By Sujay Kaushal, Gene E. Likens, Michael Pace and Ryan Utz, The Conversation The United States has made enormous progress in reducing water pollution since the Clean Water Act was passed nearly 50 years ago. Rivers no longer catch fire when oil slicks on their surfaces ignite. And many harbors that once were fouled with […]
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By Kathryn Reed An adult-use marijuana ordinance is expected to be before the South Lake Tahoe City Council next month, with development agreements and a decision about what to do with the existing medical facility still to be decided. The electeds on April 17 agreed to allow the following licenses: two micro businesses, two retail, […]
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By Mike Higdon, Reno Gazette-Journal For almost a decade, beer geeks have asked, “Is Reno oversaturated with beer, yet?” and the answer has been a resounding “Maybe? Surely some breweries will close as the competition stiffens.” Yet, no brewery has closed due to lack of business. More continue to open, expand their offerings and distribute out […]
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By Wayne Parry, AP ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Carl Icahn’s company has struck an approximately $1.85 billion deal that would fuse the gaming and hotel operations of Tropicana Entertainment to Eldorado Resorts Inc. The agreement, announced early Monday, includes the sale of Tropicana Entertainment Inc.’s real estate to Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. It doesn’t […]
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By Kathryn Reed Naiveté, ignorance, secretiveness, vindictiveness and complacency have no place in government. Not if the work of the people is going to be accomplished in a transparent, thorough, well thought out manner. The South Lake Tahoe City Council appears to have hit an all-time low. Lower than the Kathay Lovell-Bill Crawford juvenile behavior, […]
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By Wendy David The last few months have been some of the most difficult for our City Council, for our city and for our community. Similar to the national conversation, with immediate access to social media in many forms, controversial opinion pieces go immediately out to the public, even before the accused have an opportunity […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The series of March storms that slammed the Sierra Nevada made skiers and snowboarders rejoice and provided a much-needed boost to water storage reservoirs in California and Nevada. But even a one-month snow total that rivaled the “Miracle March” of 1991 isn’t enough to erase the snow drought that lingered […]
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By Terra Breeden Glasses of bacon bloody Mary’s and craft beers clanged together in salutations while a disc jockey spun pop hits over a booming sound system. Guests shook their tail feathers on the dance floor and enjoyed a vast buffet of pork belly sliders, veggie platters, and pizza slices. Needless to say, it was […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s almost time for the Forest Service to make a recommendation on a proposal to offer oil and gas leases in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains. But first the agency is giving the public another chance to weigh in. “We want to make sure if there is any new information out there […]
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By Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle WASHINGTON — Congress and the Trump administration are pushing ahead with a plan to raise a towering symbol of dam-building’s 20th century heyday to meet the water demands of 21st century California — a project backed by San Joaquin Valley growers but opposed by state officials, defenders of a […]
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