By Kathryn Reed Chemicals – some of them banned substances in California – are flowing into streams, trees are being cut down without a permit, garbage is strewn about, human waste is not properly disposed of and the soil is so contaminated nothing may grow there again. This is going on throughout California as people […]
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By Associated Press A legal battle is brewing over the licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries in Washoe County. One of the license applicants has filed a lawsuit against the state that says the state ranking system undermines a part of the law intended to guard against monopolies. Lawyers for Washoe Dispensary LLC told the Reno […]
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Trent Getty of Douglas County has been charged with first degree murder in the death of his 2-month-old daughter. He is expected to appear in East Fork Justice Court in Minden on Jan. 16. Getty waived extradition to Nevada after being arrested in Sacramento on Jan. 13. He was being held without bail. — Lake Tahoe […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. placed its largest operating division into bankruptcy Thursday, taking the initial steps to eliminate almost $10 billion of debt and restructure the casino operator’s troubled balance sheet. The pre-packaged filing covering Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., has been agreed upon by 80 percent of the company’s senior […]
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By Kathryn Reed Counting the number of people in shelters has been going on for years. This is the first year communities are required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to count the homeless who are not in a shelter. This means people living on the street or in their cars or some […]
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By SportsOneSource Media Vail Resorts reported season-to-date total lift ticket revenue at the company’s nine mountain resorts, including an allocated portion of season pass revenue for each applicable period, was up 9.3 percent compared to the prior year season-to-date period. Season-to-date ancillary spending increased over prior year, with ski school revenue up 9.2 percent and […]
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A Carson City man died early Wednesday morning when the 2001 Jeep Wrangler he was driving overturned on Highway 50 near Glenbrook. Joseph David Winters, 27, died at the scene. The accident occurred about 2:10am Jan. 14. Nevada Highway Patrol officers said Winters was going east when he drove off the roadway and onto the […]
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Updated 2:12pm By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee SAN FRANCISCO — In failing health and facing up to 30 years in prison, one-time Stateline businessman Alfred Villalobos apparently committed suicide before going on trial in connection with the bribery scandal at CalPERS. Villalobos’ attorneys, appearing at a pre-trial hearing in U.S. District Court on Wednesday, disclosed […]
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By Matt Jarzemsky, Peg Brickley and Kate O’Keeffe, Wall Street Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. ’s largest unit is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as Thursday, the final gambit of a yearslong attempt to salvage a soured buyout. Caesars Entertainment Operating Co.’s Chapter 11 filing would launch the final stage of Apollo Global Management […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – Dreaming big, with an eye toward reality. That has been the focus of a committee tasked with coming up with ideas to make Whittell High School more than it is today. There was a time when it looked like the two remaining Douglas County School District schools at Lake […]
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