By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal A leading association for the gambling industry is hopeful that a Trump administration will be huge for gaming. Increased mainstream acceptance of gambling, combined with the results of the presidential election, represent an opportunity to push key goals for the industry on a wide range of issues, including regulations and […]
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· The Crossing in South Lake Tahoe is gradually filling up with new tenants. Besides Sierra-at-Tahoe, expect Lake Tahoe AleWorX Taproom & Pizzeria, Elevate Wellness Center, and Omni yoga plan to have storefronts. · The 24-year-old Bookshelf bookstore in Truckee is closing Dec. 29. However, the town won’t be without a bookstore for long. In the […]
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By Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee I suspect Frosty the Snowman is not in truth a jolly, happy soul. Parts of him look stiffened by frostbite, others thoroughly deadened by hypothermia. He must’ve spent a cold night out. That could also explain his frozen grin and blank stare. In a gift-giving season, we all should understand […]
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By Dan Michalsky, Las Vegas Sun Founded by a group of former Google engineers, self-driving trucking startup Otto blazed through Nevada in 2016 and left behind some serious tread. Otto launched in January, and by May the San Francisco-based company had conducted the first-ever test run of an 18-wheeler, on an interstate outside of Reno, with […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – While there are 178 thresholds the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is trying to achieve, it was traffic-transportation that garnered the most discussion this month. The Governing Board adopted the 2015 Threshold Evaluation Report at its meeting last week. Within all of those standards are nine categories: air quality, water quality, […]
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To the community, The holidays are here. They are always festive and special times at Lake Tahoe. Hopefully, the snow gods continue to bless us with more white, fluffy stuff, so we can all get out and enjoy the magic of Tahoe’s snow-covered mountains. Now is probably a good time to talk about what else happens during the holidays when it […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown, rallying a room of scientists with his most heated rhetoric yet on the topic, suggested California would defy the federal government should President-elect Donald Trump impede the state’s efforts to thwart climate change. “We’ve got the scientists, we’ve got the lawyers and we’re ready to fight. We’re […]
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By Associated Press If Bode Miller wants to return to ski racing this season as he approaches the age of 40, he’s going to have to show U.S. Ski Team head coach Sasha Rearick that he’s still got the necessary speed. “There’s always a chance with Bode — always. But at this point right now […]
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By Zac Mooney, KTVN-TV Rep. Mark Amodei, D-Carson City, was one of Donald Trump’s biggest Nevada supporters during the presidential campaign and he says he will use any favor with the new administration to help Nevadans. He says when the next congressional session starts Jan. 3, the top priorities will be tax, health care and […]
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By Jane E. Brody, New York Times Most of the Northern Hemisphere is now in the throes of the deadliest time of the year. Cold kills, and I don’t mean just extreme cold and crippling blizzards. I mean ordinary winter cold, like that typically experienced, chronically or episodically, by people in every state but Hawaii […]
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