By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Money Cue the Elvis. It may be a blue Christmas for America’s retailers. Gap, Macy’s, Nordstrom and Fossil all reported lousy results last week. JC Penney actually bucked the trend with decent sales growth, but it’s still losing money. The only major retailer to have unabashedly good news was […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – The El Dorado County board of education today unanimously accepted Superintendent Jeremy Meyers’ resignation. Meyers had not been to work since his last driving under the influence arrest on Nov. 5. He oversees education in a county that for the students and staff there is a zero tolerance policy for […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – For the last five years BlueGo bus drivers have dropped off Whittell High School students at the school. That ended recently and the parents of these students are not happy. “Complaints from commuters prompted staff to review the stop. It was determined the stop only generated ridership four days […]
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By Megan Messerly, Las Vegas Sun The Trans-Pacific Partnership — a major trade accord struck by President Obama with 11 Pacific Rim nations in October — is far from a done deal, but it could have a major economic impact on Nevada. To highlight the economic advantages of the trade alliance, U.S. Secretary of Commerce […]
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By Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Despite forecasts of a wet winter, Californians can expect another year of water conservation in 2016 under an executive order issued Friday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Californian are currently under orders to reduce consumption by an average of 25 percent, as compared with 2013. Brown’s order would […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE — Douglas County is all-in when it comes to the loop road on the South Shore. A portion of the recently approved gas tax will be going toward the Highway 50 realignment. Tahoe Transportation District officials are tweaking some of the five alternatives to be studied in the environmental impact statement. […]
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By Chanelle Bessette, Reno Gazette-Journal As the medical marijuana industry booms in Nevada so does the demand for patient cards. Medical cannabis was legalized in Nevada in 2000, but it took 15 years for storefronts to open, with the first Nevada dispensary opening in Sparks in July. Now, with more dispensaries open in Reno and Las […]
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The mobile home fire that ended with the death of a Stateline woman on Nov. 13 started in the kitchen, according to investigators. The Ponderosa Avenue fire has been ruled an accident. The origin was the stove-range, Tahoe Douglas Fire Marshal Eric Guevin told Lake Tahoe News. The name of the woman who died has not […]
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By Laura Beil, New York Times After her family moved from suburban New Hampshire to the wind-whipped plains of southeastern Wyoming, Monica Morin embraced small-town life, forging lasting friendships and celebrating her own quirky style. Dark-haired, with hipster glasses and a disarming sense of humor, Monica was a “why-not kind of kid,” her mother, Kim […]
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By Bobby Caina Calvan, Reveal The White House this week put its weight behind legislation seeking to rein in for-profit schools siphoning hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars annually by preying on veterans and military personnel eligible for the GI Bill and military tuition assistance programs. Using Veterans Day as a backdrop, the Obama administration […]
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