By Kathryn Reed Track meets will again be able to be run at Whittell High School, possibly as soon as the 2017-18 school year. A donation of $2.5 million from the Lisa and Robert Maloff Endowment Fund is paying for the football field to be completely renovated as well as the track. The Douglas County […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Some Nevadans are pushing the federal government to transfer more public acreage to state control, but history suggests past management of these lands by those entrusted with their care was mired in corruption. The current push for a transfer is underway because about 85 percent of […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun A changing climate could increase the risk of large wildfires in states across the West, including Nevada, which has seen relatively mild wildfire activity in the past. That’s according to a report from nonprofit organization Climate Central, which expects Nevada will add 20 days of annual high wildfire potential […]
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By Kathryn Reed Why El Dorado County has an elected superintendent of schools was the subject of a grand jury investigation this past year. In the recently released report, the grand jury recommends: “The El Dorado County board of education should thoroughly examine the pros and cons of retaining an elected superintendent of schools and […]
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By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy News Service When Lynette Davies, co-operator of the Canna Care medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, pays her California taxes she needs to haul a bag with $20,000 in cash to the state tax office. “That’s really unsafe for me, and it’s unsafe for my employees to have this cash in the […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal The Burning Man organization is challenging a $2.8 million bill from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management after last year’s 70,000-person arts festival in the Black Rock Desert, according to a federal appeal filed by the San Francisco-based arts nonprofit. The arts organization submitted a 1,000-page appeal in April that accuses the BLM of trying to cover […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of several stories about mental health issues in the Lake Tahoe Basin that will be running through October. All stories may be accessed by going to the Home page, Special Projects, then hit Mental Health. By Jeanne Nelson Nearly five years ago a kind nurse saw me sobbing in the […]
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By Laura Parker, New York Times Forget slot machines and money wheels. American casinos may soon look more like video game arcades. In February, Nevada and New Jersey passed legislation allowing for the introduction of skill-based games in casinos as a way to draw in younger players. Imagine “Angry Birds” and “Candy Crush” machines next […]
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By Robert Salonga, Bay Area News Group At long last, Jaycee Lee Dugard looks like she is in control. So much so that in an hourlong TV special with ABC’s Diane Sawyer that aired Friday, one of the most prominent segments shows her directing and calming a horse with a series of nonverbal gestures and commands. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Jeremy Meyers, the disgraced ex-superintendent of El Dorado County Office of Education, was hired this week to work even closer with children. The Black Oak Mine Unified School District board in Georgetown on July 6 voted 4-0 (Darcy Knight was absent) to hire Meyers on a 90-day contract to be principal of […]
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