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Category: Essays

Posted inEssays

Lack of snow at Tahoe nearly scuttled 1960 Winter Games

by Karl Breckenridge February 5, 2022March 15, 2022

Reno author Karl Breckenridge looks back at the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley (now named Palisades Tahoe), and takes a peek at the cultural and commercial landscape of the time.

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How to fake being a Reno native

by Buddy Frank July 2, 2021July 2, 2021
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The road to ‘Stupidville’

by Don Dike-Anukam May 21, 2021August 26, 2021
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Politics foil death penalty bill

by Laura Martin May 15, 2021May 15, 2021
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No mine should be expedited

by John Hadder April 25, 2021June 17, 2021
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An indigenous river

by Frank X. Mullen March 28, 2021April 30, 2021
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Life of the Party

by Don Dike-Anukam March 20, 2021March 23, 2021
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Lithium mines should be fast-tracked

by John Scire March 3, 2021June 16, 2021
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Blockchains’ city: The Next Bullfrog County?

by C. J. Lindsey February 18, 2021April 2, 2021
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Growing up Black in Reno

by David Gamble Jr. January 15, 2021April 18, 2021
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Trump reaped the whirlwind

by Fred Lokken January 9, 2021January 10, 2021
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A PhD ain’t no stinking picnic

by Frank X. Mullen December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

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