By Kara LaPoint, Reno Gazette-Journal Gasoline prices continue to inch up in Nevada, rising 4 cents statewide in AAA Nevada’s monthly survey, which was released today. Nevada’s average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline rose to $2.97 this month, which was 11 cents above the national average and the fourth highest average price […]
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By Queenie Wong, Sacramento Bee State lawmakers on Monday sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a measure to delay an $11.1 billion water bond from the Nov. 2 ballot until the November 2012 vote. Schwarzenegger and supporters of the water bond asked weeks ago for the measure to be delayed because they’re concerned voters will reject it […]
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By Rob Sabo, Northern Nevada Business Weekly A team of six Douglas County economic development officials last week descended on a large outdoor and recreational trade show in Salt Lake City to pitch Douglas County as a great place to locate companies that manufacturer outdoors and leisure products. The value of Douglas County’s scenic outdoors […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Recently some 2,000 yoga enthusiasts made like warriors, formed trees and played eagle amid the pine-scented air, cool breezes and breathtaking beauty offered by Lake Tahoe. By nightfall, the visitors to Squaw Valley Resort, from as far away as Canada and the Eastern Seaboard, grooved to pulsing beats from nationally […]
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By Venessa Wong, Bloomberg Businessweek A housing market rebound seems tenuous following the expiration of the home buyer tax credit, and consumer confidence remains weak due to lackluster employment, but David Stiff, chief economist at Fiserv, says the bottom is near. Home prices in the U.S. have declined 29.5 percent over the past four years, […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s possible the multi-million dollar animal shelter that has been in the works for a number of years on the West Slope will break ground this fall. The 17,700-square-foot facility would consolidate the multiple locations El Dorado County Animal Services Authority currently occupies. It would also mean no longer needing to pay […]
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By Mike Zapler, San Jose Mercury News The strictest term limits in the nation, enacted 20 years ago to end the “stench of greed and vote-selling” in Sacramento, have instead made California’s government so dysfunctional, many who once backed the reform say, that they now regret pushing for it. “Of all the mistakes I’ve made […]
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By Larry Olmsted, USA Today Reno calls itself “The Biggest Little City in the World.” That’s meant to say it’s a small town with big-city amenities. But the reality is that its casinos, shops, restaurants and nightlife play second fiddle to the main attraction surrounding the city: the great outdoors. “Outdoor recreation is huge here […]
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By Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee An estimated 22,000 businesses call Placer, El Dorado and tiny Alpine counties home. For much of its existence, the Auburn-based Golden Sierra Workforce Investment Board has focused on matching workers with those businesses, building a pipeline between potential employee and entrepreneur. The federally funded investment board works with local businesses […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Highway 342 near Gold Hill remains closed this morning after a V & T train derailment on Sunday night. The road will remain closed until at least 9 a.m. Monday while crews work to get the train back on the rails, Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Chuck Allen said. Read the whole story
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