By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal WASHINGTON — President Trump’s first detailed budget to Congress will include Medicaid cuts that could impact thousands of Nevadans as well as federal funds to restart the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site. The budget blueprint being unveiled Tuesday includes big ticket items the president wants, like $54 billion […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee The grapevines that line rolling hillsides and sweeping valleys in Northern California’s wine country have become iconic – a symbol of the region’s rustic charm that helped California earn its reputation as a world-class wine and food destination. But winegrapes have new competition: weed. California’s legalization of recreational marijuana has […]
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California Highway Patrol officers seized nearly 30 pounds of marijuana and arrested two people near Truckee. Yi Wang, 39, and Jin Mei, 31, both of Chicago, each face charges of transportation for sale and possession of marijuana for sale. Officers stopped the two on May 18 at about 4pm on Interstate 80 near Hirschdale Road […]
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By Jamie Biesiada, Travel Weekly From a projected increase in Americans traveling this Memorial Day weekend to a steady growth in air travel, all signs are pointing to a very healthy industry, one of the most robust that some executives say they have seen. “If I look at this historically, I think we are currently […]
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By Lake Tahoe News The El Dorado Hills Community Services District has filed a lawsuit against El Dorado County Auditor Joe Harn because he did not disburse $415,000 in development impact fees. “Unfortunately, respondent Harn has refused to comply with, and continues to refuse to comply with, the county’s clear mandatory directive,” the suit says. Through […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Two members of Nevada’s congressional delegation signed onto cannabis-related legislation last week in a push to legitimize the emerging marijuana industry at the federal level. U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Dina Titus, both Democrats, co-sponsored bills that would remove federal restrictions that the marijuana industry says hamstring […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada Commission on Tourism will collaborate with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s Nevada Film Office to promote the state through a medium that already has a sizable audience — television and the big screen. Eric Priess, director of the office, told board members Wednesday that […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal For many who live outside of Reno, the Biggest Little City’s image typically bounces between being a poor man’s Vegas to that place with the bumbling lieutenant who wore short shorts on TV. After securing more funding for its marketing efforts, however, the area’s leading convention and visitors’ bureau is […]
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By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle After a winter and early spring marked by unrelenting storms, the Sierra Nevada is piled high with snow. Now, as the storms taper off and the temperatures warm up, the snowpack is beginning to melt and runoff into rivers and lakes. One place that’s seeing a huge impact from […]
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By Martin Espinoza, Santa Rosa Press Democrat The bodies of Brenda and Mark Richard, the Santa Rosa couple whose single-engine airplane went missing last month after taking off from Truckee, have been found, Sierra County sheriff’s officials said Friday. Sheriff Tim Standley said a recreational snowmobiler found a piece of the plane’s tail in the […]
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