By Patricia Yollin, KQED-TV Almost all of the state’s residents have cut their water use because of the drought, half of likely voters will support an $11.1 billion bond for state water projects and a record-high share of Californians, 55 percent, say the water supply is a big problem where they live. These were among […]
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By Rob Sabo, AP Casino operators in the greater Tahoe-Reno area are doubling down on their properties. The more than $100 million spent or tabbed for renovations at regional hotel-casinos includes $50 million at JA Nugget, $20 million at Boomtown, $30 million at Grand Sierra Resort, $20 million at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe in […]
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By Kathryn Reed REPRESA – While Johnny Cash didn’t really shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die, he has been to Folsom Prison. It was to give a concert. He is credited with making the prison famous beyond the inmates and riots. Every vehicle owner in California is driving around with a […]
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By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — Authors of the new online gaming bill in Congress have issued a challenge to Nevada, where online poker is legal, and any state that may want to legalize it. “If you want to have online gambling, then come to the Congress. … If you want to have […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Visitors to the Reno-Lake Tahoe area stayed longer, spent more money and brought their children along more often last year than they did two years earlier, according to a new tourism survey that suggests targeting families in future marketing efforts. The tourists with kids spent more than groups with only adults […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sierra House Elementary School is taking the federal Let’s Move initiative a step further. Principal Ryan Galles this week told the Lake Tahoe Unified School District about his goal of transforming the K-5 school into the Sierra House Mountain Academy. “I envision a physical transformation,” Galles said. The goal is fitness, health […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Washoe County emergency manager Aaron Kenneston has known since Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans and Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast that Nevada homeowners and businesses eventually would face higher premiums for federal flood insurance. “It’s unfortunate that you have to balance these major superstorms on the backs […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee The four-county Sacramento region added 22,000 residents between July 2012 and July 2013, a slightly faster rate of growth than during several prior years, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday. Like much of California, the Sacramento region experienced a slowdown in population growth during the recession. Couples put […]
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By Kathryn Reed Will the South Lake Tahoe library be able to continue to provide the resources and programs that it has been? That is a question a group of concerned residents were discussing this week as they gathered to talk about the role of the library, what it provides and how to get voters […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Light up Lake Tahoe may be redefined. There’s a good chance it will be the stars that people will be enjoying this Fourth of July instead of fireworks in South Lake Tahoe. The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority board of directors at an emergency meeting March 27 decided that if the […]
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