U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue to conduct prescribed fire operations in various locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin the week of March 30. Possible locations include Slaughterhouse Canyon on the East Shore, the Luther Pass Campground off of Highway 89, the west side of Highway 89 near Tahoma, and near D.L. Bliss […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Visitors to the Reno-Lake Tahoe area stayed longer, spent more money and brought their children along more often last year than they did two years earlier, according to a new tourism survey that suggests targeting families in future marketing efforts. The tourists with kids spent more than groups with only adults […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday to sell an additional 7 million shares of stock. Based on Thursday’s closing price on the Nasdaq Global Select, the company would raise almost $148 million. No date was given for the proposed sale. Caesars and it […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown called on three scandal-plagued state senators to resign on Friday, speaking out for the first time on a series of criminal cases that have sapped Democrats’ power in the Capitol and tarnished the Legislature’s image. Brown’s statement comes hours after the Senate voted to […]
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Tonight between 8:30 and 9:30, Harrah’s and Harveys Lake Tahoe will participate in Earth Hour to bring awareness to climate change. This is the sixth consecutive year that the two Stateline casinos will encourage guests and employees to turn off all non-essential interior lighting, while the resorts’ lighted exteriors, electronic marquees and non-essential lighting are […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sierra House Elementary School is taking the federal Let’s Move initiative a step further. Principal Ryan Galles this week told the Lake Tahoe Unified School District about his goal of transforming the K-5 school into the Sierra House Mountain Academy. “I envision a physical transformation,” Galles said. The goal is fitness, health […]
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By Nancy Kerry As we all know, the economy and our environment are fundamentally intertwined. If we ever doubted the connection, those doubts should have been erased through the impacts of the great recession on our local economy. We need revenue from tourism to sustain our economy, which in turn helps to fund environmental projects […]
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By Jodie Gummow, AlterNet In this technological age, social media has become a primary gateway to connect with friends and the world around us as part of our daily ritual. Yet what often begins as a harmless virtual habit for some can fast-track into a damaging, narcissism-fueled habit which negatively impacts our self-worth and the […]
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Zahi Hawass, a world-renowned archaeologist and the former minister of Antiquities in Egypt and the director of ongoing excavations at Giza, Saqqara, and the Valley of the Kings, will give a talk March 31 at Sierra Nevada College. He is a distinguished scholar of residence at the Incline Village institution. His presentation will be from […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Washoe County emergency manager Aaron Kenneston has known since Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans and Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast that Nevada homeowners and businesses eventually would face higher premiums for federal flood insurance. “It’s unfortunate that you have to balance these major superstorms on the backs […]
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