By Conor Shine, Las Vegas Sun Ever look around at the signs of recovery here — the construction and rebound in travel and tourism — and wonder why it doesn’t feel like the recession has ended for you? There’s a reason: It hasn’t in terms of wages in Nevada. But the slow increase in most […]
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By Kathryn Reed Improving the circulation of traffic and pedestrians are major goals of a proposed project at the Tallac Historic Site on the South Shore. The U.S. Forest Service wants to get rid of the access point at Heritage Way that is across from Fallen Leaf Lake Road and the one at the Valhalla […]
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By Heidi Mills, Outdoor Back when race director Candice Burt first dreamed up a 200-mile trail run around Lake Tahoe, she figured it would take time to build an audience for such an over-the-top concept. Its culmination, the Tahoe 200, will be in early September. At a price tag of $850, the run gives hopefuls […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A rural Nevada county has settled lawsuits with two men who said a sheriff’s deputy violated their civil rights when they were stopped for speeding on Interstate 80, searched for drugs and forced to forfeit tens of thousands of dollars even though no drugs were found and no charges filed in […]
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By Susan Wood TWIN BRIDGES – It truly takes a village. The Olympic dream continued into March at Sierra-at-Tahoe on Saturday when thousands of family, friends and dignitaries hit the street and the ski resort to celebrate the roots and return home from Sochi of three local Olympic gold medalists. Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman and […]
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By Mariah Blake, Mother Jones Each night at dinnertime, a familiar ritual played out in Michael Green’s home: He’d slide a stainless steel sippy cup across the table to his 2-year-old daughter, Juliette, and she’d howl for the pink plastic one. Often, Green gave in. But he had a nagging feeling. As an environmental-health advocate, […]
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By Holly Yeager, Washington Post The delegation from the National Cannabis Industry Association made a point of dressing well for its day on Capitol Hill, sporting mostly dark suits, lots of ties and plenty of the group’s signature lapel pins, which feature a sun rising over vibrant fields of marijuana. Marijuana advocates have come to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Riding closer to the lake or being more in the woods. That is what people are being asked to decide when it comes to developing the first three miles of the Incline Village segment of the Stateline-to-Stateline Bikeway. The environmental documents for the project are in circulation. Two options plus a do […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee California will need to find billions of dollars annually to improve its water system, according to a Public Policy Institute of California report. Lawmakers are currently debating several water bond proposals for the 2014 ballot, but the report cautions that the state cannot rely on uncertain bond money to […]
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By Will Stone, NPR When the Nevada Department of Wildlife gave its comments on sage grouse, Ron Torell says the agency threw the livestock industry under the bus. “We had to get their attention somehow. This did it.” Torell is president of the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association and says NDOW’s stance on sage grouse could spell […]
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