By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Sixteen special events across the Reno-Tahoe region will receive a total of $235,000 this year from the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority for marketing efforts. But in approving the package, the RSCVA board Thursday denied $15,000 recommended for the first World Championship Chili Cookoff scheduled for Oct. 16-18 at the […]
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By Andrea Domanick, Las Vegas Sun Millions of people come to Las Vegas every year hoping to win big at a casino table. But gambling isn’t the only way to cash in on casino games. Anyone with an idea for a new table game can submit it to Nevada’s Gaming Control Board to be approved […]
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By Kara Fox, Moonshine Ink The Lake Tahoe Basin will no longer be included in the Martis Valley West Project, which originally called for 112 residential units on land inside the basin. The developer asked Placer County on Tuesday to exclude 138 acres of Tahoe basin land, while maintaining the transfer of development rights in Martis […]
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There is a new scam being reported by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department. Residents are getting calls from people saying they have been chosen to receive a grant for paying their taxes on time or for not having filed bankruptcy. Fraudsters are instructing people to call and give the operator a “Grant Authorization Number,” then the scammers ask for […]
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Citizens Climate Lobby is hosting two meetings in South Lake Tahoe. The first is Jan. 31 at 10am. The one-hour talk is for organizers to talk about CCL and then come up with a plan for how Tahoe can help. The second meeting is Feb. 7 at 10am. It will start with the “First Saturday […]
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Sugar Bowl ski resort is in the Knot’s Best of Weddings Hall of Fame after receiving its fourth consecutive Best of Weddings award from organization this year. Sugar Bowl it one six wedding venues in the Sacramento/Lake Tahoe/Reno area to claim the distinction. The Knot is the nation’s most visited wedding website. In addition to […]
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By Larry Weitzman When Hyundai introduced its first upscale luxury sedan in 2008 as a 2009 model, the Hyundai Genesis, it took a few months before the public realized that a car company that started selling cars in the U.S. with the $4,995 Hyundai Excel in 1986, could build a luxury car. The original Genesis […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District is about to be on the national stage. The school board on Tuesday night voted to enter into an agreement with Fox Business Network to be part of a segment of “In View”, which is hosted by Larry King. LTUSD was chosen because of the infrastructure improvements […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Jan. 24, 2015, Sacramento Bee. There are few realizations as sobering for working parents as that moment when the actual cost of child care becomes clear. In California, a year of infant day care – in a day care center, not with a nanny – averages $11,628, roughly […]
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By Brian Alexander, Outdoor Has the charity race craze—all those walks, runs, rides, and mud runs done to raise money for good causes—begun to fizzle? The numbers for 2014 aren’t in yet, but a survey of the top 30 programs showed a total drop of $44.5 million in 2013. Make no mistake. Despite the declines, […]
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