By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Nevada will soon begin testing skill-based games in casinos, one of Nevada’s main gaming regulators said last week. Manufacturer GameCo boasts that its products are the first skill-based games to be approved by any gaming regulator in the United States and are now operating in Atlantic City casinos. And field […]
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The slew of South Shore nonprofits received checks Nov. 10 from proceeds from the 2016 American Century Championship. Each year the celebrity golf tournament organizers distribute money back to the community. This year $51,984 went to 20 organizations. Grants ranging from $500 to $5,500 were awarded to: Assistance League of Sierra Foothills, Barton Foundation, BATS Bringing […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County is looking at redefining how medical care is provided to those who call 911 for an ambulance. Paramedicine is a growing service throughout the United States, and is a model being looked at locally. Potentially nurses could be riding in an ambulance. They would have the ultimate say over […]
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By Larry Weitzman Some CalPERS pensions are more “reasonable” than others. In El Dorado County, miscellaneous employees (all employees other than public safety employees) after 30 years receive an annual retirement pension of 60 percent (2 percent for a year of service) of their highest salary and public safety employees after 30 years of service […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Tuesday’s Blue Wave in Nevada’s state legislative races is likely to give Republicans a case of the blues as their brief fling with majority control becomes only a memory. GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval will now have to work with Democrats to push through his budget and legislative priorities in […]
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The controversial Martis Valley West project is now being challenged by two lawsuits. Sierra Watch, Mountain Area Preservation and the League to Save Lake Tahoe have joined forces to prevent the housing development in Truckee from going forward. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 10. On a 4-1 vote this fall, the Placer County supervisors approved the 760-unit project. The […]
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By Associated Press Government weather forecasters say La Nina is here. La Nina, the flip side of El Nino, is caused by the cooling of the central Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns worldwide. Mike Halpert of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday he expects La Nina conditions to be weak and short-lived. […]
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One insider and three outsiders are the finalists for the position of superintendent-president of Lake Tahoe Community College. The public may meet the four on Nov. 17. At 9am each finalist will have one hour to make a statement and answer questions, with a lunch break taking place from 12:45-2:30pm. The forums will finish at […]
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service has money to help California property owners remove dead trees. NRCS will allocate $4 million for tree mortality projects. Funding is available through the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Landowners with dead trees on non-industrial private conifer forestlands in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Riverside, […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Escort services now fall under the state’s newly revised live entertainment tax, but identifying the businesses to begin collecting the revenue has been a challenge for state officials. The difficulty in identifying the businesses, primarily in Clark County, is also putting a dent in the current […]
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