By Mick Akers, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy has reached its mandated renewable energy goals for the seventh straight year. In a filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, NV Energy reported it achieved a 22.2 percent renewable credit level last year in Southern Nevada and a 26.6 level in Northern Nevada. The legislated […]
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Liberty Utilities will host an electric vehicle summit April 24 featuring presentations by key stakeholders and displays of Tesla vehicles, a Proterra 40- foot electric bus, and a ChargePoint EV charging station. Liberty Utilities is hosting this event to share information about an application to be submitted this summer to the California Public Utilities Commission. […]
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Explorer Post No. 2105 walked away with 13 trophies at the Central Coast Law Enforcement Exploring Competition on April 7-9 in California. The DCSO Explorers competed against 21 police, sheriff and highway patrol explorer posts. The 19 scenarios included felony car stops, shooting skills, written exams, oral interviews, suspicious persons and […]
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By Associated Press Nevada transportation officials have approved $36.2 million to build a bike and walking trail at Lake Tahoe along a busy stretch of highway connecting Incline Village to Sand Harbor State Park. Project manager Nick Johnson told the state transportation board on Monday the 3-mile-long shared use path will improve safety along Highway […]
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· The Roberta Mason Library at Lake Tahoe Community College has increased its e-book collection from 159,000 to 212,000 volumes. · El Dorado County has hired Carla Hass to be communications director. · The U.S. Forest Service is offering the public an opportunity to purchase used vehicles at an online auction starting April 17. To […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post The new Aspen Skiing Co.-KSL Capital Partners alliance is buying Mammoth Mountain, June Mountain, Snow Summit and Bear Mountain, giving the nascent partnership more than 6,000 acres of Southern California ski terrain across four resorts that host more than 2 million visits a year. No price was announced, but […]
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By Alison Noon, AP Dumbfounded that Nevada law does not consider people who cart around the perpetrators of sex tourism as sex traffickers themselves, one trafficking survivor asked legislators Tuesday to extend strict penalties to the people who market and connect the illicit industry. Kimberly Mull told the Senate Judiciary Committee that first she was […]
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By Kathryn Reed Congestion on the slopes at Heavenly Mountain Resort could be lessened in the coming winters via trail widening throughout the mountain – in both states, and inside and outside the basin. The resort has plans to remove hundreds of trees in a 25.3-acre area for widening, while another 29.6 acres would be […]
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By Gregory Rodriguez When I was a gloomy 16-year-old grasping to find some meaning in the world, my father gave me a tattered copy of social philosopher Michael Novak’s “The Experience of Nothingness.” Seriously. There have been times over the past few decades when I’ve considered this “gift” a few yards short of insensitive and maybe […]
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Douglas County commissioners this month said no to pot shops. The ordinance prohibits “marijuana establishment uses, including cultivation, testing, product manufacturing, distribution and retail facilities in all Douglas County zoning districts.” Even though voters in Nevada said yes to recreational marijuana, it is up to each county to set the rules. Even so, the use […]
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