By Kathryn Reed For those who say the military is no place for a woman, they have not met Bethany Brown, Poli Policarpio, Sheryll Valencia or Christina Frolich. These women on Nov. 13 shared with Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra some of their experiences. Brown is so dedicated that on Thursday she retook the Army […]
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By Richard Chang, Sacramento Bee Voters in fiscally conservative Placer County last week overwhelmingly approved an initiative that will more than double county supervisor salaries, a reversal of two previous elections in which they handily rejected modest raises. While supporters praised the result as a fair compensation boost, opponents said voters mistakenly believed they were […]
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Two Douglas County businesses took home top honors from the Northern Nevada Development Authority. The Pioneer awards recognize businesses in the five-county region. Each county chose a business of the year. Douglas County’s business of the year award went to Bently Enterprises. Bently was selected based on alignment with the county’s five guiding economic vitality principles: Improves business […]
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Barry Kay of Incline Village placed second at a the World Series of Poker Circuit at Harveys in Stateline. He won $77,492. There were 380 players competing for a prize pool of $570,000. Winning the four-day tournament was Jesse Wilke of Kenmore, Wash. He took home $125401, the gold championship ring, and will have a […]
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By Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Proponents of gun owner background checks say they’re submitting almost 250,000 signatures to Clark County election officials for a Nevada ballot measure to strengthen screening and reporting of weapon purchases. Nevadans for Background Checks spokeswoman Kayla Keller says the organization will hand in on Wednesday well more than twice […]
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By Laura J. Keller, Bloomberg Caesars Entertainment Corp. reached an agreement with key senior creditors on the outline of a debt restructuring plan that includes a prearranged bankruptcy for its largest unit as soon as January, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations. Under the plan being negotiated by first-lien bondholders including Paul […]
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Truckee police and fire units are at Joerger Drive for a possible chemical spill. They are assessing the involved chemicals, but no evacuations have been ordered. The road is expected to be closed until 11am Thursday. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By AC Shilton, Outside A friendly reminder for all of our spice-loving readers: There is no shame in dousing your Thanksgiving feast in Sriracha. Tell your offended mother that science has linked your love of spicy condiments to your adrenaline-seeking personality. Biologically speaking, we should all hate spicy food. Burning—and the pain that comes with […]
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By Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Backers of a drive to legalize and tax marijuana in Nevada say they’re turning in almost 200,000 signatures supporting their measure. Democratic state Sen. Richard “Tick” Segerblom and Joe Brezny of the Nevada Cannabis Industry Association say they’ll turn in petitions Wednesday morning at the Clark County Elections Department […]
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By Kathryn Reed Whether people want a loop road around the Stateline casinos or not isn’t the question. The questions are what do they want it to look like and where should the roads go? This isn’t to say realigning Highway 50 on the South Shore is a done deal. It isn’t by a long […]
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