By David Porter, AP NEWARK, N.J. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt another defeat to New Jersey’s yearslong attempt to legalize sports betting, setting aside the state’s challenge to a federal betting ban. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling invalidated a law passed by New Jersey in 2014 that would have […]
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By Patricia Cohen, New York Times Steven Oshins, a Las Vegas lawyer who specializes in estate planning, has never met the wealthy software entrepreneur Dan Kloiber, but he is nonetheless intensely interested in Kloiber’s contentious divorce. “I have had a Google news alert on that for a couple years,” Oshins said as he discussed the […]
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By Associated Press With all their modern scientific equipment and state-of-the-art computer models, researchers trying to better understand the effect of algae growth in Lake Tahoe are searching for new tools to aid in their mission — old photo albums. Experts at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center want to better understand the trend in […]
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By Margo Bartlett Pesek, Las Vegas Review-Journal Bowers Mansion, one of Nevada’s most famous residences, memorializes the first fabulous Comstock mining era that brought Nevada Territory to statehood during the Civil War. A visit to this handsome dwelling is a fascinating side trip into history. The elegant home, which now anchors a popular Washoe County […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — The Nevada Constitution gives citizens the right to weigh in on public policy issues through the use of ballot initiatives and referendums. The petition process, which dates nationally to the populist era of the early 20th century, lets the public put measures to the voters directly, […]
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By Jane Braxton Little, High Country News Looking north from Blue Canyon near Shaver Lake, copper-colored forests blanket mountain slopes that stretch ridge after ridge to the horizon. The patches of fading green that dappled these hillsides last fall have merged into an unbroken cover of rust-needled pines. At dusk, when the winds die down, […]
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· Labor Day fireworks on the South shore will be shot off Sept. 4 at 8:30pm. · First 5 El Dorado’s Executive Director Kathleen Guerrero and El Dorado County Child Care and Education Planning Council’s Coordinator Elizabeth Blakemore were recognized by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson for their work with the Race to […]
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Updated 12:20pm: Power has been restored. —- The driver of a Ford Explorer had to be extricated from the vehicle early this morning after crashing into an electric pole at the corner of Pioneer Trail and Al Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe. The person, whose name has not been released, was flown to Renown […]
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Lake Tahoe outrigger teams dominated the boats from the Bay Area during the annual Round the Rock Alcatraz Challenge. Boats of six rowers raced about 10 miles from the beach near Crissy Field in San Francisco, into the bay, around the prison and back to shore. Kawai’ulu O’Tahoe placed first and second in the coed […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care is in the process of getting its first permit to permanently care for an animal that cannot be released into the wild. Emma – the bald eagle from Emerald Bay – came to the South Shore rehab facility last Halloween. She had a broken wrist and damage to […]
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