By Anne Knowles, Nevada News Bureau Nevada could take in $16 million less in tax dollars this year due to online sales, according to a new report by the Retail Association of Nevada. Sales tax currently accounts for 28.3 percent of the state’s general fund revenue while gaming taxes bring in 23.6 percent. Nevada ranks […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee The number of people with concealed weapon licenses in Sacramento and El Dorado counties has jumped in 2011, following the election of new sheriffs who vowed to make the licenses easier to get. Sacramento County sheriff’s officials issued 739 CCWs – licenses to carry a concealed weapon – as of […]
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Updated Sept. 5 2:45pm: Sam Singer has been found in good health. He has been reunited with his family. ———————- An 11-year-old Incline Village boy has been missing since Saturday. Sam Singer was reported missing by his mother. The boy was last seen in the area of Laura Court and Dorcey Drive at approximately noon […]
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By Mark Havnes, Salt Lake City Tribune CEDAR CITY, Utah — One of the most powerful politicians in the country was at Southern Utah University on Thursday reminiscing about his time at the school he graduated from in 1959 and being recognized with an academic center named in his honor. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid […]
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By Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury News Kelly McDonough was in for a pleasant surprise when she turned onto Interstate 880 in San Jose recently during the morning commute. The bumps, potholes and deep cracks that for years have lined this dilapidated freeway between Interstate 280 and Highway 101 were gone — replaced by dreamy, […]
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While the three-day weekend continues, most of the festivities in the Lake Tahoe Basin are wrapped up. That means instead of the manufactured fun, it’s all about enjoying the beaches, hiking trails, mountain bike routes and golf courses in the area. With temperatures expected to be in the high 70s and low 80s all week, […]
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Evon Yakar will be installed as rabbi of Temple Bat Yam in South Lake Tahoe in a two-day ceremony Sept. 16-17. The weekend will include two of Yakar’s colleagues and friends, Rabbi Bonnie Koppell on Friday night and Rabbi Ken Kanter on Saturday night. Koppell serves the U.S. Army as chaplain colonel in addition to […]
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Daisy is a very nice silver and white shorthaired cat who needs to live indoors. She has never been around dogs, but she has lived happily with small children and other cats. She came to the shelter with Lily when their owner couldn’t look after them any more. Daisy is spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated. She […]
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By Mike Jaccarino, New York Daily News A 9/11-themed wine – created to help fund raise for the Ground Zero memorial – has victims’ families seeing red. Lieb Family Cellars of Mattituck, L.I., says it will donate up to 10% of each sale of the 9/11 Memorial Commemorative Merlot and 9/11 Memorial Commemorative Chardonnay to […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — A proposed regulation to divert most of the money from unredeemed slot machine tickets to the state took another step forward Tuesday. The state Gaming Control Board held a workshop on the preliminary regulation that could mean millions dollars more for the state treasury. Board Chairman […]
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