By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Joycelyn Elders was never shy about speaking her mind as she consistently stirred public controversy while serving as surgeon general during her spirited – and short-lived – tenure with President Bill Clinton. Now 82, Elders demurred just a bit when she was introduced Friday night at a reception at the […]
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Barton Health was selected as one of 100 Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), providing Medicare beneficiaries with access to high-quality, coordinated care across the United States. Doctors, hospitals and health care providers establish ACOs in order to work together to provide higher-quality coordinated care to their patients, while helping to slow health […]
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By Seth A. Richardson, Reno Gazette-Journal Western issues were the focus of the Democratic presidential campaigns Saturday in Reno as a group of grassroots organizations held a summit to address regional concerns about matters like public lands, indigenous tribes and water rights. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared on his own behalf while New Jersey Sen. […]
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By USSA QUEBEC CITY, Canada – Jamie Anderson (Meyers) won the ladies’ event at the Snowjamboree, presented by Videotron Mobile, FIS World Cup big air, battling arctic temperatures in downtown Quebec City. Ryan Stassel (Anchorage) was third for the men, scoring his first World Cup big air podium. For the second time in three days, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about Park City, Utah. By Kathryn Reed Bill Rock is getting used to being the new guy, only this time it’s on a larger stage and in a much more public capacity. He is the man Vail Resorts taps to be the leader when it […]
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By Tom Kludt, CNNMoney In the book publishing world, what’s old is new again. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that bookstore sales rose by 2.5 percent from $10.89 billion to $11.17 billion in 2015, the first such increase in the industry since 2007. The figures were reported by Publishers Weekly, which also noted […]
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Alpenglow Sports’ fourth installment of the 10th anniversary Winter Film Series will feature internationally acclaimed alpinist Kelly Cordes. The free show will be Feb. 25 at 7pm at Squaw Valley’s Olympic Village Lodge. Cordes will present a sampling of the stories told in his 2015 book “The Tower,” a climbing historical of Patagonia’s otherworldly and […]
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In 1970, the South Lake Tahoe Fire Department was in action at Jimboy’s Tacos on Highway 50 near Reno Avenue. The distant “iH” sign (center background) was in front of Buzz Springmeyer’s historic International Harvester dealership and garage building. It was razed in 2014 and replaced by Auto Zone. Forty-six years later, that area includes […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about Park City, Utah. By Susan Wood PARK CITY, Utah – It’s a new PC world where “The Greatest Snow on Earth” meets the largest ski company in the United States. Vail Resorts, which owns Northstar, Heavenly and Kirkwood mountain resorts, expanded its reach and […]
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By Wesley Morris, New York Times Let’s face it: There are some things we just can’t face. Life’s too short. Somebody’s too sensitive. And the subject — whatever it is, although lately it’s been whatever — is too third-rail dangerous. Border walls, charter schools, closing Guantánamo, global warming, that Al Jazeera documentary claiming Peyton Manning […]
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