By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times Water providers that have struggled in recent months to meet conservation targets could soon get some relief under the modified drought rules unveiled Friday by state regulators. The proposed changes to California’s emergency drought regulation reward water districts for investing in new local supplies and allow for adjustments to […]
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By Susan Wood KIRKWOOD – Based on the reaction of skiers and snowshoers venturing this year to the land of deep snow and simple needs, it’s almost as if the one trail not open at the start of season at the Nordic center should have been. Ecstasy, one of four black-diamond trails, is the operative […]
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By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Gerald “Jerry” Smith grew up in Nevada and went to work for the Bureau of Land Management right after college. As a local, he figured he was uniquely suited to work with the ranchers who have long resented the federal government’s role in land management here. It didn’t quite […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Jan Aphelin paid her way through college by working as a “camera girl” snapping commissioned photos of the high rolling gamblers and highfalutin clients of Reno’s swankiest casinos and clubs. She photographed the elite – some of them celebrities, including actress Debbie Reynolds […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS — State agencies are in the process of swapping land on the South Shore in an effort to be more efficient. “Our hope is the pubic won’t notice anything,” Marilyn Linken, supervisor of the Sierra District of California State Parks, told Lake Tahoe News. The California Tahoe Conservancy is giving nine […]
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By Jim Sloan, Tahoe In Depth Many point to the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley as the event that kickstarted skiing in the Sierra and the Tahoe region. The event, only the eighth Winter Games ever held, was the first Winter Olympics ever televised. But the truth is that skiing had been an established, […]
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By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Sun Nevada homeowners were slapped with a rising tally of foreclosure filings last year, bucking a nationwide drop as the state remained among the hardest hit in the country. A total of 16,533 properties, or 1.4 percent of homes statewide, received a foreclosure-related filing in 2015. That’s up 6.6 percent […]
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By Scott Smith, AP The names of iconic hotels and other landmarks in the world-famous Yosemite National Park will soon change in an ongoing battle over who owns the intellectual property, park officials said Thursday. The luxurious Ahwahnee Hotel will become the Majestic Yosemite Hotel, and Curry Village will become Half Dome Village, said park […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy TRUCKEE – It’s always better to deliver good tidings to an enthusiastic crowd, and judging from the attendance (standing room only) and the attitude of the recent Good Morning Truckee crowd, they were ready to hear what’s new in Truckee. Rick Holliday, owner of Holliday Development headquartered in Emeryville, easily captured […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Vail Resorts on Wednesday reported climbing visits,and increased season pass sales and visitor spending at its resort network across Colorado, Utah and California. North America’s largest resort operator said lift ticket revenue for the season through Jan. 10 — including season pass sales — was up 19.4 percent over the […]
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