By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun The chronic shortage of doctors that afflicts Nevadans may grow worse, lawmakers were warned Wednesday. A group of health care experts reviewed the state’s longstanding deficiency in providing an adequate health care workforce for Nevada’s residents at a legislative committee, providing fresh data showing that Nevada still ranks poorly […]
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By Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet Atlantic City boasts fabulous amenities for America’s senior citizens. See the broad boardwalk, perfect for fresh air and exercise. Notice the limited-mobility seniors rolling along on rented scooters and the wheelchair-bound joining the fun at easily accessible slot machines and blackjack tables. Feast your eyes on dozens of exotic and […]
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A Merced man is behind bars accused of multiple burglaries in the North Lake Tahoe area. Jason Woodral, 35, was booked into the Placer County Jail on Jan. 8 on eight counts of burglary. His bail was set at $200,000. Early Wednesday, sheriff’s deputies responded to the Kings Beach Laundromat for a reported burglary in […]
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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 info@LakeTahoeNews.net. Zephyr Cove Resorts is being hit extremely hard by the lack of snow this winter. The snowmobiles have not been fired up […]
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By CNN The search has been suspended for a U.S. Navy sailor missing after the crash of a MH-53E Sea Dragon off Virginia’s southern coast, a Coast Guard official said Thursday. The search for the sailor lasted more than 30 hours and covered more than 500 square miles, Coast Guard Capt. John Little said. At […]
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By Jim Christie and Sharon Bernstein, Reuters Gov. Jerry Brown continued his message of fiscal restraint in his state budget plan, which would increase funding for education but not restore many recession-era cuts, including healthcare services for the poor. Brown’s plan, which was leaked Wednesday night and posted online, proposes spending $106.8 billion from the […]
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Ben Rooney, CNN Money The business of legal marijuana is booming in Colorado — and investors are catching a contact high. Yes, there are pot stocks. Nearly all of them are thinly traded penny stocks available only on over-the-counter exchanges, but shares of companies that service the growing cannabis market have been blazing in recent […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – A Crystal Bay company has been contracted to come up with two development proposals for the South Shore. One was met with trepidation, a bit of suspicion and some optimism Wednesday. The other the co-founder and principal of One Globe didn’t want out in the public. The first involves Meyers, […]
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By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The relentless rise in healthcare spending — which had threatened government budgets and helped pave the way for President Obama’s health law — continued to moderate in 2012, the fourth year of a historic slowdown, newly released federal data show. Overall spending on healthcare rose less […]
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By Kevin Oliver, KCRA-TV Local law enforcement agencies across California are recipients of surplus military gear, but some have been suspended from the program because of missing military equipment. Grenade launchers, bayonets and armored vehicles were given to a number of California police departments. The Davis Police Department received a mine-resistant vehicle, but decided not […]
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