By Amanda MacMillan, Outside Q: My buddy and I have a bet going. He says snowboarding burns more calories, I say downhill skiing does. Who’s right? A:You and your buddy should probably buy each other a Shotzski and call it even, because the most accurate answer to your question is a big fat, “It all […]
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By Kathryn Reed Faculty and some administrators at Lake Tahoe Community College are expected to see fatter paychecks. The college board tonight is being asked to approve raises for full-time and adjunct faculty, as well as give one-time bonuses to three interim deans. “Many employees on this campus work harder than they ever have because […]
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By Dionne Searcey, New York Times The nation’s economy is entering 2015 in its best shape since the recession, but the improving job market has so far failed to help most Americans earn significantly more at work. On Friday, the Labor Department reported that employers added another 252,000 workers to their payrolls in December, capping […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The state’s largest casinos lost $743.7 million in the 2014 fiscal year, nearly cutting their losses in half from the previous year. The state Gaming Control Board’s 2014 Nevada Gaming Abstract, published Friday, said the 270 Nevada casinos that generated $1 million or more in gaming revenue reported […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – If the fire alert system that is in its infancy in the Lake Tahoe Basin had been in place in 2007, the Angora Fire might not have wiped out 254 homes on the South Shore. That is the prediction of Graham Kent, a South Tahoe High School graduate who […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun In recent years, gamblers expecting to place wagers on the Olympic Games at Nevada sports books were in for a letdown: Per state law, they were prohibited from doing so. The South Point is trying to change that. Next Thursday, the state Gaming Control Board will hold a workshop […]
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By Abbie VanSickle, Center for Investigative Reporting In his remarks at the funeral of slain New York police Officer Wenjian Liu, FBI Director James Comey told those gathered that 2014 had been an unusually deadly year for law enforcement officers. “We had 115 officers killed in the line of duty last year, a shocking increase […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Push, glide, glide. Or was it glide, pole, pole, glide, glide? Without the instruction of Grace Bronstone, we were a little unsure exactly what to do. Still, we kept at it to the point where we were fluid with our maneuvers, albeit a bit unsteady at times. Skate skiing looks […]
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By Steve Raabe, Denver Post Denver-based United Cannabis Corp. is proposing to team with Native American tribes in California to grow and manufacture medical marijuana products. United Cannabis has signed a consulting and licensing deal with a company that will build up to three cultivation and processing facilities on tribal lands. FoxBarry Cos. LLC, a firm […]
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By Jeff Barnard, AP GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Oregon’s famous wandering wolf, OR-7, is now officially the leader of his own pack. State and federal wildlife agencies said Wednesday they have designated OR-7, his mate and their pups the Rogue Pack, for their location in the Rogue River drainage in the Cascades east of Medford. […]
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