Rosie Borges, known by most in South Lake Tahoe as Mrs. Rosie, passed away in her sleep on Dec. 24, 2016. She was 87. She was born Rosie Perreira Luis in Kings County, Cali., July 10, 1929. While growing up in Stratford, Calif., she had memories of hand milking cows with her seven siblings every […]
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By Kathryn Reed SnowGlobe might be the safest place to be for the next three nights – assuming you aren’t a criminal. Controlled environments where there is fencing to contain people are safer than free-for-all venues like what is found in the Stateline casino corridor on New Year’s Eve. Still, law enforcement has strategies in […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun Changes to laws involving guns, marijuana and mopeds will greet Nevadans in 2017. Here’s a rundown of some of the most talked-about issues affecting our community beginning Jan. 1. Voters in November narrowly approved a ballot question to expand background checks for firearm purchases. This new law is aimed […]
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By Jessica Calefat, CalMatters In California and across the country, suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens—a grim reminder that many high school students’ primary barrier to adulthood is themselves. More young people take their own lives than the number killed by cancer, heart disease, birth defects, stroke, flu, pneumonia and chronic […]
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By Susan Wood There’s no fencin’ in Larry Friedman, who’s retiring today from TravelNevada. The preeminent deputy director of the Silver State agency once known as the Nevada Commission on Tourism has traveled the world to promote the state. Now the 62-year-old Douglas County resident plans to travel for himself with family and friends. A […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Plan on New Year’s Day being a powder day. A storm is brewing that should land in the Lake Tahoe Basin on New Year’s Eve. “The position of the low is bouncing back and forth,” Tony Fuentes, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno, told Lake Tahoe News. Because of this the […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Women made impressive gains in capturing public offices in Nevada this year, and now represent 40 percent of the 63-member state Legislature heading into the 2017 session. That ties Nevada with Colorado and Vermont as the states with the highest percentage of women legislators, according […]
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By Sarah Hockensmith and Will Richardson, Tahoe In Depth Have you ever seen a bear print in the snow? How about a bear walking through your neighborhood during the winter season? At such times, many might ask themselves “shouldn’t this bear be asleep right now?” Others might be compelled to ponder “do bears really even […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun As part of a final push for clean energy in the remaining weeks of the Obama administration, the Department of the Interior approved a 728-mile power line Dec. 13 that will move wind energy from Wyoming to Southern Nevada. That wind power, which the federal agency says is enough […]
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By Anna Gorman, KQED-TV Riverside County plans to connect former inmates with health clinics and social services. Orange County hopes to get homeless residents into housing — and help them stay there. Placer County is opening a respite center where homeless patients can go after they leave the hospital. Those are just some of the pilot […]
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