By Todd Dewey, Las Vegas Review-Journal In the equivalent of a two-minute drill, the NFL changed its view of Las Vegas and legal sports betting. Less than two years ago, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was forced to cancel a fantasy football convention here because of the NFL’s policy against players being associated with gambling. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College wants to see more local students enrolling in the two-year institution. From Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s class of 2012 66.4 percent went to LTCC the following fall; class of 2013 – 66.5 percent; 2014 – 60.7 percent; and 2015 – 56.4 percent. It was noted that with […]
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By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal WASHINGTON — President Trump signed a bill Monday that kills a federal rule dictating planning on public lands in Western states — including 47.5 million acres in Nevada. Conservationists and Democrats argued that the Obama administration regulation, known as the Planning 2.0 rule, protected Bureau of Land Management lands […]
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By James Cook, BBC News On the banks of California’s Feather River, way below the tallest dam in the United States, is a ballet of steel and stone. The dancers are huge earth-moving machines, their costumes bright yellow. The movement at the Oroville dam is constant and mesmerizing. The average age of the 90,000 […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMINO — Wine is always better shared with friends – even if the friend has four legs. AJ was an instant hit at the handful of El Dorado County wineries she visited. She got treats, was petted and there were water bowls already set out for her. At Findleton Estate Winery people […]
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By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press When the Monte Carlo casino closes its eight-table poker room in about a month as part of a $450 million overhaul, the Las Vegas Strip will be down nearly a quarter of the tables it had a decade ago. Casinos constantly adjust their floors to meet customer demand. Some […]
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By Richard Chang, Sacramento Bee The region’s Indian casino scene could soon get more crowded. With two casino projects on the horizon in an already bustling market, tribal operators old and new will have to offer entertainment and other amenities to retain the loyalty of customers in what experts say is a gaming market that […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Susan Wood When it comes to millennials and home ownership, the 30s could arguably be the new 20s. The 16- to […]
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By Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal Chris Connelly, founder of one of the first sports betting mutual fund in the U.S., was killing it during 2016. His Contrarian Investments LLC was up 31 percent on Dec. 18 compared with a 10 percent return for the Dow Jones over the same period. His bets on the […]
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By Megan Michelson, Powder Robin Smith, 70, got his start as a ski instructor at an upstate New York ski hill called Swain Ski Center in the 1970s. He went on to own and run that resort for over 20 years and installed the area’s original snowmaking system. When Intrawest bought Mountain Creek, an […]
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