By Lake Tahoe News Lake Tahoe Community College has set up a pantry of nonperishable foods and hygiene products for students in need. “It’s meant to address the very real problem of community college students struggling with learning due to hunger. There’s all kinds of evidence that shows that when college students don’t have their […]
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By Becky Bohrer, AP Taking a cue from the fight over immigration, some states that have legalized marijuana are considering providing so-called sanctuary status for licensed pot businesses, hoping to protect the fledgling industry from a shift in federal enforcement policy. Just hours after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Jan. 4 that federal […]
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By Michael Scott Davidson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Former state Sen. Mark Manendo sexually harassed more than a dozen women over his years in the Nevada Legislature, leading to his resignation. The transgressions were documented in a $67,000 taxpayer-funded investigation, but the public can’t see the report. Former Henderson Police Chief Patrick Moers retired with full […]
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By Kathryn Reed CARSON CITY – We were held captive on our hike at Prison Hill. Captive by the beauty and number of trails we could explore. It was a first for the three of us to experience this section of Carson City. There are so many trails in the Prison Hill Recreation Area and […]
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By Jessie Bekker, Las Vegas Review-Journal Opioid-related deaths in Nevada have decreased slightly since 2010, but the number of fatal heroin overdoses has nearly tripled since then, according to state data presented Thursday. But that pattern appears to be changing as well, as heroin-related deaths remained unchanged between 2015 and 2016 while deaths from synthetic […]
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By Ezra David Romero, Capital Public Radio Frank Gehrke trudges through snow and ice, as he’s done for nearly four decades in the Sierra Nevada. He’s one of many state workers who takes monthly snow surveys, in the same spots, to figure out how much water is in the snowpack. And this old-fashioned way of […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was a new take on “you are what you eat.” Eat healthy food and you will be healthy, don’t do that and you are bound to suffer from myriad maladies. This was the message Greg Bergner delivered March 8 to an overflowing crowd at Lake Tahoe Community College. Bergner is the […]
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By Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register California’s cannabis czar issued a cease and desist order to Weedmaps, directing the Irvine internet company that maps marijuana dispensaries to immediately stop promoting businesses that don’t have state licenses. “You are aiding and abetting in violation of state cannabis laws,” states the letter from Lori Ajax, chief of […]
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By Stephen Magagnini and Anita Chabria, Sacramento Bee In the case of the United States versus California, who will win? The fight over how undocumented immigrants in California are treated is now a matter for federal courts to decide after the Trump administration this week sued the state to invalidate a trio of “sanctuary” laws. […]
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink Commitments to 100 percent clean and renewable electricity are a growing trend across the country, and with good reason. The prices of many renewable resources are dropping to or below those of natural gas and weaning ourselves off the fossil fuel teat has become a matter of global resilience and […]
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