Holiday traffic on westbound Interstate 80 is gridlocked through Truckee. Side streets are not a better alternative, according to Truckee officials. “If you are trying to get over the summit to Sacramento or Bay Area, please do not try to use your GPS to find side streets, they are clogged or closed. Old Highway 40 […]
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Pyramid Lake opened to fishing and other activities on Saturday after being closed since Jan. 11. The Pauite Tribe’s land in Northern Nevada was cut off because the highway sustained massive damage. The tribe is estimated to have lost $1 million between repairing its roads and loss in fishing license revenue, which is one of […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Caesars Entertainment Corp. has reached agreement to pay a $44 million “exit fee” to leave as a retail customer of Nevada Power and purchase its own power supplies on the wholesale market. In a stipulation filed last week with the Public Utilities Commission, Caesars has also agreed […]
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By Kathryn Reed Legality is one thing; availability is another when it comes to abortions. No practitioner performs the procedure in the Lake Tahoe Basin or Truckee. There is one provider in all of Northern Nevada and they are in Reno. Sacramento or Roseville are the closest options in California for those living in the […]
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By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun Students with disabilities in Nevada face tough odds when it comes to advancing through grade school and college, according to a new report. The report, put out this month by the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, calls attention to some stark numbers for the state. In the 2014-15 school year, […]
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By Brendan I. Koerner, Wired In early June 2014, accountants at the Lumiere Place Casino in St. Louis noticed that several of their slot machines had—just for a couple of days—gone haywire. The government-approved software that powers such machines gives the house a fixed mathematical edge, so that casinos can be certain of how much they’ll […]
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The f-word is returning — flooding. That’s the threat from Mother Nature with the next storm that should bring moderate to heavy rain to the area starting Monday night and extending into Tuesday afternoon. A winter storm warning is in effect from 10pm Sunday through 4am Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service in Reno, […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Of more than 150 dams in Nevada that could cause loss of life if they failed, about 14 percent lack emergency plans, according to a national dam safety database. Dam safety surged into the spotlight last week when crumbling spillways near Oroville, Calif., prompted the hasty evacuation of nearly 200,000 people. Oroville […]
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By Julie Weed, New York Times The front desk manager or housekeeper may epitomize the hotel employee, but the hospitality industry is increasingly dependent on tech workers, vacuuming data scientists, web designers and other experts into its ranks. More than ever, guests look to their phones and computers to research, book, stay in and communicate […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP An independent investigation into a smoldering prescribed burn that sparked a Nevada wildfire and destroyed 23 homes found several questionable practices at the state forestry division, including understaffing despite repeated warnings about unstable, windy weather. The state of Nevada late Wednesday ordered the review made public on the fire that started […]
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