By Kathryn Reed After years of talking about linking Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, the talk is over and the doing is about to begin. Plans are expected to be submitted to the U.S. Forest Service and Placer County this summer. It’s too soon to predict construction and completion dates. “There are currently no plans […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Talking about salary and whether you deserve a raise is uncomfortable, especially if forced to vote in public to increase your take from taxpayers. Some Nevada lawmakers want to change that with a constitutional amendment creating an appointed citizen commission to evaluate and set salaries for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Extra time. It’s something motorists will need more of this summer because of all the road related work occurring in the Lake Tahoe Basin this summer. With the weather being unseasonably dry, the work is already beginning. Some of the work is on state highways, other is on municipal streets, bike paths […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Four bills that critics said would hamper public access to government information either failed or were substantially weakened Friday on a Nevada legislative deadline for committee action on measures. Three measures, one seeking fees for more complicated records searches and two others proposing to close off […]
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By Tom Randall, Bloomberg The California heat of the past 12 months is like nothing ever seen in records going back to 1895. The 12 months before that were similarly without precedent. And the 12 months before that? A freakishly hot year, too. What’s happening in California right now is shattering modern temperature measurements — […]
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By Andrea Domanick, Las Vegas Sun U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Friday praised Nevada’s role as a leader in renewable energy business development and called for bipartisan support toward continuing that progress in the future. Speaking at a clean energy luncheon at the MGM Grand organized by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, Reid said […]
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By Eric Hartley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadans might not be able to buy marijuana in legal dispensaries until summer — or later — as a legal tangle continues over pesticide rules. The delay means continued frustration for patients and lost money for businesses that once hoped to begin selling medical pot in January. It could […]
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By Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill allowing for separate toll lanes to be built on Interstate 11. Republican Assemblyman Jim Wheeler presented AB 450 on Thursday to the Assembly Transportation Committee. Wheeler said the bill would allow partnerships between public and private organizations to build toll lanes on I-11 […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun One of Warren Buffett’s senior vice presidents at Berkshire Hathaway Energy — NV Energy’s parent company — warned of the dangers of rooftop solar at an energy conference in July. His message was clear: Rooftop solar programs cut into utility profits. Nine months later, Nevada’s burgeoning rooftop solar industry, […]
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By James Nash, Bloomberg Reno, Nevada, a town that built an economy on quickie divorces, is mapping out the second act of its American life. Faded casinos are being reborn as condominium towers. Discarded cardboard and wood — even junked cars — are being fashioned into gigantic pieces of art for the annual Burning Man […]
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