By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY -– A newly elected Republican state lawmaker plans to push forward with a bill next session to allow students and others with permits to carry concealed weapons on the campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education. Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, elected to Assembly District 4 […]
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By Kathryn Reed “Today is the first day of a whole new adventure. No more politics. No more mayor. No more Tahoe. I am soon off to Redmond, WA. Better make some room in the closet for my clothes, Maria. I am on my way.” That is what Claire Fortier wrote on her Facebook page […]
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By Steven E.F. Brown, San Francisco Business Times AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah said California gas prices have been falling and will likely continue to fall, a holiday boon for Golden State drivers. The Emeryville-based auto club said Tuesday that California’s average price for a gallon of gas is $3.62, down 23 cents from […]
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By Kathryn Reed Six years after the first mound of dirt was moved on the then-$410 million hotel-convention center project, more may be turned over. Bill Owens, who owns 20 of the 29 parcels on the 11-plus-acre site by Stateline, is ready to build part of the project. The goal is in summer 2013 work […]
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By Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg Businessweek Mention the game of baccarat and images of international spies, playboys or tuxedo-clad royalty come to mind. But don’t tell that to Dallas Teerlink, director of table games at the Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minn. After he introduced the card game to his Midwest customers two years ago, […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee Two U.S. congressmen are once again calling for a probe of a little-known federal agency called Wildlife Services, citing photos of animal abuse posted on the Internet by an agency employee. “We are gravely concerned that (the) photographs … do not represent an isolated occurrence, but may reflect a deep-rooted […]
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Updated: Dec. 13 10:05am An injury accident on the east side of the Cave Rock tunnel sent one person to the hospital and made the commute into Carson City even slower. Patricia Schille, 48, from Carson City crossed over the center line in her Subaru, striking a maroon truck driven by 58-year-old Richard Kline of […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado County man was killed in gunfire last night in an officer-involved shooting. The dead man was identified as Christopher Michael Sheldon, 38, of Pollock Pines. The incident began when the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center received a call about 9:30pm Wednesday from a resident in […]
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By John Eligon, New York Times KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Even as the summer swelter has given way to frost, nearly two-thirds of the country remains in a drought, with forest fires still burning, winter crops choking in parched soil and barges nearly scraping the mucky bottoms of sunken rivers. More than 62 percent of […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Historic. That is what some called the near unanimous vote Wednesday by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board to approve the Regional Plan. For a document that was supposed to be approved in 2007, it was long in coming. It got derailed, turned upside down and faced the threat […]
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