By Laura Myers, Las Vegas Review-Journal Putting together a budget for the state of Nevada isn’t so easy after all. State Treasurer Dan Schwartz, who proposed to the Legislature a spending plan to rival fellow Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget, said he’s rewriting it because Nevada can’t raise $540 million as he’d like from a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nancy Gaynor has been waiting nine months for a check to arrive from Lake Valley Fire Protection District. This is three months longer than what was promised to be the absolute deadline. And the latest word is that it could be a couple more months, maybe longer. The South Lake Tahoe woman is […]
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By Katie Campbell and Courtney Flatt, KCTS-TV WINTHROP, Wash. — Snow blankets the landscape in north central Washington. What you can’t see is the scorched earth left from last summer’s Carlton Complex fire. Even through the snow, Susan Prichard, a fire ecologist for the University of Washington, can see the damage. She can also see […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — As a gun-loving state where Republicans have launched a wave of pro-firearm proposals since taking control of the Legislature in 2014, Nevada might seem like anything but a source of hope for supporters of tougher gun laws. But gun control advocates say they’re optimistic that Nevada could […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District board members went with experience over longevity in the community when it came to appointing a fifth board member. Adam Jones, 43, will fill the seat vacated by Sue Novasel. He will be sworn in at the next meeting, March 10. Novasel resigned last month after being […]
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By Wil S. Hylton, New York Times Christina Brown pulled into the refugee camp after an eight-hour drive across the desert. It was late July of last year, and Brown was a 30-year-old immigration lawyer. She had spent a few years after college working on political campaigns, but her law degree was barely a year […]
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By Gene Beley, Central Valley Business Times California’s already over-subscribed water supply could be in even worse shape in the years ahead because of devastating Sierra Nevada wildfires, some of which have been started by arson, say experts in mountain watersheds and their forests. The California Delta, heart of the state’s massive, multi-billion dollar water system, […]
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By Kathryn Reed ECHO SUMMIT – It was a bit like a scavenger hunt, with everyone looking for pine cones, insects and animal tracks. Pine cones were in abundance, especially because the snow was lacking. Insects were hiding, which is a good thing because that’s what they should be doing in winter. The tracks were […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee As debate simmers nationwide about whether parents should be forced to vaccinate their children, Elk Grove residents have made their choice: Only 80 of the suburb’s 4,500 kindergartners opted out of vaccinations last year, state data show. Despite those precautions, whooping cough ripped through Elk Grove’s classrooms and cul-de-sacs in […]
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By John Spinola So you want to get married? And you want to get married in Lake Tahoe. Aaand you’re on a budget. Well, let me just mention that in 15 years of me being a wedding officiant in Lake Tahoe I have never come across a couple that said, “We aren’t on a budget […]
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