Trent Getty, 23, of the Carson Valley has been arrested in the death of his 2-month-old child. The cause of death is pending an autopsy. The child was taken off life support Jan. 10 at 12:48pm. Getty had been wanted on a $1 million warrant. He was located at the Greyhound depot in Sacramento on Saturday. […]
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Electronic cigarettes should be subject to the same taxes, marketing restrictions and limitations on public use as traditional tobacco products, according to new guidance from cancer experts. In a joint policy statement issued Thursday, the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society for Clinical Oncology acknowledged that […]
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By Jeff Barnard, AP GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Oregon’s famous wandering wolf, OR-7, is now officially the leader of his own pack. State and federal wildlife agencies said Wednesday they have designated OR-7, his mate and their pups the Rogue Pack, for their location in the Rogue River drainage in the Cascades east of Medford. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Anyone who knew Steve Jobs is likely to say he was a difficult man with a tremendous vision who barely knew the word no. It takes that kind of individual to bring the type of products to the market that Apple is responsible for. As he liked to say, he didn’t believe […]
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Registration is open for the 2015 Reno/Tahoe Senior Winter Games, which run Feb. 2-14. Registration is $20 (there is an additional $10 per-sport fee) and includes a Senior Games T-shirt, water bottle, carry bag, and ticket to the Valentine’s Day Dinner and Dance. For a schedule of events, and information on how to register, go […]
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After nearly 10 months of work, Caltrans has finished construction of a bridge on Highway 50 over Sly Park Road. Work on the $15.1 million bridge replacement project, which began in April, included demolishing the old bridge in two phases and replacing it with a single span and precast and prestressed concrete girders. Traffic on […]
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By Amanda MacMillan, Outdoor Ah, the middle-age-man belly. You can try to run it off, but cardio alone won’t be nearly as successful at battling the bulge as combining cardio with strength training, says a study published in the journal Obesity. As we get older, our bodies tend to lose muscle mass and hold onto […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Government won’t solve climate change. And people won’t do anything to change the course of events without a monetary incentive. It is a global crisis. And the solution needs to be implemented worldwide. Those are the thoughts and concerns of James Hansen, former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for […]
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By L.V. Anderson, Slate It’s hard to know how to respond to the horrific murders of much of the staff of Charlie Hebdo earlier this week. For the past few days, social media has seen an outpouring of grief and condolences, of cartoon tributes to the controversial magazine, of the #JeSuisCharlie hashtag. But if you […]
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A Douglas County man accused of abusing his 2-month-old child is wanted by sheriff’s deputies. Deputies were summoned to Carson Valley Medical Center the afternoon of Jan. 7 because the father, 23-year-old Trent Getty, brought his unresponsive infant there. “Investigators developed information that the infant had suffered substantial injuries which appear to be the result […]
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