By Yun Long, Reno Gazette-Journal A new tourism campaign is moving away from the gaming-centric marketing to redefine the Reno-Tahoe region as a four-season resort destination. Christopher Baums, Reno-Sparks Convention & Vistors Authority president and CEO, unveiled the “What’s Your Passion?” campaign aimed at visitors who want to explore their passions in Reno-Tahoe. “It asks […]
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By Kathryn Reed To avoid another lawsuit when it comes to bids and contracts (like Lakeview Commons), the South Lake Tahoe City Council voted for the safe bet – to start the process all over. When the bids go out again for bear boxes to be installed on public property it will actually be the […]
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Construction on the Tahoe City Transit Center will resume this spring, with the opening set for fall. Site work is nearly complete and building construction is well under way. The opening of the transit center was delayed from its anticipated December 2011 opening due to contractor/supplier issues, combined with the short Lake Tahoe construction season. […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal A petition drive to raise taxes on Nevada’s biggest casinos has met swift resistance from the gaming lobby through a lawsuit filed in Carson District Court. Advocates of the plan want to see the top rate in the multi-tiered tax on gross gaming revenue be raised from 6.75 percent to […]
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By Melanie Turner, Sacramento Business Journal Clean-energy markets continued to expand last year, even with a tough economic and political climate, increased industry consolidation and downward pricing pressures on manufacturers, according to a new report. Combined global revenue for solar, wind and biofuels rose 31 percent over the prior year, growing to $246 billion in […]
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Justin McCollum, 20, of Roseville, has been identified as the snowboarder who died March 19 at Sugar Bowl. He was an employee of the Lake Tahoe area resort. Placer county sheriff’s officials said McCollum was snowboarding with a group of friends on the double black diamond Strawberry Fields run. When he didn’t meet them at […]
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The El Dorado County Grand Jury’s budget has more than doubled from what supervisors originally approved. The 2011-12 budget was for $40,422. But halfway through the fiscal year the jury spent the allocation that was supposed to last through June 30. In January per court orders the Board of Supervisors added $12,000 to the grand […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun Evil doers looking for public officials to corrupt should put Nevada on their list of hunting grounds. The Silver State emerged as the ninth most corruptible state in the nation, according to an exhaustive $1.5 million yearlong investigation by a partnership of public integrity organizations. Investigators rated states on […]
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A snowboarder died at Sugar Bowl Resort on Monday. No personal information about the victim has been released. The boarder was in the Crow’s Peak area of the Lake Tahoe area resort. “Ski Patrol performed first aid and transported the individual to the base area, where a helicopter and paramedics were standing by to provide […]
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada — the states that were most hurt in the real estate collapse over the past five years — are now leading the U.S. labor market expansion. The four states added 222,100 jobs from August through December, accounting for 28 percent of the increase in U.S. employment […]
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