By Kathryn Reed While the mayor wants a discussion, the people of South Lake Tahoe want answers. And those answers were not always forthcoming because usually it’s staff who has them, not the electeds. Resident William Dickert attended last week’s gathering organized by Mayor Wendy David at the senior center. He told her that facts […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada has brought in more than $30 million in tax revenue from marijuana in its first six months of legal recreational sales, according to the revenue numbers released Friday by the Nevada Department of Taxation. About that $19.5 million of that has come from the special 10 percent sales […]
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By Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal Former clients of Bettor Investments, one of the first sports betting mutual funds in Nevada, are accusing its founder of going “radio silent” and not responding to requests to return their money. Nine clients said Reno-based Matt Stuart has not responded to emails and calls to pay back promissory […]
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Police officers say the death of a South Lake Tahoe man found on a local sidewalk Sunday is not suspicious. An autopsy on Douglas Knapp, 55, is scheduled to determine the exact cause of death. His body was found about 6:45am Feb. 25 on Emerald Bay Road in front of Enchanted Florist. Overnight temperatures have […]
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By Sherri Eng As the state recovers from devastating fires in the north and south, a team of California-based scientists is taking a deeper look at forest resilience in the face of future fires. A collaborative team of multidisciplinary researchers from the California Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Research Station […]
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By Joe Hart, KRNV-TV As sound walls go, the new one on the south end of the Carson City freeway is impressive. It stretches for roughly half a mile and is decorated with artwork to make it aesthetically pleasing. Construction costs came in just shy of $1 million. The wall borders the southern stretch of […]
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By Ric Anderson, Las Vegas Sun On the morning after his State of the Union address, in which President Trump told the nation that his administration had “ended the war on American energy,” he made news that suggested otherwise. Citing draft budget documents it obtained from the White House, The Washington Post reported that the […]
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By Harriet Baskas, USA Today In January, California joined the growing list of places where the sale of recreational marijuana is allowed, and now one in five Americans lives in a state where buying pot can be a tourist activity. But if you’re considering traveling with pot, be careful. Marijuana is still an illegal drug under […]
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By Jonathan J. Cooper, AP A proposal to make California’s drought-era water restrictions permanent could allow the state to chip away at long-held water rights in an unprecedented power grab, representatives from water districts and other users told regulators Tuesday. Members of the state Water Resources Control Board delayed a decision about whether to bring […]
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Truckee’s planning commissioners this week gave the green light for a Grocery Outlet to be built at Donner Pass Road and Vista Avenue. The town is on pace to go from two grocery stores to five. The expansion comes with controversy. The proliferation is one concern, traffic at this specific site is another. — Lake […]
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