By Bob Brundage, Reno Gazette-Journal More than 3.8 million passengers and 113 million pounds of cargo went through Reno-Tahoe International Airport in 2010, an increase in both categories over 2009. The report from the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority shows annual growth of 1.8 percent for passengers and a 10.4 percent increase in cargo. In 2009, 3.76 […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau “I don’t know what to say. It just really, really, really hurt a lot,” Holly Eimer, owner of Holly’s Place, said of her experience with former financial planner Lori Zoval. Zoval is the South Lake Tahoe resident indicted last July on charges of wire fraud. The charges stem from an investment fraud […]
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By Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal Industry leaders told Nevada policy makers the No. 1 challenge the state faces in luring high-tech business to the state is the lack of a trained and educated workforce. Kevin Whitney of TechAmerica, an advocacy group that represents 1,200 high-tech companies across the country, said an hour-long discussion with state […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee El Dorado Animal Services has euthanized 250 birds after uncovering what appeared to be a large, illegal cockfighting operation in Garden Valley, El Dorado County officials said today. The discovery began Sunday with a traffic stop in Diamond Springs, during which sheriff’s deputies found two roosters with injuries consistent with […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee CalPERS officials acknowledged that federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into the bribery scandal afflicting the big California pension fund. In a report to the CalPERS board, senior staff members wrote that “federal prosecutors in California” have sought millions of pages of documents and other information from the pension […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Nineteen area hotels, events centers and tourism agencies are pooling marketing resources to bring in corporate meeting planners for free in hopes of landing their business. Dubbed “Come see. Fly free,” the campaign will provide round-trip transportation, lodging, meals and a customized site inspection to one person per company planning […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Alarmed by a police backlash against pot dispensaries in some California cities, lawmakers and advocates for medical marijuana are calling for statewide regulation of medical cannabis stores and new laws to clarify rules under which they operate. Additionally, some medical marijuana advocates are pushing lawmakers to consider regulations – similar […]
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With falling and blowing snow throughout Northern Nevada earlier today, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were kept busy by responding to several calls for service. In a six-hour time frame between 4-10am, 19 motor vehicle accidents were investigated, 17 slides-offs or spin-outs were reported and the Department of Public Safety-Communications Center fielded 298 phone […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A Truckee man with a long criminal history, including manslaughter, has been sent to prison under the state’s “three-strikes” law. Douglas Harold Doyle, 51, whose past crimes including an alcohol-related vehicular manslaughter conviction in which a Tahoe City schoolteacher was killed, was sent to prison for 25 years to life, […]
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By Kathryn Reed It may not be known for a while who will be operating the store at Fallen Leaf Lake, but it could be decided at the next board meeting if alcohol will be allowed to be consumed this summer. Controversy swirled last summer that resulted in no alcohol being sold out of the […]
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