By Wayne Parry, AP Casinos are slowly embracing competitive video game tournaments as a way to help their bottom lines, but the money is coming from renting hotel rooms to the young players and selling them food and drinks, not from turning them into gamblers. Like most other ways gambling halls have tried to attract […]
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By Mead Gruver and Matthew Brown, AP The Trump administration has opened the door to industry-friendly changes to a sweeping plan imposed by his predecessor to protect a ground-dwelling bird across vast areas of the West. Wildlife advocates warn that the proposed changes would undercut a hard-won struggle to protect the greater sage grouse. Representatives […]
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The Humane Society of Truckee Tahoe will host its second annual Balls in the Ruff Golf Tournament on Sept. 8. The scramble-style tournament begins at noon at the Tahoe Donner Golf Course. It will include pet themed contests throughout the event. Entry is $150, including 18 holes of golf with cart, box lunch, a golfer […]
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By Adam Candee, Las Vegas Sun The arrival of the Vegas Golden Knights this year and the Raiders in three years will excite local sports fans, but the players might feel equally giddy about the prospect of calling Nevada home. As one of seven states that does not tax personal income, Nevada offers an attractive […]
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South Lake Tahoe received more than 3 inches of rain Sunday afternoon when a thunderstorm rolled through town. While streets were covered in debris, no serious damage was reported. Pea-size hail pummeled some areas. No fires were started from the lightning. However, lightning struck a tree on Oglala Street in Meyers. The National Weather Service […]
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By Lisa M. Krieger, Bay Area News Group The rope tow is long gone. The parking lot is empty. Instead of the bustling chatter of a happy crowd of skiers, there’s just silence. But the landscape of the abandoned Powder Bowl ski area still bears witness to its past, more than two decades after its […]
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By Kathryn Reed A kaleidoscope of colors dances across the landscape in the gentle breeze. The record-setting snowfall from winter 2016-17 is still being felt – or at last seen. The flowers are late, but they were worth waiting for. If you think you’ve seen vibrant, healthy lupine, you haven’t seen anything until you go […]
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By Justin Bachman, Bloomberg America’s airports are where long lines, crowds, and the TSA combine to make life miserable. But once the metal detectors, explosives-sniffers, and pat-downs are behind you, suddenly all is transformed into boutiques, bars, and restaurants. Why not gyms, too? The airport terminal has long been lucrative commercial real estate, thanks to a captive […]
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The non-native white satin moth is causing medium to heavy defoliation in the North Canyon and Marlette Lake areas at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park. Nevada Division of Forestry has recently mapped approximately 200 acres of defoliation in this area. Sightings in the Carson Valley, Spooner Summit, USA Parkway area and Paradise Valley have also […]
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Pope Beach and the Camp Richardson bike trail will be impacted by a tree thinning project. The U.S. Forest Service will be thinning of trees to reduce excess vegetation that can feed wildfires, provide defensible space to neighboring communities and improve forest health. Work is expected to continue through mid-October. It is expected that the […]
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