By Kathryn Reed It’s likely the South Shore will not have a sanctioned fireworks display this Fourth of July, or even Labor Day weekend. It all has to do with a lawsuit that was filed last year because of the trash that continues to this day to spill forth on beaches in Nevada – more […]
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Two people on a motorcycle were seriously injured Saturday when the bike they were on collided with a pickup. Nevada Highway Patrol troopers said Andrey L. Gallegos, 20, of Sparks was traveling at a high rate of speed when he want through the intersection of Fairview and Roop streets in Carson City on March 22 […]
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By Richard Chang, Sacramento Bee Placer County supervisors are weighing whether to ask voters for a raise after a county panel suggested pay hikes are long overdue in the fast-growing region. Placer supervisors have made $30,000 a year ever since voters passed a ballot initiative in 1992 to cap salaries. Unlike their counterparts in other […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review Journal CARSON CITY — Officials from cash-hungry local governments are calling for changes to the property tax cap that was enacted by the Legislature in 2005 when land values were soaring, but state policymakers don’t appear ready at this point to entertain wholesale changes to the formula in the […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Lean economic times forced El Dorado County to get smarter, according to Supervisor Norma Santiago. Santiago, who will reluctantly be termed out of office at the end of the year, gave a recap of her experience to Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe last week at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. She said […]
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By Kathryn Reed Earthquake stations throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin are being upgraded so the Nevada Seismic Laboratory in Reno can create a shake map for first responders. The information collected will be able to tell emergency personnel what is happening and where to go to provide help. Graham Kent who heads the lab – […]
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By Maanvi Singh, NPR For underage drinkers, it’s not always about the cheapest alcohol they can get their hands on. Many of them are brand conscious, researchers say, and they’re not drinking the same stuff as their parents. Young drinkers do go for sweet malt beverages that mask the taste of alcohol with fruit flavors; […]
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By Laura Myers, Las Vegas Review-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval revealed Thursday that Nevada has signed its first contract with a drone industry company and that state officials are talking to 15 to 20 companies interesting in doing business or manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles here. Nevada is one of six states selected last year by the […]
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By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — Nevada and Delaware’s recent agreement to launch the nation’s first collaborative, interstate online poker zone appears to have drawn a backlash from gambling’s opponents in Congress, who are planning to drop a bill rolling back the legal opinion underlying the recent deal. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee In El Dorado County, where growth wars have raged for decades, voters may face two or more dueling measures on the November ballot. A group filed papers Tuesday for a ballot initiative it says will control growth, keep much of the county rural, fight congestion on Highway 50 and encourage […]
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