By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada is the third-hardest state in which to find full-time work, behind New Mexico and Alaska, according a report by the news and opinion website 24/7 Wall St. The state had an 11.9 percent underemployment rate, compared to the national rate of 9.5 percent, during the 12-month period analyzed […]
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By Rennie Svirnovskiy, Sacramento Bee Dave Roberts has seen plenty of calamitous fires, and the lingering thought after they’re extinguished always is, “If we’d only been there sooner.” The El Dorado Hills fire chief knows well that for every minute a structure fire burns, it doubles in size, putting both civilians and his firefighters […]
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By Kathryn Reed Dogs are better than children to go out to eat with. They clean up after you instead of being the ones to make a mess. This is the season to eat outside with your four-legged family member. The following is a smattering of places that are dog friendly. The Tavern inside the […]
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By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times California is confronting the limits of its power to save federal environmental protections as Congress and the Trump administration take aim at a landmark law the state has relied on for decades to clean the air of noxious smog. A push by Republicans to roll back parts of […]
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assembled to find the best legal strategy is giving him no ammunition, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Task Force on Crime […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Arizona and skiing? You, bet. Just ask Mike Goar. Goar is settling into his new job as chief operating office for Heavenly Mountain Resort. The job responsibilities also come with overseeing Kirkwood Mountain Resort and Northstar. His office has pictures on the wall of those resorts that were left from […]
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By Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News No president has ever abolished a national monument, and it has been more than 50 years since a president shrank one. Nor has Congress revoked any significant monuments. The high regard given these special places is part of what makes President Donald Trump’s order to review all large monuments […]
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By Elgin Stallard, Outside Two young men set off last year on an unthinkable task: pick up, haul out, and dispose of every single piece of trash they saw on the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail. It’s a Herculean job when you consider that people leave everything from used toilet paper and diapers to spent batteries […]
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By Kathryn Reed The validity of a contract between Alpine County and South Tahoe Public Utility District as well as the amount of money involved in the document were the subject of a grand jury investigation in the last year. The 2016-17 Alpine County Grand Jury report that came out this summer concluded that the […]
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By Paul Nelson, KTVN-TV About a half-hour north of Truckee, down a rough, dirt road, you will find Independence Lake. It has been described as a small version of what Lake Tahoe looked like 100 years ago, with very little development. The Nature Conservancy is trying to keep it that way. It paid $15 million […]
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