By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Turning Highway 50 near and through the casino corridor into a city street and the roads from Pioneer Trail behind Raley’s at the state line into a state highway may one day be a reality. Known locally as the Loop Road project, officials are now trying to get people to […]
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By Lizette Alvarez, New York Times MIAMI — A growing number of communities are choosing to stop adding fluoride to their water systems, even though the federal government and federal health officials maintain their full support for a measure they say provides a 25 percent reduction in tooth decay nationwide. Earlier this month, Pinellas County, […]
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By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee It doesn’t seem fair – and to some it doesn’t make sense. If you’re worried about water bills and you use less water, you should get a lower bill, right? But that’s not happening in the Carmichael Water District. The district has announced it wants to raise water rates 18 […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Nevada’s public employee pension system is one of the better funded plans around the country, but its financial health is far poorer than taxpayers may realize because of the way the long-term liabilities are calculated, a new analysis released this month says. The report by Andrew […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A $1.8 million grant to enhance the absentee voting process for military personnel and other U.S. citizens living overseas has been awarded to a coalition of 13 California counties led by El Dorado County. The California coalition was among the first six recipients of the Electronic Absentee Systems for Elections […]
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By David Rose, Daily Mail It was hailed as the scientific study that ended the global warming debate once and for all – the research that, in the words of its director, “proved you should not be a sceptic, at least not any longer”. Professor Richard Muller of UC Berkeley and his colleagues from the […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun Hotel-casino operator Tropicana Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas on Wednesday posted a third quarter profit, even as its Nevada properties continued to struggle through the recession. Tropicana Entertainment, which has two properties in Laughlin and one in Lake Tahoe, among other properties around the country, said it earned $14.9 […]
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Not only do the shovels need to be ready based on the forecast, but warm clothing will also be needed this weekend. South Lake Tahoe on Saturday set a record low at 13 degrees, breaking the previous record of 16 from 2002. Tahoe City and Truckee are equally as cold, but not setting records. The […]
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Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., owners of the Round Hill Square Shopping Center, posted its quarterly earnings report this week showing net income attributable to common stockholders for the quarter ending Sept. 30 at $2.5 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. Revenue for the quarter came in at $13.56 million, compared to $4.84 million this time […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Land capability is being redefined on the South Shore. Mostly it has to do with using what exists to its maximum potential. A presentation Nov. 4 by Richard Shaw, principal planner with Design Workshop in Aspen, pointed out what is lacking on the South Shore and what could be changed. […]
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