By USA Today Health officials have linked an outbreak of acute hepatitis A that has sickened at least 30 people in five states to a frozen berry and pomegranate mix. Washoe County is among the areas where people have gotten sick, according to this item from the Washoe County Health District. Cases have been reported […]
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The state plan to overhaul the hub of California’s water system will cost nearly $25 billion to build and operate, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday. The proposal, backed by Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration and the Obama administration, calls for habitat restoration and the construction of two enormous tunnels to divert water from the […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee A proposal to ban plastic grocery bags in California went the way of so many plastic bags – into the trash can – on Thursday when it failed to garner enough votes in the state Senate to move ahead in the lawmaking process. Senate Bill 405 by Sen. Alex Padilla, […]
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By Colin Lygren, KOLO-TV This year’s dry winter could mean an active season for black bears in higher elevations, according to wildlife officials. Evidence of what’s to come was seen Thursday morning on Palmer Court in Incline Village. A mom and two cubs reportedly broke trough a garage door in search of food. This is […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO — Addressing an expected shortage of doctors in California, the state Senate approved a measure Tuesday that would allow nurse practitioners to independently perform more medical functions now within the domain of physicians. The measure would allow nurse practitioners to have stand-alone practices to provide primary healthcare services independent […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — The Nevada Tax Commission signed off on a $233 million settlement with the state’s largest casino resorts to free them from paying sales taxes on the comped meals they provide their patrons and employees in exchange for the resorts dropping their lawsuit seeking a refund on […]
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By Scott Mayerowitz and Jonathan Fahey, AP NEW YORK — The forecast for summer travel 2013: Partly sunny. Airlines, hotels and campgrounds are commanding higher rates and seeing more customers than a few summers ago, and luxury hotels are selling out. Local businessmen and state officials are optimistic. But for a travel industry still stinging […]
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By Kristin Jones, Wall Street Journal A unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has agreed to buy NV Energy Inc. in a deal that values the Nevada-based utilities company at $5.59 billion. The deal has an enterprise value of about $10 billion, the companies said. Representatives from the companies weren’t immediately available to comment on what […]
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By Kathryn Reed While Vail Resorts has not had a presence in the Utah ski market until today, the president of the company’s mountain division used to run The Canyons. Blaise Carrig, who was also the top guy at Heavenly Mountain Resort, was at the Park City resort when some of the Olympic events were […]
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By Kathryn Reed While much of the news that comes out of Sacramento is school districts will fare better in the next fiscal year, this is not the message Lake Tahoe Unified School District Chief Financial Officer Deb Yates presented Tuesday night to the board of education. Yes, there is more money. In large part […]
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