By Associated Press State officials say February was another good month for marijuana sales in Nevada. A Department of Taxation report issued Monday says taxable sales of adult-use marijuana topped $35.3 million for the month, up 9 percent from January but short of the $35.8 million sold in December. Read the whole story
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By Kenneth E. Wallen, The Conversation If a tree falls in the forest, do you care how it was brought down? Few people think about where the wood in their furniture, floors or doors comes from or how it got there. And few would guess that one of the most illegally traded wild products worldwide […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Social media continues to challenge marketers when it comes to promoting a destination because people are using multiple platforms and how they use them differs. In other words, the exact same message used every place probably isn’t going to work. Geotags are the latest way people are searching social media. […]
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A fire Wednesday in the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency building could have been a lot worse had there not been sprinklers, according to Tahoe Douglas fire officials. One person was airlifted to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento with second and third degree burns to his face, head and upper extremities. “There was no damage […]
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By Natalie Bruzda, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada usually finds itself at the bottom of national education rankings. But a new study examining student loan debt in America paints a more positive picture. Nevada residents carry less student loan debt than a majority of Americans, according to a new report, “Debt in America,” from the […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee It was the greatest flood in recorded California history, 43 days of rain and snow that swamped the state, killed thousands of people and forced the newly elected governor to take a boat to his inauguration at the Capitol. Now a group of climatologists says global warming will increase […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Gaming regulators are used to tweaking rules to keep up with changes in the industry. Last week the Nevada Gaming Commission took a step toward keeping up with societal change. Under an amendment unanimously approved by the five-member commission, casinos will be subject to the same disciplinary standards […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee Future state workers, your pension cost-of-living adjustments are safe, and you won’t get to choose between a CalPERS pension and a 401(k) plan anytime soon. Both proposals were shot down on Monday by a Senate committee that rejected a pack of bills aimed at reducing the risk taxpayers face […]
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By Associated Press A conservation group and a coalition of municipal drinking water providers at Lake Tahoe have pitched in to try to stunt the growth of invasive aquatic plants that can degrade water quality and rob the lake of its famed clarity. The Tahoe Fund and the Tahoe Water Suppliers Association recently reached their […]
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By Terra Breeden INCLINE VILLAGE – It is estimated that more than 500 million single-use plastic straws are used and thrown away in the United States every day. That’s enough straws to wrap around the Earth 2.5 times. Single-use plastic straws are cheap and easy to produce, but they are a menace to the environment. […]
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