By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — Authors of the new online gaming bill in Congress have issued a challenge to Nevada, where online poker is legal, and any state that may want to legalize it. “If you want to have online gambling, then come to the Congress. … If you want to have […]
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Mediation in the South Shore fireworks case will resume Monday. Joan and Joe Truxler of Marla Bay, who brought the lawsuit against the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and Pyro Spectacular, and their attorney will be meeting with representatives of the LTVA and their attorney. Lew Feldman, attorney representing the LTVA, told Lake Tahoe News it […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Visitors to the Reno-Lake Tahoe area stayed longer, spent more money and brought their children along more often last year than they did two years earlier, according to a new tourism survey that suggests targeting families in future marketing efforts. The tourists with kids spent more than groups with only adults […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday to sell an additional 7 million shares of stock. Based on Thursday’s closing price on the Nasdaq Global Select, the company would raise almost $148 million. No date was given for the proposed sale. Caesars and it […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown called on three scandal-plagued state senators to resign on Friday, speaking out for the first time on a series of criminal cases that have sapped Democrats’ power in the Capitol and tarnished the Legislature’s image. Brown’s statement comes hours after the Senate voted to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sierra House Elementary School is taking the federal Let’s Move initiative a step further. Principal Ryan Galles this week told the Lake Tahoe Unified School District about his goal of transforming the K-5 school into the Sierra House Mountain Academy. “I envision a physical transformation,” Galles said. The goal is fitness, health […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Washoe County emergency manager Aaron Kenneston has known since Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans and Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast that Nevada homeowners and businesses eventually would face higher premiums for federal flood insurance. “It’s unfortunate that you have to balance these major superstorms on the backs […]
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By Kathryn Reed A local concrete company is being accused of falsifying paperwork involving work done for the city of South Lake Tahoe. Each year a professional engineer certifies the mix of concrete. While the ingredients, so to speak, don’t change, there is a concoction created for each year. City officials contend Sierra Tahoe Ready […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee The four-county Sacramento region added 22,000 residents between July 2012 and July 2013, a slightly faster rate of growth than during several prior years, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday. Like much of California, the Sacramento region experienced a slowdown in population growth during the recession. Couples put […]
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Stateline’s drop in gaming revenue in February was not as bad as it was statewide. Throughout Nevada casinos took in $926 million, a drop of 13.7 percent compared to 2013. On the South Shore the number was $15 million, for a 10 percent decline. Reno casinos saw a slight uptick at 1 percent or $44 […]
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