By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that the state is “diligently working” to ensure that 14 rural Nevada counties will have health insurance coverage options through the state-based exchange in 2018. In June, that state got word that no carriers will provide coverage to 14 Nevada […]
Read moreBy Jason Blevins, Denver Post Born from an idea that corralled local businesses to embrace energy-saving strategies, the resort-anchored town of Vail trying to become the continent’s first sustainable tourist destination certified through the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. So, first, what is “sustainable tourism?” “It’s tourism that is compatible with the community,” said Magdalena Muir, […]
Read moreBy Lisa Friedman, New York Times The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval by the Trump administration. The draft report by scientists from 13 federal agencies, […]
Read morePublisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Linda Fine Conaboy TRUCKEE – To live in Truckee and surrounding areas requires a great deal of money; money that seems […]
Read moreBy Reuters U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc. said on Monday it will no longer offer Obamacare plans in Nevada’s state exchange and will stop offering the plans in nearly half of Georgia’s counties next year. The moves come after Republican senators last month failed to repeal and replace Obamacare, former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare […]
Read moreBy Lynn Elber, Associated Press The chief executive for PBS is sounding the alarm about public broadcasting’s future if federal funding is axed as called for by President Donald Trump. “PBS will not go away, but a number of our stations will,” CEO Paula Kerger said Sunday. “There is no Plan B for that.” PBS’ […]
Read moreA judge has given Patty Olson her request of time. Olson, whose commercial property in the Bijou area of South Lake Tahoe is tied up in court, was granted an extension to the stay. This means while her appeal to the bankruptcy court’s decision is ongoing the foreclosure process on the real estate is on […]
Read moreBy Kathryn Reed STATELINE – The vote and tone of Tuesday’s Douglas County School District board meeting proved the electeds are tired of dealing with Patrick Taylor. Taylor is the Cave Rock resident who a year ago entered into an agreement to buy the shuttered Kingsbury Middle School property. He has been given multiple extensions […]
Read moreBy Reno Gazette-Journal Republican Danny Tarkanian, a prominent Las Vegas businessman, announced Tuesday he is mounting a primary challenge to Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, considered one of the Senate’s most vulnerable Republicans in 2018. The bid by Tarkanian, 55, who aligns himself with President Donald Trump, makes good on conservatives’ threats to challenge incumbents they […]
Read moreBy Rebecca Worby, High Country News The West is in the midst of another intense wildfire season. With President Donald Trump proposing to cut the U.S. Forest Service’s firefighting budget by nearly $300 million, the question of how to manage and fund wildfire suppression on public lands has again reared its head. Over the past […]
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