By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun With only a few weeks left in the congressional session, it’s do-or-die time for two years’ worth of bills Nevada lawmakers have filed to fix local problems that need federal attention. There are pending bills to free up federal lands for mining and declare other sections of the state […]
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Sweets will be featured at the Douglas County Public Library in Zephyr Cove on Dec. 15 at 1pm. Miss Carol will be on hand to help children build gingerbread houses using graham crackers and other sweets. Children and parents are welcome. This program is limited to 30 children. Register by Dec. 12 to attend. Participants […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Aromas of freshly made food waft from a nondescript building tucked off Highway 89. Three hot meals a day are served here. Boarders are upstairs sleeping – in the middle of day. Today starts week four of winter at the Meyers’ Caltrans depot. When it’s storming out – and it […]
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By KOLO-TV KOLO 8 News has been in contact with family of Roderick Clifton, one of two people missing in the Sierra since last Thursday. His brother-in-law first informed KOLO 8 News Now that the couple Clifton and Paula Lane of Gardnerville had been found right around 8:30pm Wednesday. At 10pm he called our newsroom […]
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Tahoe Fund wrote a check for $12,850 to the Tahoe Transportation District to be used for Rabe Meadow Bike Path. This is part of the Stateline-to-Stateline bike trail. The Rabe Meadow segment is the first section of the 3-mile segment that goes from Stateline to Round Hill Pines Resort. The funding was contributed by private […]
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By Eliza Barclay, NPR A row of restaurants in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., looks tantalizing — there are Vietnamese, Italian, New American. But if you walk around to the alley at the back of this row you might gag. Dumpsters packed with trash are lined up, and they get emptied only twice […]
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By Caroline Winter, Bloomberg Businessweek The phaseout of traditional 100-watt incandescent lightbulbs in January – a move to meet new federal efficiency standards – struck panic in the hearts of some consumers. Home Depot reported a nearly 20 percent spike in sales of 100-watt bulbs for 2011 as people rushed to stockpile. At least one […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun The online unit of Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas today was recommended for licensure as an online intrastate poker operator in Nevada. At a meeting in Carson City, the State Gaming Control Board voted to recommend a license for Caesars to the Nevada Gaming Commission. The commission could […]
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The leading alternatives for the loop road through the South Shore as determined by attendees of two public workshops as well as next steps will be presented by the Tahoe Transportation District at an open house on Dec. 13 from 4-6pm at Harveys, Emerald Bay B Room, Stateline. Information on the various alternatives, including goals, […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Toy and electronics stores weren’t the only businesses racking up big sales numbers on Black Friday. For area gun shops, the weekend after Thanksgiving is typically one of the busiest of the year. They saw even more sales this year after the re-election of President Obama, continuing a trend that […]
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