In the wake of national issues involving lead in drinking water, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection secured U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant funding to begin a voluntary testing program for Nevada elementary schools. The money will cover laboratory analytical costs to initiate drinking water sampling in all 408 Nevada public schools, including public charter […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Gaming lobbyists claimed a “big win” Thursday after the IRS released new rules about how slot winnings should be reported. “(The) final IRS regulation is a big win not only for gaming companies and millions of casino visitors, but also for state and local governments who would have received […]
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By Mark Robison, Reno Gazette-Journal The next steps for proponents of expanded gun background checks in Nevada are unclear after a legal opinion that for all intents blocks a voter-approved initiative set to go into effect Sunday. What is clear is that the Background Check Act to require a federal database check of private party […]
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The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Corps is offering an emergency preparedness and response training academy beginning Jan. 19. The training is free and trainees are not required to become a Citizen Corps volunteer to participate. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Academy provides residents with the information they need to help save lives and […]
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TOCCATA — Tahoe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus’ 12th WinterFest kicks off with BRRRoque Masters. Performances are Jan. 4, 7pm at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church-Incline Village; Jan. 6 at 7pm at St. Theresa Catholic Church-South Lake Tahoe; Jan. 7 at 3:30pm at Shepherd of the Sierra Lutheran-Carson City; and Jan. 8, 3:30pm at Good Shepard Lutheran Church-Reno. […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A proposal from the Obama administration to withdraw nearly 10 million acres of western land from future hard rock mining to protect the greater sage grouse landed with a thud in Nevada on Thursday. That’s because state and federal officials are lining up behind their own vision for protecting both […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Jim Barbee stood in the Gaming Control Board’s technical lab, a small utilitarian room filled with slot machines and video poker games blinking away, some with the doors open and their bill changers, video screens, slot reels and electronic guts on display. “The first two things you learn when […]
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By Ann McCreary, Methow Valley News Cinder, the black bear that was badly burned in the 2014 Carlton Complex Fire, spent her second year in forests north of Leavenworth, Wash., and is now denned up for the winter not far from the site where she was released in June 2015. Cinder was rescued by […]
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“Drive high, get a DUI” is the message the Nevada Highway Patrol wants drivers in Nevadans to remember as the use of recreational marijuana becomes legal Jan. 1 in the state. The use of marijuana prior to or in the act of driving continues to be illegal and a serious crime. If the officer, determines […]
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Lake Tahoe News asked a variety of people and agencies in the Lake Tahoe Basin to talk about what their resolutions, so to speak, are for 2017. Here are the responses: John Rice, general manager of Sierra-at-Tahoe: “We are hoping for another ‘normal’ winter of 450 plus inches of snow, followed by a nice wet […]
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