By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Actor Nicolas Cage told legislators that investors and movie producers could flock to Nevada. But he would only get to produce his “four scripts that could easily be shot in Nevada” if the Legislature passed a $20 million tax credit for the film industry, Cage told lawmakers several months […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun The Nevada Tourism Commission was feeling a little better about TravelNevada.com 2.0 after its brand consultant told members they’ll be tweaking the state’s tourism website after a lukewarm response to its mid-April debut. Representatives of Burson-Marsteller, the New York-based consultant the state is paying $3.2 million over two […]
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The Nevada Seismological Laboratory has located 122 earthquakes in a continuing sequence of activity located on the southeastern edge of Carson City. “It’s not unusual to see earthquake sequences similar to this in the Northern Nevada area,” Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Lab at the UNR, said in a statement. “Based on the […]
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A two-week investigation by El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies ended with the arrest of a 21-year-old Mexican national on drug charges. On June 21, the West El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team along with the Mountain and Valley Marijuana Investigations Team entered a suspected marijuana grow operation on U.S. Forest Service land north of Stumpy Meadows […]
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Not as many people in the U.S. are expected to travel during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday compared to 2012. AAA is projecting 40.8 million Americans will venture at least 50 miles from home during the holiday, a 0.8 percent decrease from the 41.1 million people who traveled in 2012. Much of this has […]
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It will be even more difficult to drive along Highway 50 through South Lake Tahoe next week. Caltrans will be alternating overnight lane closures because of grinding and paving work from 4pm to 2am Monday through Thursday from the Y to Trout Creek. The repaving work is in addition to several Caltrans water-quality improvement projects […]
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By Felicity Barringer, New York Times ARCATA — It took the death of a small, rare member of the weasel family to focus the attention of Northern California’s marijuana growers on the impact that their huge and expanding activities were having on the environment. The animal, a Pacific fisher, had been poisoned by an anticoagulant […]
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A wildland fire in Tahoe – it’s not a matter of if, but when. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is even more prepared than before. “This new engine provides our residents with two Type 3 Wildland engines for wild fires. Type 3 engines are a shorter wheelbase and typically four-wheel drive for operating off road […]
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By Neil Shah, Wall Street Journal With the economy struggling to find its footing, Americans spent less time at work last year and found more time for leisure activities such as watching television, a government survey finds. The average American aged 15 or older spent three hours, 32 minutes a day doing work-related activities last […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board next month will tackle the initial area plan under the 6-month-old Regional Plan. In what some thought would be a big deal has been a rather easy process to date. On Thursday, the Douglas County commissioners approved all of the items associated with […]
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