By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. said late Friday it reached agreement with its largest lender group over the restructuring of the company’s bankrupt operating division. In a statement, Caesars said the agreement allows the company to focus on gaining support from the last major debt holder group that has yet to agree […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Burners, beware. There’s a new sheriff in Pershing County, and he intends to crack down on crime at this year’s event in the Black Rock Desert. “We don’t have the personnel to issue citations to 70,000 naked people on the playa, but we will be upholding the law to the […]
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Before taking the stage Saturday night at the Silver Legacy in Reno, Johnny Mathis stopped by UNR, the site of his record-setting high jump. The singer and entertainer returned to campus to reminisce about his record 6-feet-5½-inch high jump set in 1956. This was 2 inches shorter than the Olympic record. At the time he […]
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The 7-Eleven on Palisades Drive in Truckee is closed after an early morning fire caused damage to the building. The fire was contained to the convenience store. The cause of the Aug. 23 fire is under investigation. All roads in the are are now open. 7-Eleven will be closed until the cleanup is done. — […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau The lawmakers convening Monday for a major Lake Tahoe conference confront a Capitol Hill conflict over how best to protect the much-beloved mountain region. They differ over money, environmental laws, timber harvesting and more. For years, the unresolved differences have sunk efforts to renew the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, […]
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Thirty-five years ago this week — Aug. 27, 1980 — an extortionist’s bomb exploded inside Harveys Resort Hotel at Stateline. The FBI ultimately arrested John Birges of Clovis as the mastermind. Birges tried to extort $3 million but plans went awry and a robot detonated the bomb during an attempt to disable it. The entire area […]
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By Terra Breeden MEYERS – A spider-like machine sits in the middle of the garage with its arms jutting into the small space. “Careful that thing is hot,” says Marley Reel, co-owner of Rise Designs. The sizzling screen printer dominates the room. Reel squeezes past the machine and tries to avoid tripping over the pair […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from BloombergNews on Aug. 19, 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new restrictions on methane emissions are a reasonable imposition on the oil and gas industry. Whether they’re adequate to help fight climate change is another question, and the answer depends on what the government does next. Under the proposed rules, […]
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A Carson High School student died Saturday of an apparent drowning at Sand Harbor. The name of the 15-year-old is not being released pending notification of next of kin. The exact cause of death will be determined by an autopsy. “It was an in the water accident,” Bob Harmon, spokesman for Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, […]
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By Perri Klass, New York Times A little more than a year ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement saying that all pediatric primary care should include literacy promotion, starting at birth. That means pediatricians taking care of infants and toddlers should routinely be advising parents about how important it is […]
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