By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee NEVADA CITY — Tahoe National Forest Supervisor Tom Quinn approved a plan Tuesday for restoration of forest lands burned by last year’s American Fire. The fire, which started in August near Foresthill in Placer County, burned about 27,000 acres, including more than 22,000 acres on the Tahoe National Forest. […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. said Friday it would close one of four casinos the Las Vegas-based company operates in Atlantic City, shutting down operations of the Showboat on Aug. 31. The Showboat will be the second U.S. casino financially strapped Caesars has closed this year. Earlier this month, the company […]
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By Adrienne Lu, Stateline.org State lawmakers who dream of dollar signs from legalized online gambling might want to pause for a moment to consider Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey. Last year, the three states became the first in the country to legalize Internet gaming. But as New Jersey Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff told state lawmakers earlier […]
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By Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee Local health officers have a common recipe for keeping their counties’ children healthy: Make sure children and their parents have ready access to doctors. Provide prenatal care for young mothers. Educate families on healthy habits. Keep kids active and in school. “One of the drivers of economic health is the […]
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By Yesenia Amaro, Las Vegas Review-Journal There’s a new group in Nevada, and its goal is to establish marriage equality in the state in 2016 or sooner. Freedom Nevada, a nonprofit coalition, this month formed a statewide 20-member advisory committee that includes lawmakers, attorneys, religious organizations and equal opportunity organizations, among others. “People have a […]
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Placer and Nevada counties are benefiting from the $510 million the California Transportation Commission released this week. The money will be spent on 83 transportation projects in the state. Here are some of the significant projects: · Placer County: $4.9 million to rehabilitate 12.6 miles of Highway 267 from the Nevada County .ine to Brockway […]
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By Josh Richman, San Jose Mercury News For the first time in seven years, more California voters say they’re financially better off compared to the previous year than not, a Field Poll finds. Forty-four percent of the state’s registered voters are feeling they’re doing better now than a year ago, while 28 percent say they’re […]
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Truckee police officers seized approximately 38 pounds of processed marijuana from a traffic stop on Interstate 80 on June 26. At approximately 8:15pm a California Highway Patrol officer conducted a traffic stop on a grey Dodge Charger on eastbound Interstate 80 near the central Truckee off ramp. An officer observed several indicators of possible narcotics […]
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South Lake Tahoe police officers were clearly visible at the first Live at Lakeview concert on June 26. “Last night, we issued several citations for mostly smoking and drinking offenses,” Police Chief Brian Uhler told Lake Tahoe News. “Our intent is to make clear the desire to keep the Live at Lakeview event family friendly. […]
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It might have helped Northern Nevada casinos to have a local horse in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in May. Gaming revenue was up in Stateline, Reno and the entire state last month compared to the prior year. One of the owners of California Chrome, the winner of those two races, works in Gardnerville and […]
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