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August 2009

Casinos suffer worst drop in gaming wins on record

Nevada casinos suffered their worst decline on record in Fiscal 2009, with total gaming win finishing 13.7 percent below the previous year.

Lake Tahoe? There's an app for that

LAKE TAHOE - You may have no idea what an Apple iPhone application is, but iPhone and other smartphone users do, which is why organizations are starting to create applications specifically for the Lake Tahoe area.

SEC, Gators try to keep title in-house

The road to the national title game has run through the Southeastern Conference recently.So while perfection would be nice for Tim Tebow and Florida, it's not necessarily necessary. And the Gators know it.

Northern Nevada business briefly

Two area restaurants close their doors

LA Times votes Nevada 24th

Sometimes you stumble across a team in early August and get a feeling. Rankman felt a dull, nagging tug in his lower back as he hunched over a desk and flipped a preseason magazine page that landed on Nevada.

Cooking on deadline: Can lentil soup be fast? Of course!

In my kitchen, dry lentils get about the same treatment as dry beans. That is, on the rare occasion that I buy them, they land at the back of the pantry where they are promptly forgotten for months or years.

BLOG: Pack football schedule a grind

Nevada Appeal sports columnist Joe Santoro shares the latest in the world of sports.Read it here.

BLOG: Bike Camping at Washoe Lake State Park

BLOG: Bike Camping at Washoe Lake State Park

Carson-area airports rev up local economy

When the general public thinks of small airports such as those in Carson City and Carson Valley, too often their thoughts run to the noise made by the planes, not the dollars they pump into the local communities.

Heritage Bank first in state to make SBA recovery loan

Heritage Bank of Nevada became the first bank in the state to make a loan under a Small Business Administration effort to help small businesses weather the recession.