By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Don’t be surprised to see a slew of television ads touting a measure to legalize recreational marijuana use during the weeks leading up to the general election in November. A political action committee, the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, reserved more than $800,000 worth of advertising time slots […]
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By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun The western United States has lower levels of student debt than the rest of the country, and Nevada is no exception. A report released Friday by LendEDU placed the Silver State 45th in the nation for student loan debt. (The lower the ranking, the better states did.) About 48 […]
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Four people were rescued from Lake Tahoe early this morning after their boat sank off the South Shore. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District crews said the men were pulled from the middle of the lake at 12:06am today. The four could be heard shouting for help. They were found hanging onto debris from the wrecked boat. […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt The New Placerville Courthouse Project has traveled a rocky and contentious road since a new court facility on the West Slope was first envisioned several decades ago. It just hit another bump. The approximately $1.4 billion reduction in state funding originally allocated in the budget for new courthouse construction in California has […]
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By Associated Press Gov. Chris Christie thinks the U.S. Supreme Court should decide whether New Jersey can legalize sports betting. Christie commented Wednesday while co-hosting WFAN’s “Boomer and Carton” sports-talk radio show. A federal appeals court on Tuesday set aside the state’s challenge to a federal betting ban. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
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Weekday lane closures will begin Aug. 15 on Highway 28 south of Incline Village as the Nevada Department of Transportation starts work on a multi-year project to construct a shared use path and make other roadway safety and water quality improvements. Through fall, drivers should anticipate periodic lane closures during the day and night in the […]
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By Teri Sforza, Orange County Register Back in 2005, 1,841 retirees pulled down more than $100,000 a year in pension checks from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. A decade later, membership in the so-called $100K Club had swelled by nearly 20,000 souls. CalPERS data provided to the conservative-leaning group Transparent California, and analyzed by […]
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The November election for Lake Tahoe candidates is starting to solidify. Aug. 12 was the deadline to file if the incumbent is in the race, while Aug. 17 is the deadline if the incumbent is not running. While El Dorado County elections officials on Friday told Lake Tahoe News the website would be updated after […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s no longer necessary to leave South Lake Tahoe to obtain a four-year college degree – and this has nothing to do with online education. Lake Tahoe Community College and Sierra Nevada College are partnering to offer a bachelor’s degree in global business management. “Over the last five years they are the […]
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By Patrick Clark, Bloomberg Pete Pollinger and his wife, Julie, are relocating from Boca Raton to Melbourne, a city of about 70,000 on Florida’s Space Coast, named for its proximity to NASA rocket sites at Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. They weren’t just hunting for a place to live. As they get ready […]
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