By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The top of Mt. Everest is a bad place for a celebration. Just ask Cory Richards. He spent his three minutes on the summit battling to stay warm, coherent and energized for the trip down. Richards, an elite climber, knew most high altitude mountaineering tragedies happen after reaching the summit. The […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A final plan to conserve and restore sagebrush habit critical to a distinct population of sage grouse found along the Nevada-California line was announced Friday by the Bureau of Land Management. “This plan strikes a balance among public land uses and users and offers a workable […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 2, 2016, Stamford Advocate. If children are confused about the meaning of Memorial Day, that’s on us. Collectively, we have not been the best stewards of the most somber of our national holidays. As time sweeps further from its origins in the wake of the Civil War […]
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By Steve Reilly, USA Today Mossack Fonseca, the focus of the Panama Papers leak, is far from the only company mass-producing shell companies in secrecy-friendly states like Wyoming, Nevada and Delaware. A USA Today examination of the limited records that are available — some states are making corporate records increasingly invisible — shows that Mossack Fonseca registered less than 2 percent of […]
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By Jill Colvin and Ellen Knickmeyer, AP FRESNO — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told California voters Friday that he can solve their water crisis, declaring, “There is no drought.” California is, in fact, in midst of a drought. Last year capped the state’s driest four-year period in its history, with record low rainfall […]
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By Fresno Bee Clovis West High boys basketball coach Tom Orlich, who won three Central Section championships and more than 300 games in 14 seasons, is retiring from his district job and will join the staff of new Stanford coach Jerod Haase. Orlich’s retirement as a teacher and coach was announced in a Clovis Unified […]
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By Terra Breeden Spring is upon us in Lake Tahoe, and with it, farmers markets are springing up all around the basin. With the growth of the organic food movement, the popularity of farmers markets has exploded. Now, there are markets throughout Lake Tahoe all summer. South Shore El Dorado County Certified Farmers Market American […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee With recreational marijuana headed for the fall ballot, a new poll finds that 60 percent of likely voters support the concept of legitimizing the drug in California. The Public Policy Institute of California, in a poll out Wednesday, looked at the general popularity of other issues expected on the Nov. […]
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By Marcella Corona, Reno Gazette-Journal Former Nevada state Sen. Coe Swobe had two passions: nature and helping people. He died Thursday morning of liver failure at the age of 87, but left behind two life-long legacies. In 1969, Swobe brokered the first agreement between then Nevada Gov. Paul Laxalt and California Gov. Ronald Reagan and […]
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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. By Lake Tahoe News Mental illness is a growing problem throughout the country, and Lake Tahoe is not immune to this trend. Barton Health is taking an active role in bringing help […]
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