By Bruce Leshan, WUSA-9 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Travel Association has launched a texting campaign urging Congress to fix the sequester and warning that starting this week, travelers could be looking at big delays. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. residents already think flying is too much of a hassle and many Americans do what they can […]
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By Emily Bazar In less than one year, the Affordable Care Act’s promise to bring health care to perhaps 1 million more California residents will be tested. On Jan. 1, 2014, Medi-Cal, the publicly funded health program for low-income and disabled residents, launches a huge statewide expansion. But making a promise is one thing, and […]
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By Kathryn Reed The days are numbered for Embassy Suites South Lake Tahoe – the largest hotel in the city limits. In a statement to Lake Tahoe News from Hilton Corp., the parent company of Embassy, it says the owners of the hotel “decided to terminate its management agreement with Hilton Worldwide.” It goes on […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Outdoor fun and buildings that match the natural beauty are the goals of Douglas County’s South Shore Area Plan. “Our overall objective is to transform the casino area to recreation,” Brandy McMahon, senior planner with Douglas County, said at a meeting March 1. “We want to provide a wide-range of […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee California lawmakers accepted food, travel, tickets and other gifts totaling more than a half-million dollars last year, ranging from a $14,000 trip to Brazil to a $1.89 Coca Cola drink with straw. Gift-giving to the Senate and Assembly totaled about $500,500 – roughly $171,500 in gift items and $329,000 in […]
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Update: March 3 8:55pm: Kyle Banko, 24, of Carson City died Saturday while riding his motorcycle on the Geiger Grade. Nevada Highway Patrol officials say on March 2 at approximately 1:58pm the sport bike traveling north on Highway 431 toward Reno in a no-passing zone passed a silver Subaru Outback traveling in the same direction. […]
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By Jack Healy, New York Times DENVER — After enduring last summer’s destructive drought, farmers, ranchers and officials across the parched Western states had hoped that plentiful winter snows would replenish the ground and refill their rivers, breaking the grip of one of the worst dry spells in American history. No such luck. Lakes are […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – GoPro is a storyteller. No words needed. Sometimes not even sound is necessary. It’s all about motion evoking and provoking emotion. The little silver cameras are changing the way people participate in sports, view their lives and socialize with family and friends. It’s impossible to visit a Tahoe ski resort […]
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By David Porter, AP NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge upheld a 21-year-old law prohibiting sports betting in all but four states, dealing a setback to New Jersey’s attempts to revive its struggling casino industry by grabbing a piece of what has become a multibillion-dollar industry, both legal and illegal. The ruling published late Thursday […]
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By KTVN-TV The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident south of Reno Saturday afternoon. Troopers say it happened about 2pm on Geiger Grade. Troopers say the unidentified man on a sports bike was driving down the road heading toward Reno from Virginia City. Troopers say he was traveling at a high-rate of […]
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