By Natalie Cullen, AP CARSON CITY — Nevada’s largest casinos, still climbing out of the recession, suffered a combined net loss of $1.35 billion in 2013, marking the fifth straight year without an overall profit, state regulators reported Friday. But there was some positive news in the annual abstract report released by the Nevada Gaming […]
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By Matt Gutman, Chris Kilmer and Lauren Effron, 20/20 When Navy veteran Carol Roberts first met A.J. Dicken, who boasted about being the most decorated Navy SEAL ever, she was in awe of him, and she wasn’t the first. For years, Dicken, 57, claimed he was an ex-Navy SEAL who had served in dozens of […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of blurbs about how the lack of winter is impacting businesses in the Lake Tahoe Basin. If you have an idea, please email it to info@LakeTahoeNews.net. SMC Contracting Inc. is one of the businesses that is benefiting from the dismal snowfall. But it could be temporary. The […]
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By Kimberly Beltran, Cabinet Report Last year Gov. Jerry Brown set out to fundamentally remake the state’s funding relationship with schools – this year the Democratic governor has set his sights on remaking the state’s seminal school funding guarantee, Proposition 98. Perhaps best known for its byzantine formula that adjusts for economic growth, student enrollment […]
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By Jason Hoppin, Santa Cruz Sentinel CAPITOLA — Santa Cruz has long established its bona fides when it comes to organic farming. But a nascent effort now on the horizon could lead to a new title: the birthplace of certified marijuana. Clearly echoing the organic movement of the 1970s, a handful of county leaders and […]
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By Nina Liss-Schultz, Mother Jones The United States has long been known to have one of the most expensive hospital systems in the world, and now a study indicates that hospitals are overcharging patients for medical services. According to the study published Monday by National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ organization in the United States, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of blurbs about how the lack of winter is impacting businesses in the Lake Tahoe Basin. If you have an idea, please email info@LakeTahoeNews.net. Sleigh rides through the woods are a Lake Tahoe tradition. So are carriage rides. Fortunately, the Borges family is flexible with what it […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Despite a litany of information documenting how climate is changing and examples of its devastating impacts, one Nobel Peace Prize recipient remains optimistic. “We still do have a choice. That is the very real reason for optimism,” Bill Collins told a group of more than 40 people Jan. 10 at […]
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By AP MINDEN — A criminal charge has been dropped against Douglas County District Judge Michael Gibbons in an August accident that killed a bicyclist. The vehicular homicide charge was dropped in a civil agreement because the family of victim Joseph Longo of Gardnerville didn’t want the judge prosecuted, attorneys for both sides said. A […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of blurbs about how the lack of winter is impacting businesses in the Lake Tahoe Basin. If you have an idea, please email info@LakeTahoeNews.net. The vacant lot next to MontBleu casino in Stateline has been turned into a multidimensional snow playground. Edgewood Companies, which owns that parcel, […]
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