Sections of the Eldorado National Forest that have been off limits because of the King Fire will reopen April 25. Roadside trees killed in the King Fire that were identified as an immediate threat to public safety have been felled. Further hazard tree assessment will be done as part of the ongoing King Fire Restoration […]
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By Nick Anderson, Washington Post In its first few years, the Obama administration played a major role in higher education as the nation’s economy was foundering. The expansion of Pell grants for students in financial need, the provision of billions of dollars in stimulus funding for university research and other purposes, an overhaul of federal […]
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• Sonora and Tioga passes are open. • Kenny Curtzwiler will be a speaker at the Veteran Suicide Awareness March on May 2 at 1pm at Western Nevada College in Carson City. For more info about the 1.5-mile walk and event, email wncveterans@gmail.com. • Check this story out to learn about the snowboarder who landed […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times Gambling, once the mainstay of Las Vegas, is slowly taking a back seat to other entertainment in Sin City. The latest survey of Las Vegas visitors found that fewer people go to the city to gamble and that first-time visitors are more likely to travel there for a wedding […]
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By Kathryn Reed Walking in they didn’t say much. They were timid, shy and apprehensive. They didn’t want to say the wrong thing. When English isn’t your first language it’s easy to feel intimidated about speaking to others who have spoken it their entire lives. But not communicating can be detrimental in the work environment […]
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By Ada Barros Heiser The Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District is announcing the official beginning of the season during West Nile virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week, April 19-25. “With another mild and brief winter this year, a lot of our residents did not get much of a break from mosquitoes.” stated Joel […]
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By Meghann M. Cuniff, Orange County Register An appellate court on Monday declared San Juan Capistrano’s water rate system illegal, questioning the validity of the longstanding tiered rate model that’s used by agencies across drought-stricken California to encourage water conservation. But the 29-page ruling, which has been anxiously awaited by municpalities and water districts throughout […]
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By Stephen Magagini, Sacramento Bee Responding to a barrage of protest from neighbors and local residents, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, owners of Red Hawk Casino, have scaled back plans to put in a public 29-lane outdoor gun range south of Highway 50 and instead develop a small gun range “open only to […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth, a nonprofit all volunteer organization, serves evening meals on Mondays at St. Theresa Church Grace Hall and Fridays at the Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church. B&B is funded by our generous donors, jar collections at local businesses and our Adopt A Day of Nourishment program. On April 13, Sierra […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP United in their belief wild horses should remain free to roam public rangeland across the West, groups working to protect the mustangs are increasingly at odds over whether contraception should play a role in the decades-old dispute over efforts to reign in the natural size of the herds. The American Wild […]
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