoned cafeteria. It was a […]
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By Mick Akers, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy has reached its mandated renewable energy goals for the seventh straight year. In a filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, NV Energy reported it achieved a 22.2 percent renewable credit level last year in Southern Nevada and a 26.6 level in Northern Nevada. The legislated […]
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By Gregory Rodriguez When I was a gloomy 16-year-old grasping to find some meaning in the world, my father gave me a tattered copy of social philosopher Michael Novak’s “The Experience of Nothingness.” Seriously. There have been times over the past few decades when I’ve considered this “gift” a few yards short of insensitive and maybe […]
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By David H. Petraeus Over the past quarter century, the information technology revolution has transformed relations between people and between states, including in the conduct of warfare. For the U.S. military, the manifestations of this revolution have covered the full spectrum from the dramatic to the prosaic. Unmanned aerial vehicles, ships, and ground systems now […]
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To the community, On behalf of the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless, I would like to thank an anonymous donor who has donated $4,500 to extend the operating season of the South Lake Tahoe warm room through April 30. This donation supports our mission of meeting the needs of our neighbors experiencing homelessness by providing […]
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By Andy Wirth As locals, short- or long-time residents, or frequent visitors of North Lake Tahoe, we all know and have likely experienced firsthand that traffic and transportation throughout our region can be challenging. In fact, it’s not new, but rather a decades-old problem, as “the original local” Eric Poulsen, has pointed out to me […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The decline of California’s Republican Party, as underscored by the most recent voter registration data, is a truly remarkable, even historic, phenomenon. Republicans dominated the state’s politics for much of the 20th century – personified by Ronald Reagan – but began to fade as the century closed. The new registration […]
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To the community, The Go Local: Business Expo returned to the South Shore with huge success thanks to attendees, vendors, volunteers, and sponsors. Over 1,300 locals and visitors gathered inside the Harveys convention center March 31 as Tahoe Chamber member businesses showcased their latest programs, products, and services. The night was highlighted with live entertainment […]
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By Lauren Sveen, Denver Post I spend a lot of time discussing generational differences (which are, by definition, broad characterizations of groups of similarly aged people) and how best to handle them in the workplace. Over the last couple years, most of the conversation has centered around millennials — the burgeoning, often hard to understand […]
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