By Paul Nelson, KTVN The warm and sunny weather has more than just the birds enjoying the outdoors. People are also taking advantage of the spring-like weather along with those of the six-leg variety. “Insects, being cold-blooded, as soon as it starts warming up, things start happening with them,” says Jeff Knight, entomologist, Nevada Department […]
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By Andrea Domanick, Las Vegas Sun It has been a busy weekend for lawyer Alicia Ashcraft. For the past few days, the managing partner at Ashcraft & Barr, a local firm specializing in business regulation, has been unpacking boxes and putting the finishing touches on its newly expanded office. In December, Ashcraft & Barr partnered […]
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Freddie is a 7-year-old gray tabby Abyssinian mix who came here with his friend Zombie, who is a pretty 10-year-old silver tiger mix, when their owner went into the hospital. They are a really nice bonded pair who would prefer to be the only pets in their new home. They qualify for our senior for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Recreation is going to be the economic driver for South Lake Tahoe. One way to do this is to stop letting county and state lines be a roadblock. Another is to invest in facilities so they become moneymakers that could provide dollars for other city needs. But more opportunities besides or in […]
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By Larry Weitzman Climate change, a term used in place of anthropogenic, global warming (AGW, meaning human produced carbon dioxide is causing the world to warm which will cause disastrous effects to the Earth) has come to the forefront of California politics again, like it wasn’t already every other word out of a liberal politician’s mouth […]
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By Allison Prang, Bloomberg How do you keep a Depression-era board game like Monopoly growing after 80 years? Keep giving people a reason to buy a new one. That’s been the strategy of Hasbro Inc., which has created hundreds of versions of the game in a bid for repeat shoppers. Special editions of Monopoly cover […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee Communities across California have exceeded state limits for the number of businesses selling alcohol, raising questions about the approval process for liquor licenses. A Sacramento Bee analysis of data from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control found that 49 of 58 counties have exceeded limits for on-sale licenses, off-sale […]
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By USSA SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — In a turny, technical super G set by American coach Forest Carey that did not excuse any mistakes, the Austrian Matthias Mayer once again emerged victorious. That makes for two gold medals in two days for the Austrian who figured out this challenging track full of blind gates, fallaways and […]
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By David A. Lieb, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Touted as one of the first interstate highways, a 200-mile span of Interstate 70 between suburban St. Louis and Kansas City stands as a prime example of the challenges facing the nation’s roads. Built in the 1950s and ’60s with a 20-year-life expectancy, the four-lane […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times By now, many of us, beset by bad weather and declining motivation, are struggling to maintain our New Year’s exercise resolutions. But a timely new study offers encouragement, suggesting that by paying more attention to the experience of exercise itself, even the most reluctant of exercisers might begin to […]
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