By Kathryn Reed Tweaking ordinances will be the order of the day for the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Aug. 2 The second readings of the vacation home rental, massage and taxi ordinances are on the agenda. The changes passed unanimously at the first reading last month, with Councilman Tom Davis recusing himself from […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada casinos posted a strong 6.8 percent gaming win in June, helping the state’s major industry eke out a tiny 0.66 percent gain for the fiscal year that ended June 30, the state Gaming Control Board reported Friday. One of the two down markets was the […]
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By Paul Kane, Washington Post LAS VEGAS — The formidable political machine Harry M. Reid built in Nevada will face its most difficult task to date when it tries to hold on to the Senate seat being vacated by the retiring minority leader next year. After getting crushed in the 2014 midterm elections, Senate Democrats […]
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By Kathryn Reed Knees against the metal, hands on the cables, helmet securely fastened, nervous chit-chatter – and then screams of fun. This is the ritual at the Hot Shot Zipline at Heavenly Mountain Resort as four people at once fly through the air at at least 30 mph. For Kiana Gamble, this was the […]
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By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST — Wildfires scorching the West are revealing an unexpected bounty: newly uncovered historic artifacts, some dating back thousands of years. Looters and government archaeologists are scouring charred earth for the new archaeological treasures—sometimes even before all the embers are out. Last summer, a fire that blackened […]
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By Bobby Magill, Scientific American Reports this week from the front lines of the Sand Fire in Southern California painted the scene as apocalyptic. The drought-fueled blaze was explosive, fast-moving and devastating, burning through 38,000 acres in the Santa Clarita Valley and forcing the evacuation of more than 10,000 homes. If the state’s wildfire season holds true to […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy INCLINE VILLAGE – It’s been said that Lake Tahoe is a complex body that man may never understand. That is true; however, UC Davis and Geoff Schladow, the director of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center housed at Sierra Nevada College, are doing their best to prove that statement wrong—well, […]
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By Kathryn Reed If the preferred alternative is not selected, the developer of the Tahoe City Lodge said he would abandon the project. Samir Tuma spoke before the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Wednesday about the hotel he wants to build near the lake. This would be the first new lodging facility in […]
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By Neal Morton, Las Vegas Review-Journal If there’s anything supporters and critics of school choice can agree on, it’s the likelihood that a pair of state Supreme Court hearings today will have an impact on public education beyond Nevada’s borders. That’s where the agreement seems to end, with parents, politicians and education policy experts widely divided […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – Country superstar Keith Urban rocked the Harveys Lake Tahoe outdoor concert arena Wednesday night with a show of shows from an amazingly personable, highly talented artist. Urban, 48, brought a mix of hits spanning his quarter-century career such as “Days Go By” and “Long Hot Summer” as well as new songs on […]
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