By John Przybys, Las Vegas Review-Journal They’re not just bottles. They’re mirrors that reflect Nevada during a different time, prisms that break up the sunlight of modern-day Nevada into the earthier colors of the state’s mining tradition. But, yeah, some of them look pretty cool, too. Drugstore bottles from long-ago Nevada towns have been a […]
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Applications for Tahoe Women’s Community Fund’s annual allocation of grants will be accepted until Feb. 28. The nonprofit has $29,000 to award. Five grants of varying amounts will be given out. Categories include children and youth, mental health and wellness, poverty and housing, education and literacy, and environment and community. For more information and criteria, […]
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By Howie Nave Most everyone knows about the annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (also referred to as the Oscars) celebrating Hollywood’s best, but what about Hollywood’s worst movies? I mean, c’mon, how many times have you seen a movie and wished that the theater had a refund table set up in the […]
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Holiday travelers and snow = congested, messy roads. Local roads and Sierra highways are full of people trying to leave Lake Tahoe and Truckee. Traffic is inching along on Monday afternoon. Highway 50 through the American River Canyon has been closed intermittently for avalanche control Highway 89 around Emerald Bay is closed. Alpine Meadows Road […]
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On a split vote last week, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors said no to the 605-house Dixon Ranch subdivision. Only Supervisors Sue Novasel and Brian Veerkamp were in favor to the El Dorado Hills development. They would have liked the project to be revised, while the others were completely against the project. This […]
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By Christopher Muther, Boston Globe President Trump’s travel ban targeting nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries may not have held up in court, but it appears quite successful at keeping plenty of other people out of the United States. Trump’s order brought with it a swift decline in the number of worldwide tourists and travelers looking […]
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Holiday traffic on westbound Interstate 80 is gridlocked through Truckee. Side streets are not a better alternative, according to Truckee officials. “If you are trying to get over the summit to Sacramento or Bay Area, please do not try to use your GPS to find side streets, they are clogged or closed. Old Highway 40 […]
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Starting March 1, Eldorado National Forest will begin selling personal use fuelwood permits for $5 per cord. Today permits are $15. The minimum charge for a permit is $20, which will permittees four cords. “The reduction in price will allow the public to obtain fuelwood for heating their homes at a lower cost,” Forest Supervisor […]
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Pyramid Lake opened to fishing and other activities on Saturday after being closed since Jan. 11. The Pauite Tribe’s land in Northern Nevada was cut off because the highway sustained massive damage. The tribe is estimated to have lost $1 million between repairing its roads and loss in fishing license revenue, which is one of […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Caesars Entertainment Corp. has reached agreement to pay a $44 million “exit fee” to leave as a retail customer of Nevada Power and purchase its own power supplies on the wholesale market. In a stipulation filed last week with the Public Utilities Commission, Caesars has also agreed […]
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