Nevada is proving why it is the third most seismically active state in the United States behind California and Alaska. While it hasn’t had a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in 60 years, the far northwest corner of the state has been shaking for the better part of this fall. It all started in the summer. There […]
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The parent companies of three Stateline casino companies this week received high marks from the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization. The 2015 Corporate Equality Index is an annual report assessing LGBT inclusion in major companies and law firms across the nation, including six in Nevada. Nevada […]
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El Dorado County Elections Department released updated totals on Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, which resulted in no changes to South Lake Tahoe contests. The top three vote getters for South Lake Tahoe City Council are Wendy David, Tom Davis and Austin Sass. The three will be sworn in Dec. 9. There are 31 votes separating […]
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By Kathryn Reed Several Lake Tahoe casino workers are out of work and others are losing hours. Less than a week after Caesars Entertainment – parent company of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys – announced it would be trimming its workforce by 1 percent, the ax came down. Some of the jobs were eliminated last […]
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By Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post Nevada Republicans won big this November, flipping the Nevada state Assembly and Senate from blue to red and winning every statewide office — including re-electing Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval in a landslide. So you’d think Sandoval would be happy, right? Maybe not. Ira Hansen is very likely to become the […]
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A South Lake Tahoe resident was scammed out of a large sum of money, according to South Lake Tahoe police officers. The scammer told the victim he was stuck in customs and needed help getting out. The suspect convinced the senior citizen to send him a large amount of money. The scammers also called back and tried […]
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More than $25,000 worth of ski equipment was stolen from Soulhouse Project Ski and Snowboard Shop in Truckee. The Donner Pass Road business was broken into about 3am Nov. 20. The thieves triggered the alarm, but they still got away with about 40 pair of skis and snowboards. The snowboards were all new, without bindings, […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Their contracts with the state of Nevada are worth millions. Their offices are based in places like New Jersey, Texas, California and the Midwest. They are hired to converge government with a world that moves much faster: technology. Gov. Brian Sandoval and the state’s Board of Examiners last week […]
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A report from the Pew Research Center shows the number of immigrants who are in Nevada illegally has dropped by about 20,000 people from 2009 to 2012. But Nevada still has the largest share of unauthorized immigrants of any state. Pew reports that about 210,000 people, or 7.6 percent of Nevada residents, are in the […]
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By Howard Stutz, Law Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. is considering placing its largest operating division into a real estate investment trust as a way of dealing with its gaming industry-high debt, according to a filing Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Caesars, which has been in talks with banks and lenders in an […]
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