By Andy Furillo, Sacramento Bee A 42-year-old transient who shot and killed a man in a Placerville homeless camp has been sentenced to 70 years to life in prison, the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release. Kenneth Sharonoff had been convicted of second-degree murder in the Jan. 23 killing of […]
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The U.S. Forest Service opened an office in Incline Village this month. The North Shore office located in the Washoe County Incline Service Center at 845 Alder Ave. is adjacent to the library. It will be open Thursday through Saturday from 10am-3pm. The new location sells Desolation Wilderness permits, as well as fuelwood permits and […]
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Nearly 150 Douglas County third-graders will participate in a journey of exploration from the Minden-Tahoe Airport to space and beyond. The program is sponsored by the Minden-Tahoe Airport as part of a partnership with the Douglas County School District. The airport and school district plan to make the program an annual event that is coordinated […]
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By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee To horse rescuer Beth DeCaprio, a pair of recent cases represent the worst of an already bad situation. A 3-year-old gelding – unable to stand on his own four hooves – was discovered in July in an empty field at Latrobe and Stonehouse roads near Rancho Murieta. Left without food […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal For the first time in 18 years, the Nevada Department of Wildlife reports no fatal boat accidents on Nevada’s waters. “The boating season draws to its traditional September close in the next couple weeks and this is great news — no fatalities in Nevada’s boating community,” David Pfiffner, Nevada’s boating law administrator, […]
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By Richard Branson Four years ago in Long Beach, I, along with 15 business leaders, met with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss how to deploy clean energy around the world. Our message was clear: Adopt policies that put a price on carbon emissions, and investment in clean energy will […]
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By Jocelyn Wiener, Center for Health Reporting DOYLE – Just before the turnoff into this tiny community, near the shuttered Burger Barn, a sign announcing Doyle’s existence also hints at its fade toward oblivion. Underneath the name of the local clinic, Doyle Family Practice, someone has added the words: “Temporarily closed.” Last summer, state budget […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — “I’m going out of state and getting trashed” is not what my Mom wanted to hear I was doing on my birthday. It was met with silence on the other end of the phone. The truth is I’ve spent the last two nights in Nevada – out of state — […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun People who can lawfully possess firearms can now take their loaded guns into Nevada’s state parks under a legal agreement approved Tuesday. Attorneys for the Nevada Attorney General’s office, representing the state park system, agreed in a lawsuit stipulation that the parks will stop enforcing a law that critics […]
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By Amanda Finnegan, Las Vegas Sun Watchdog journalism needs to be preserved but finding a way to financially sustain it will remain a challenge in the coming years, industry experts said. During a panel discussion Wednesday entitled “The Death of Old News” hosted by the Black Mountain Institute at UNLV, three longtime journalists discussed how […]
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