29 May
I did not know that I was heading into the horizon until I got a complementary issue of AARP sent to me. I called around to see if others had got a freebie and was briskly advised that this was for people over 50…Oh my gosh, it’s a way too official notification for me!
Anyway, the aging [...]
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28 May
Everyone is on a holding pattern of deciding whether we have hit bottom and it’s been a national pastime with people debating across the states as to when the housing market will turn.
Well, the stats are in and we have at least some support from the University of Nevada, Reno’s Center for Regional Studies that [...]
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28 May
In a collateral agreement, the Governor’s for California and Nevada, Schwarzenegger and Gibbons have officially declared a State of Emergency for the Tahoe Basin. Although it sounds forbidding there’s real benefits for the Lake Tahoe region and citizens.
Resources, lots of financial resources are going to become available to take care of the fire danger which [...]
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27 May
I’ve been in Oregon for the Memorial Weekend, hunting down some deals and I am circling back to Reno again because of our future. Sure, I can buy property in my favorite Oregon place, Running Y Ranch, and build a few specs there. It’s way cheaper to own and build but fewer and fewer people are jumping [...]
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22 May
The decision to amend the Forest Area Plan in the Galena Forest, South West Reno region has been postponed at the Tuesday night meeting of the Washoe County Planning Commission.
To a room stacked with residents opposing the density of the Matera Plan, the commission decided to take the higher and more peaceful road and proposed to [...]
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22 May
It is totally official, the Incline Lake Corporation has agreed to sell the famous enclave lake and lands above Incline that hosted the famous likes of Bill Lear of Lear Jet, U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren and Max Fleishchmann and other billionaires or government officials.
I can remember as a kid that no one was allowed to [...]
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21 May
There’s a small research and development company in Reno living in the Museum Towers downtown that are creating high frequency medical and non-medical applications that are soon to be rocking the world one called the Pin-Scan.
This is a firm that started out in a garage here by Scott Armstrong eight years ago and is now [...]
Posted in History, perspective by: michelle
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20 May
The city council is hearing the proposal tonight for the Matera Ridge development at 6:30 pm at the Washoe County Planning Commission located at 1001 E. Ninth Street, Reno.
I can imagine the shouting will begin promptly since this is designated Forest Area Plan Land and Hugh Hemple is proposing to give him the green light [...]
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16 May
Wow, there is going to be a revolution. USA Today reported that the city of Minneapolis and three other cities have unleased the lawyers and are going after the bankers. This is ground breaking and pioneer lawyering to say the least and it will be interesting to see the outcome. At stake are thousands of [...]
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15 May
The latest Foreclosure data is out by RealtyTrac and Washoe County is ranked as the fourth highest county in Nevada with 1 foreclosure in 313 properties or a total of 557 properties on the block. But kindly look at the facts and this will not seem that ominous, especially since we only have about 4 counties [...]
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