By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Late in the recently concluded Nevada legislative session, lawmakers revisited and modified policy from an era of our state’s storied gambling past. And by all accounts, it’s a positive step for the state and the industry. In the 1940s and ’50s, gaming flourished in Nevada, thanks, in part, […]
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KINGS BEACH – The California Tahoe Conservancy for the first time in four years decided to give Executive Director Patrick Wright a performance review. The board members spent 2½ hours in closed session in the middle of the June 15 meeting to do the review. This was while many CTC staff members mulled about – […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s mid-June, and the Black Rock Desert is still a giant mud puddle. Although it’s been a game of wait and see for Burning Man organizers, they are still confident that Burners will be able to come home for their annual end of summer bacchanal. Burning Man, a massive arts rendezvous, is set for […]
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By Thomas Beaumont, AP DES MOINES, Iowa — A group of Republican and Democratic governors are echoing President Trump’s criticism of a House GOP health care bill, saying it threatens coverage for the most vulnerable. Instead, they’re asking Senate leaders to work together on an overhaul of Democrat Barack Obama’s health care law. In a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Ryan Galles is returning to Davis where he moved from in 2008 to become principal of Sierra House Elementary School. On Friday he announced his plans to his staff and students. “He is really the main reason I chose Sierra House. I could tell he loved his school and the students. He […]
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By Carolyn Wilke, Sacramento Bee The Sierra Nevada and Coast ranges are pushed down by fractions of an inch each winter by the weight of rain and snow and then rise after melt and runoff, tugging on California’s earthquake faults and triggering small temblors, according to a new study by seismologists at UC Berkeley […]
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By Kathryn Reed It would be hard to find someone on the South Shore whose life has not been touched by cancer. Treatment, though, has usually required patients to travel to at least Carson City or Truckee; often farther depending on the type of cancer and one’s financial means. Barton Health wanted to be a […]
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By Alex Veiga, AP A diminished supply of available homes is swelling prices in large U.S. metro areas from New York to Miami to Los Angeles, squeezing out would-be buyers and pushing up rents as more people are forced to remain tenants. The trend is pressuring Americans’ budgets, with about one-third of households spending more […]
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By Roger Yu and Zlati Meyer, USA Today Amazon said Friday it has agreed to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion, a stunning move to boost its growing grocery business. The Seattle-based online retail giant will pay $42 per share in an all-cash deal. That’s 27% higher than Whole Foods’ Thursday closing stock price of […]
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A vehicle with four people inside of it managed to flip on its side at the end of Frontier Court in South Lake Tahoe. The four were able to self-extricate on Friday afternoon. No one was injured in the June 16 incident. A tow truck arrived about 5pm. How the car got on its side […]
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