By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun A changing climate could increase the risk of large wildfires in states across the West, including Nevada, which has seen relatively mild wildfire activity in the past. That’s according to a report from nonprofit organization Climate Central, which expects Nevada will add 20 days of annual high wildfire potential […]
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Owners of the Cal Neva Lodge had visions of returning the Crystal Bay hotel-casino to its glory days. That’s not going to happen any time soon. With more than $27 million in debt, owner Criswell Radovan filed for bankruptcy in June. The St. Helena-based investment firm bought the property in April 2013. They closed it […]
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By Associated Press A conservative think tank wants a judge to force Nevada’s Public Employees’ Retirement System to release details about retiree payouts. The Nevada Policy Research Institute filed a petition in Carson City court this week requesting the move. The group says the agency changed its record-keeping to hide information that’s supposed to be […]
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By Kathryn Reed Why El Dorado County has an elected superintendent of schools was the subject of a grand jury investigation this past year. In the recently released report, the grand jury recommends: “The El Dorado County board of education should thoroughly examine the pros and cons of retaining an elected superintendent of schools and […]
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A San Francisco woman died Saturday in a rafting accident on the South Fork of the American River in the Kyburz area. Elaine Yi Mau, 32, was found submerged in a section of heavy rapids at 4:45pm July 9, about 35 minutes after she was reported missing, according to authorities. She had been on an […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office is seeking new information in the 1982 deaths of two Stateline casino employees whose bodies were found in the south fork of the American River several months after they disappeared from their home. Julie Schossow and Marilyn Putt were close friends and both […]
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By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy News Service When Lynette Davies, co-operator of the Canna Care medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, pays her California taxes she needs to haul a bag with $20,000 in cash to the state tax office. “That’s really unsafe for me, and it’s unsafe for my employees to have this cash in the […]
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High-end houses in the Lake Tahoe Basin have been the best sellers the first half of this year. Strong sales in Incline Village are the main reason for the 30 percent surge from 2015 in sales of houses valued at more than $1 million, according to Chase International. The units sold was up 12 percent […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal The Burning Man organization is challenging a $2.8 million bill from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management after last year’s 70,000-person arts festival in the Black Rock Desert, according to a federal appeal filed by the San Francisco-based arts nonprofit. The arts organization submitted a 1,000-page appeal in April that accuses the BLM of trying to cover […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun As part of a pending sale with electricity generator Calpine, NV Energy plans to acquire an Arizona natural gas plant for $75.6 million and invest about $21 million in the facility. The price was disclosed in a filing that NV Energy made with the Public Utilities Commission. The filing […]
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