By Linda Fine Conaboy OLYMPIC VALLEY – One of the popular terms heard during the River Network’s River Rally was “citizen scientist.” In workshop titled Restoring and Connecting a Wild & Scenic River, presenter Carrie Banks from Massachusetts said that she uses citizen scientists to prioritize projects, secure funding, document crossing and stream function, among […]
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By Alex Schwartz, The Conversation The Trump administration recently proposed fundamental changes to how the federal government helps low-income families pay for housing. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson claims his “welfare reform,” which would jack up rents on the poorest Americans and impose stricter work requirements, would promote self-sufficiency and make federal housing […]
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By Geoff Mulvihill, AP A report finds that legalizing and taxing marijuana boosts revenue for state and local governments, but not by much. The credit rating agency Moody’s Investor Service says in a study released last week that legalizing recreational use of marijuana brings governments more money than it costs to regulate it. Despite high […]
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By Bailey Schulz, Las Vegas Review-Journal According to a 2017 market outlook from Boeing, North American airlines will need to hire 117,000 new pilots by 2036 to keep up with an expanding fleet of aircraft. “We haven’t felt the effects yet,” said Hilarie Grey, the director of corporate communications at Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air. “But […]
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By Melissa Siig, Moonshine Ink There was a time this winter when, on the surface, Tahoe City’s future looked grim. The downtown commercial core was facing a plethora of empty restaurants and storefronts. The old Zia Lina space in the middle of downtown, vacated last year, was still empty, as well as the adjoining space […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal With the #MeToo movement raising awareness about workplace sexual harassment, one might think adding more language to existing state gaming regulations to help prevent sexual harassment would be a slam-dunk no-brainer. But that’s not necessarily the case. On May 3, the state Gaming Control Board hosted its first […]
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A Stateline man is struggling to get back on his feet after the mobile home he was living in on Lower Kingsbury Grade was destroyed by fire on April 23. Henry Porter was in class at Western Nevada College in Carson City when the fire started. The fire report is not done. He’s having a […]
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By Jill S. Greenlee, The Conversation Motherhood is taking center stage in U.S. politics. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, the first United States senator to give birth while in office has been seen on Capitol Hill with her newborn nestled in her lap. Two Democratic gubernatorial candidates, Maryland’s Krish Vignarajah and Wisconsin’s Kelda Roys, made waves with […]
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By Le’a Gleason, Moonshine Ink Tahoe is a dog paradise — a 36.15 cubic mile swimming pool and tons of space to roam certainly keep the four-leggeds happy. But the North Tahoe/Truckee area is also dotted with National Park land and divided into several jurisdictions with leash laws. While many Tahoe-ites tend toward “let the […]
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To the community, I read about a man that Washoe County law enforcement officers are interestedin speaking too. This is regarding a case that might be developing into some kind of child abuse case of some kind. There are two points that I want to bring to the public’s attention about what I have read […]
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