South Shore woman credits air ambulance with saving her life By Laura Kaufman Living in Christmas Valley, Billie Jo and Paul McAfee are used to a fairly self-sufficient life. The valley is 1,000 feet down, tucked into the mountains along Highway 89 on the South Shore. Paul McAfee, a former Marine and a heavy […]
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By Will Ripley and James Griffiths, CNN It might be a long way from the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas or Macau, but old people’s homes may quickly be becoming a new frontier for gaming in Japan. In one senior day care center in Yokohama — appropriately named after the aforementioned U.S. gambling mecca […]
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By David Sharp, AP PORTLAND, Maine — A real estate investment trust that’s selling more than a dozen ski resorts from Maine to California won’t meet its deadline of completing the transaction by year’s end. CNL Lifestyle Properties, which is based in Orlando, Fla., has sold its senior housing portfolio, a dozen marinas, four attractions, […]
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By Kathryn Reed When Caltrans returns in 2017 to do the Y to Trout Creek project South Lake Tahoe officials do not want a repeat of what happened this summer. “This project this summer caused so much disruption,” City Manager Nancy Kerry told Clark Peri. Peri is the project manager for the Caltrans district that […]
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By Nathan Halverson, Reveal If the Paris climate pact is going to succeed at staving off climate change disaster, the 195 participating countries will need to achieve a difficult feat – trust. Yet the U.S. government already is failing to implement its own rules on tracking emissions. It is not collecting emission reports from one […]
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By Charles Kenny, Atlantic From Paris to Syria through San Bernardino to Afghanistan, the world witnessed obscene and unsufferable tragedy in 2015. That was on top of the ongoing misery of hundreds of millions who are literally stunted by poverty, living lives shortened by preventable disease and malnutrition. But for all of that, 2015 also […]
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By Kathryn Reed ROUND HILL – Flat and scenic – the perfect combo for a cross country ski trek for those who are not super proficient at this sport. While gliding is a large component of getting anywhere on these skis, many of us were having trouble on this particular Saturday. The snow at times […]
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By Steven K. Paulson, AP DENVER — They have popular names like Dome Rock, Yosemite, Rocky Mountain National Park and Joshua Tree, and they all have one problem in common that seasoned rock climbers call a “ticking time-bomb” — aging climbing anchors. The anchors, drilled and pounded into the sides of mountains, are rusting and […]
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By JoAnn Kittrell Early Nevada miners historically used charcoal as a fuel source to smelt less valuable ore to extract silver and gold. Located near mining districts throughout the state, charcoal ovens were utilized to optimize the charcoal conversion process. With the Ward charcoal ovens just south of Ely, 35 cords of wood were loaded […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sledding – it’s one of those winter activities that transcends generations, has little to do with athletic ability (though hiking uphill can be a workout), and brings out the inner child in those who let themselves careen down a slick surface with no brakes or any steering mechanism. Laughter fills the woods […]
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