By Kathryn Reed It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that I didn’t want to end. And for someone who isn’t much of a fan of fiction, that speaks volumes. “Dying Words” (NaCl Press, 2012) by K. Patrick Conner is a novel that takes readers into the life of an obituary writer […]
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By Jean Twenge, The Conversation When 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., it was just the latest in a tragic list of mass shootings, many of them at schools. Then something different happened: Teens began to speak out. The Stoneman Douglas students had a press conference appealing for […]
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By Edward Etzel, The Conversation Hundreds of Winter Olympians around the world are saying farewell to the thrill of a lifetime. While a handful will leave as delighted medal winners, the majority leave empty-handed. Whether they won the medal or not, some find themselves navigating uncharted waters into an uncertain future. In many cases, they’ve […]
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By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval said he will bring together school superintendents across the state to talk about safety. His announcement Tuesday comes after]Sandoval was at a meeting with the National Governors Association and President Trump on Monday. He told the group that the issue of the day is school safety and public safety, and […]
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By Sophie Quinton, Washington Post Machines that prod clouds to make snow may sound like something out of an old science fiction movie. But worsening water scarcity, combined with new evidence that “cloud seeding” can work, is spurring states, counties, water districts and power companies across the thirsty West to use the strategy. Last month, […]
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Updated: March 1, 7:42am: Tahoe Valley Elementary School was on lockdown the afternoon of Feb. 28. Lake Tahoe Unified School District officials called it a “false alarm.” “It was a planned drill started at LTCC in which Tahoe Valley was inadvertently called as part of the LTCC automated phone tree. After the drill, Tahoe Valley’s […]
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Friends of the South Lake Tahoe Library have two events scheduled for March. The first is on March 3 at 1pm. Mark Jensen, curator at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park in Carson Valley, will share Fritzi Dangberg’s adventures, accompanied by some show-and-tell of her possessions, that give a glimpse into making the most of life […]
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January was a good month for Stateline casinos, which posted revenue gains of 14.83 percent over 2017. The state win was up 2 percent. The $1.015 billion figure represents the first time in a year the gain has hit the billion-dollar mark. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports, “It was the 36th time the state has […]
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By Mike Wolterbeek Mountaintop cameras from UNR spotted or tracked 240 fires in Nevada and California in 2017. This helped to keep firefighters more situationally aware and able to mount appropriate responses more rapidly over tens of thousands of square miles of forests and rangelands, including rural communities. This is a new and expanding tool […]
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By J. Weston Phippen, Outside It’s been a bad winter for skiing. And more than just being a drag on weekend plans or limiting some resorts to operating with only a few runs (if any), less snow on the mountains is a big hit on the economy. People make fewer trips to the resort, which […]
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