By Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee In the Gold Rush-era foothills community of Jackson, the worst-case scenario painted by the Environmental Protection Agency last year about a 100-year-old dam there held a chilling warning. In a scant two minutes, a breach at the Eastwood Multiple Arch Dam would send a 15-foot-deep mudflow with high levels of […]
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By Associated Press Colorado’s tourists would be able to buy as much marijuana as residents if a bill moving through the Legislature passes. The measure repeals Colorado’s unique-in-the-nation tiered purchasing system for marijuana. All adults over 21 are allowed to possess an ounce of marijuana — but retail pot shops can’t sell more than a […]
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By NPR If a financial emergency struck — say, a health problem or a car that needed repair — would you be able to come up with $400? According to the Federal Reserve Board, 47 percent of Americans would have trouble paying it — they would have to sell something, borrow money or simply couldn’t […]
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By Sally Ho, AP Leaders at the two major universities in Nevada don’t seem to agree on how to dish out punishment equally and consistently among cheating students. Patricia Ellison, a biochemistry professor at UNR who is chair of the Faculty Senate’s academic standards committee, said the school lacks consistency in handling cases with such […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal A technology company backed by Dallas Mavericks owner and Shark Tank regular Mark Cuban is expanding to Lake Tahoe. San Francisco-based Samba TV announced Thursday that it is opening a facility in Incline Village, bringing 30 jobs to the greater Reno-Tahoe area. Samba TV is part of the Smart TV […]
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By Katie Thomas, New York Times From the campaign trail to the halls of Congress, drug makers have spent much of the last year enduring withering criticism over the rising cost of drugs. It doesn’t seem to be working. In April alone, Johnson & Johnson raised its prices on several top-selling products, including the leukemia […]
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By Kathryn Reed A Bay Area couple learned the hard way that buying a vacant lot in Lake Tahoe does not automatically mean one gets to build on it. Although, in the disclosure forms of the sale it was noted that the property was partially in a stream environmental zone. “Prior to their purchase, a […]
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Placer County is offering three development opportunities in Kings Beach on parcels that used to be owned by the Redevelopment Agency. The three properties are being offered separately, though it is possible for a developer to combine them into a single related or compatible project. The 1.3 acre Eastern Gateway property is located on North […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – In less than a year, the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association has started to backpedal when it comes to being adamant herbicides are the only way to rid the South Lake Tahoe canals of invasive weeds. At the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board meeting this week representatives of the […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez, campaigning for U.S. Senate, said Tuesday that she would consider amending the federal law governing endangered species to help improve the water supply across the parched state of California. To help address the drought, Sanchez said she wants to take a broader approach that calls for […]
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