By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment is asking state regulators for approval to quit buying electricity from NV Energy, according to a recent filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. The gaming giant is the latest Nevada company to seek permission to purchase power on the open market. Caesars is the parent […]
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By Michael Doyle, Sacramento Bee A U.S. Forest Service firefighter from Eldorado National Forest blew another whistle Thursday on sexual harassment and gender bias inside federal public lands agencies. Reinforcing claims previously made by many others over many years, fire prevention technician Denice Rice told a House panel of repeated problems facing women, who remain […]
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Briant Benson, 59, of El Dorado Hills, was sentenced Dec. 2 to one year and one day in prison for tax evasion, According to court documents, during the years 2004 through 2006, Benson failed to file tax returns or pay any personal income tax to the Internal Revenue Service, despite receiving at least $2 million in income […]
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Douglas County has selected a stormwater advisory committee to review and make recommendations to the county manager. The county manager will then work with staff to develop recommendations for the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. The committee has scheduled four public meetings at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center in Gardnerville. Two already occurred […]
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By USSA VAL D’ISERE, France – Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) and Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) brushed aside the disappointment of losing home field advantage by leading the U.S. to seventh- and 15th-place, respectively, in today’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup super G. Norway took the top two spots on the podium with Kjetil Jansrud winning […]
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By Kathryn Reed I never get tired of either roasting vegetable or barbecuing them. I will admit, though, I am definitely a fair weather barbecuer. This time of year there are wonderful root vegetables to cook with. They seem heartier than summer veggies. It doesn’t matter how you cook the veggies, this dip will add […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Restraint was needed to not lick the supersized cupcakes and other sugary delicacies. After all, they were just decorations on a tree. But these were no ordinary ornaments, so to speak. Gateau et Torta won the most creative, or out of the box tree at the Festival of Trees […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The Public Policy Institute of California analyzes dozens of pithy issues, but sitting atop its priority list is the state’s troubled higher education system. Once the envy of the world, California’s three-level system – the University of California, the California State University system, and more than 100 locally governed community […]
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By Camila Domonoske, NPR If the children are the future, the future might be very ill-informed. That’s one implication of a new study from Stanford researchers that evaluated students’ ability to assess information sources and described the results as “dismaying,” “bleak” and “[a] threat to democracy.” As content creators and social media platforms grapple with […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada has joined 17 other states in a lawsuit challenging new federal rules that expand the definition of “critical habitat” for endangered and threatened species. Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced the filing on Wednesday. Plaintiffs say the new rules would allow an area to be classified as a […]
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