By Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal International Game Technology may have sold its online gaming business Double Down Interactive at just the right time. Social casino players are shying away from apps like Double Down that offer a wide range of games in favor of single-genre apps, according to a report this week by SuperData […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOE CITY – Placer County is making substantive changes to the contract it has with the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association. Something is broken, but county officials aren’t saying exactly what is wrong. Change – Placer County plans to rescind NLTRA’s power when it comes to capital improvement projects and transportation. NLTRA […]
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By Porter Fox, Powder One degree makes the difference between rain and snow falling in the mountains. And one decision is all it takes for a ski industry executive to help save snow for its patrons, board members, investors, and every other creature, plant, and soul living near the mountains. The right decision is […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — It’s crunch time at the Nevada Legislature, with 30 days and counting to a mandatory June 5 adjournment. Based on legislative history, 75 percent of the work of the 120-day session will be accomplished in the remaining 25 percent of the time available. Weekends off […]
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By Susan Wood One could say Canadian professional rider and Amgen competitor Kirsti Lay has kept pace with the evolution of the bicycle. That’s because the Montreal cyclist has diversified her lifelong riding habits through the years. Though subtle in geometry and operation, a bicycle’s materials have changed quite a bit in the century-plus it’s […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP WASHINGTON — A robot zaps and vacuums up venomous lionfish in Bermuda. A helicopter pelts Guam’s trees with poison-baited dead mice to fight the voracious brown tree snake. A special boat with giant winglike nets stuns and catches Asian carp in the U.S. Midwest. In the fight against alien animals that […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A man has been identified as the suspected killer of two El Dorado County camp counselors who were shot and killed while in their sleeping bags on a Sonoma County beach nearly 13 years ago. Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas said at a May 5 news conference that Shaun […]
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By Kathryn Reed Aging and inadequate infrastructure are the big reasons South Tahoe Public Utility District continues to raise rates. The massive sewer line failure in the Tahoe Keys that is still being fixed is one example. Generators that failed during the January floods is another. Twenty-five miles of water lines are too small to […]
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By Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal The hospitality industry is facing a shortage of passionate workers and the need to upgrade appearances more frequently, according to a panel of hotel chain executives at an industry conference in Las Vegas. “Talent is something that does keep me awake at night,” Bill Walshe, chief executive officer of […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Summer is when Sierra Nevada hikers and bikers transform dreams of warm days and magical mountain vistas into reality. This year an extra helping of snow survival skills might keep those dreamy, high country trips from turning into nightmares. That’s because the many thousands of vacationers who surge onto Sierra […]
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