By Eric Hartley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadans might not be able to buy marijuana in legal dispensaries until summer — or later — as a legal tangle continues over pesticide rules. The delay means continued frustration for patients and lost money for businesses that once hoped to begin selling medical pot in January. It could […]
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By Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill allowing for separate toll lanes to be built on Interstate 11. Republican Assemblyman Jim Wheeler presented AB 450 on Thursday to the Assembly Transportation Committee. Wheeler said the bill would allow partnerships between public and private organizations to build toll lanes on I-11 […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun One of Warren Buffett’s senior vice presidents at Berkshire Hathaway Energy — NV Energy’s parent company — warned of the dangers of rooftop solar at an energy conference in July. His message was clear: Rooftop solar programs cut into utility profits. Nine months later, Nevada’s burgeoning rooftop solar industry, […]
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The Tahoe Fund and the Tahoe City Rotary are hosting a panel discussion and dinner with local aquatic invasive species experts to learn about current efforts to control the spread of aquatic invasive weeds at the Tahoe City Dam and down the Truckee River. he event will take place at 6pm May 19 at Moe’s Original […]
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By James Nash, Bloomberg Reno, Nevada, a town that built an economy on quickie divorces, is mapping out the second act of its American life. Faded casinos are being reborn as condominium towers. Discarded cardboard and wood — even junked cars — are being fashioned into gigantic pieces of art for the annual Burning Man […]
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The Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race at Lake Tahoe is seeking community members, businesses, service groups, and cycling aficionados to volunteer during the two stages, May 8-9. The Local Organizing Committee is seeking 300 volunteers for the first stage and 200-250 for the second. Participants may get involved either or both days and commitment […]
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• People are invited to plant sugar pines with NV Energy and South Lake Tahoe Girl Scouts on April 19 from 10am-noon in Glenbrook. Meet at the old Kingsbury Middle School. • Check out this video about Nevada bears. • Truckee tax measure for trails and road maintenance workshop is April 13 from 1-2pm at […]
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The U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations beginning April 13, weather permitting. Operations may take place in Blackwood Canyon between Tahoe City and Tahoma, on the south side of Meeks Bay, at Ski Run Boulevard near Heavenly and on the East Shore near Logan Creek Drive. Operations may last through the next several […]
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By Paula Rabinowitz Cheap paperback books are like sex: They claim attention, elicit memories good and bad, and get talked about endlessly. The mid-20th century was the era of pulp, which landed in America in 1939. You could pick up these paper-bound books at the corner drugstore or bus station for a quarter. They had juicy […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Tahoe Princess looked like anything but royalty as it sat Friday afternoon on the Tahoe Keys Marina boat ramp. “A hydraulic line busted when we pulled it,” Vincent Vernaza told Lake Tahoe News. Vernaza recently purchased the pontoon tour boat from Aramark. His plans are to overhaul the vessel and return […]
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