By Kathryn Reed Despite the rains this month, it’s dry out there and will just get worse now that 70-degree days have returned. This has agencies on heightened alert in what is expected to be a dangerous fire season. U.S. Forest Service firefighters are reporting to work three weeks earlier than normal. “Every day we […]
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By April Dembosky, NPR In recent years, expensive specialty medicines used to treat cancer and chronic illnesses have forced some very ill Americans to choose between getting proper treatment and paying their rent. To ease the financial burden, the California agency that governs the state’s Obamacare plans issued landmark rules Thursday that will put a […]
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By Sandra Postel, National Geographic Earlier this month, Starbucks announced that it would stop sourcing and producing its bottled water brand, Ethos Water, in California and shift production from the Golden State to Pennsylvania. In explaining its decision, the beverage maker cited “the serious drought conditions and necessary water conservation efforts.” With California in its […]
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A fisher girl did on her first outing what some veterans have never done – catch a mackinaw weighing more than 15 pounds. “I think she wanted to cry she was so exhausted,” Capt. Andrew Lubrano of Nor-Cal Charters told Lake Tahoe News. Seven-year-old Circe Bailey had a single minnow on the other end of […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal Last week, state lawmakers passed what will be a $7.2 billion general fund budget, complete with new programs for education and $8 million for a new medical school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As the 2015 Nevada Legislature enters its final week, Job One for legislators will be […]
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By Riley Snyder and Michelle Rindels, AP CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Friday that he wants to launch a teacher training scholarship program and a series of bonuses aimed at tackling Nevada’s severe teacher shortage. Lawmakers have expressed concerns that a workforce shortage will hamper some of the Republican governor’s ambitious education reform […]
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By Kathryn Reed The water level of so many Sierra lakes is anything but natural. That’s because of dams and the needs of water users downstream. This in turn affects those who use these water bodies for recreation. As the fourth year of one of the worst droughts in California’s history drags on, the impact […]
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By James MacLeod World War I was one of the most destructive events in human history, killing about 16 million soldiers and civilians worldwide, including 116,000 Americans. It did more than just destroy lives. It destroyed confidence in progress, prosperity, and the rationality of civilized society, perhaps the most treasured characteristic of the 19th century. […]
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By David Zucchino and David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times Jovano Graves’ parents begged him not to join the Army right out of high school in 2003, when U.S. troops were fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. But their son refused his parents’ pleas to try college. He followed them both into the Army instead. Last […]
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By Kathryn Reed Susie and Heather were the only ones we were supposed to meet along the way. However, there is so much snowmelt that pools of water look like new lakes. This is not an exaggeration. Water was everywhere. I expected the Glen Alpine Springs area to be a bit flooded, but it wasn’t […]
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