By Henry Grabar, Salon What makes it hard to walk in your city? Is it the quality of sidewalks, buckled by tree roots and submerged in puddles, appearing and vanishing like a disused deer trail? The foreboding urban-renewal landscapes? How about the zoning requirements that set storefronts behind tremendous fields of permanently vacant parking spaces, […]
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By Kathryn Reed CARSON PASS – Sometimes it’s not about the destination. At least that was the philosophy we embraced when we didn’t make it to our desired end point. Arriving in a blizzard not knowing exactly where we were going was bound to have that outcome. But what this trek two weeks ago proved […]
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By Ana Ley, Las Vegas Sun A bill that would make it easier for some immigrants to teach in Nevada’s classrooms is gaining momentum in the Legislature because it would help alleviate the state’s crippling teacher shortage. Assembly Bill 27, which has broad support and cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday, has special significance […]
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By David Leonhardt, New York Times The Academy Awards ceremony will emphasize the suspense of the unknown on Sunday night. But Hollywood insiders are well aware that many nominees have little chance of winning — and know who those nominees are. Not only will the award for best picture most likely go to “Birdman” or […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – A roadmap to Whittell High School’s future has been laid out to the school district board and staff by a committee of concerned parents and staff. “This work you’ve done is a living document,” Douglas County School District Superintendent Lisa Noonan said at the end of the special board […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — Will he or won’t he? That’s the question entertaining Nevada and Washington’s political class this winter as they debate whether Harry Reid will run for a sixth term to represent Nevada in the U.S. Senate. The case for the doubters: Despite the fact he’s said publicly and […]
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By Haley Sweetland Edwards, Time If you had wandered late last year into Matthew Tosiello’s third-grade science class at Abingdon Elementary School in Virginia, you would have encountered an army of frogs. Origami frogs, that is–palm-size critters made of green index cards, each equipped with a tongue made of either masking tape or water-sodden paper. […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – A 6,000- to 7,500-seat indoor-outdoor event center on the South Shore is gaining traction. The South Tahoe Alliance of Resorts has put up $100,000 for feasibility and blight studies for the project. The blight study is because it would be considered a redevelopment project. Within the next few months a […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal Critics of coyote hunting contests hope to ban the controversial practice in Nevada, insisting it amounts to little more than wanton slaughter of wildlife. Hunters counter that it is a legally protected sport that may help keep in check a soaring coyote population increasingly posing threats to livestock, pets and […]
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By Cynthia Orlando, Statesman Journal Today more than 80 percent of the U.S. population lives in urban areas. It’s therefore fortunate we now understand many of the physical and psychological benefits healthy trees provide urbanites: Our parks and trees are more than aesthetically pleasing areas that help address pollution problems. Unfortunately, life for everyone these […]
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