Emily is a 4-year-old, 35 pound English Bull terrier mix who has lived with kids, cats and dogs. She is very sweet, very energetic and loves car rides. Bull terriers are not for everyone. These dogs do best with active families, for they have a high energy level that comes in bursts. Emily needs frequent, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Legality is one thing; availability is another when it comes to abortions. No practitioner performs the procedure in the Lake Tahoe Basin or Truckee. There is one provider in all of Northern Nevada and they are in Reno. Sacramento or Roseville are the closest options in California for those living in the […]
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By Marcos Breton, Sacramento Bee Daniel Hahn, the chief of police in Roseville, wants to be clear: His department did not shut down a recent town-hall meeting staged by Republican Rep. Tom McClintock. Nor did it tell McClintock he had to leave for his own safety because of an unruly crowd. Roseville police made no […]
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By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun Students with disabilities in Nevada face tough odds when it comes to advancing through grade school and college, according to a new report. The report, put out this month by the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, calls attention to some stark numbers for the state. In the 2014-15 school year, […]
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By Brendan I. Koerner, Wired In early June 2014, accountants at the Lumiere Place Casino in St. Louis noticed that several of their slot machines had—just for a couple of days—gone haywire. The government-approved software that powers such machines gives the house a fixed mathematical edge, so that casinos can be certain of how much they’ll […]
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In the wake of recent storms and with more severe weather coming, Liberty Utilities is issuing a strong warning to all customers: Stay away from downed power lines; touching live wire may result in death. “Unfortunately, there’s been a couple close calls with customers trying to help our crews by picking up downed power lines,” […]
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By Julie Brown, Powder The morning after a February storm had shut down the ski resort for two days, the Sun Valley ski patrol started yet another day of work to open the mountain to the public. The meeting started with announcements: race schedules, grooming reports, mountain closures, fallen trees from the storm. Then […]
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The f-word is returning — flooding. That’s the threat from Mother Nature with the next storm that should bring moderate to heavy rain to the area starting Monday night and extending into Tuesday afternoon. A winter storm warning is in effect from 10pm Sunday through 4am Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service in Reno, […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Of more than 150 dams in Nevada that could cause loss of life if they failed, about 14 percent lack emergency plans, according to a national dam safety database. Dam safety surged into the spotlight last week when crumbling spillways near Oroville, Calif., prompted the hasty evacuation of nearly 200,000 people. Oroville […]
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· Truckee wants to know people’s thoughts about cannabis via this survey. · Tahoe Donner’s Lodge Restaurant & Pub was recognized by OpenTable as a 2017 Diners’ Choice winner for the fourth consecutive year. It was voted among the highest restaurants in North Lake Tahoe in the following categories: best service, best food, best value, most […]
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