A power outage in Nevada is affecting lift operations at Heavenly Mountain Resort. NV Energy said an issue on Kingsbury Grade has 389 customers without power. There is no estimate of when the power will be restored. “The guys are working on the line right now. I’m sure it was weather related, but I’m not sure what […]
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By Kathryn Reed Marjorie Johnson Springmeyer, pioneer, activist, environmentalist and vocal advocate for justice, died Jan. 28, 2016. She was 93. Mrs. Springmeyer had been ill for a number of years. She was born July 23, 1922, in Gardnerville. Her mother, Stella Van Dyke, moved to the Carson Valley from Ohio to teach at Douglas […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Jan. 24, 2016, Reno Gazette-Journal. In a bit of bipartisan teamwork, a Senate committee last week passed a bill to help Lake Tahoe that would also have big benefits for Reno-Sparks. The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, sponsored by Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller, is far from a sure […]
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Maddie Bowman of Meyers won her fourth consecutive X Games gold medal in ski superpipe on Jan. 29. She is the first woman to land a switch 900 in the superpipe during competition. The 22-year-old said she learned how to take off backward with 900 degrees of rotation on Wednesday. Judges gave the Sierra-at-Tahoe skier […]
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By Jonathan Thompson, High Country News On Jan. 22, as “Snowzilla” was about to hit Washington, D.C., and much of the East Coast, Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell announced much-anticipated rules on emissions from oil and gas production on Bureau of Land Management-administered leases. While the rules resemble those proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency […]
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By Dave Philipps, New York Times JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In 2014, after 10 years of rapid growth, the Wounded Warrior Project flew its roughly 500 employees to Colorado Springs for an “all hands” meeting at the five-star Broadmoor hotel. They were celebrating their biggest year yet: $225 million raised and a work force that had […]
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Douglas County commissioners on Feb. 4 are expected to enter a one-year agreement with Larry Werner for him to be interim county manager. Werner, former Carson City manager, served as interim county manager in Douglas when Steve Mokrohisky left 2014. The county and Jim Nichols parted ways earlier this month, with Nichols receiving six months […]
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By Associated Press CARSON CITY — State officials say Nevada gambling revenue was up 1 percent in calendar year 2015 compared with 2014. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Friday that the state’s casinos won $11.1 billion last calendar year. Slot machines accounted for 63 percent of that. Las Vegas Strip gambling revenue in 2015 […]
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By Kathryn Reed A lease or outright ownership of the senior center. That’s what South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County officials are tasked with negotiating. City Manager Nancy Kerry, all city councilmembers except JoAnn Conner, and Ken Sands from the senior center attended this week’s Board of Supervisors meeting in Placerville. The goal was […]
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The second annual Carson City International Film Weekend featuring award-winning international and independently made films is Feb. 18-20. All events are free. The Carson Community Center will host international films each evening, and Western Nevada College will show 10 independent films in the afternoons, Thursday-Saturday. International films include “Cherry Blossoms” on Feb. 18, followed by “Children of […]
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