By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy will rebate $110.8 million to customers on their power bills in October, according to the company’s Public Utility Commission filings. Residential customers could see $2 to $3 knocked off their bills, while large customers like hotels and casinos could receive credits of up to $113,000. The rebate […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tom Wendell left an indelible mark when it came to cycling on the South Shore. To honor this man who died two years ago at the age of 62 the city of South Lake Tahoe is dedicating the Bijou Bike Park in his name. A sign will be unveiled when the […]
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By Kara Fox, Moonshine Ink After decades of development lawsuits throughout the Tahoe basin and Truckee, change has quietly been happening over the last few years as conservation groups and developers come together on projects. While environmental leaders say litigation can be necessary to protect the environment, they believe working with the developers is a better […]
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By Bill Theobald, Statesman Journal WASHINGTON — From drought to wildfires, Congress faces numerous issues of special importance to Westerners when it returns today. The cost of fighting the fires has already exceeded what had been budgeted for fire suppression this year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. That means the Forest Service and the Interior […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — Are some bears just born to be bad? Or do they learn from other bears that raid garbage cans, break into cars and homes and eventually have to be killed because they’ve lost their fear of humans? Scientists have researched this classic debate over “nature” and “nurture” among black […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, beginning with the recall campaign and on through his two terms in office, repeatedly linked the state’s tribal casino business to state finances. “We want to have the Indian gaming tribes pay their fair share to the state,” Schwarzenegger said during a 2004 news conference, “and […]
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By Bobby Azarian, Slate A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied has found that giving casino slot machines humanlike properties can increase one’s willingness to interact with them, thereby promoting riskier gambling behavior. Apparently something with the appearance of a mind is more welcoming than a lifeless machine. This finding might be good […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – The heart of Meyers has a new meaning. Carl Fair, who built Meyers Station in 1992, this summer completed a landscaping project at his commercial enclave that is designed to bring in people who aren’t just in cars. “People on bikes are coming out,” Fair told Lake Tahoe News. “It’s […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval made a last-ditch appeal to the federal Bureau of Land Management to accept Nevada’s recommendations for protecting the greater sage grouse. Sandoval sent an eight-page letter Friday to BLM Director Neil Kornze, urging him to reconsider Nevada’s strategies for preserving the bird’s habitat. The BLM rejected some of […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal With practiced labor, Tom Moura spills life across the land. Moura opens wooden gates to flood irrigation water across his still-healthy alfalfa crops. He knows he’s fortunate. During this fourth year of drought, many of Moura’s neighbors in the Lovelock area — arguably the bulls-eye for drought in Nevada — […]
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