By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana may lead to different types of harmful consequences for teens, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed 2007 to 2011 data gathered from more than 7,400 U.S. high school seniors who said they had used alcohol or marijuana at least once. The investigators found that drinking alcohol […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the seven South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates a series of questions. All are the same except for one that is specific to each candidate. The responses are being run in the order LTN received them. Name: Wendy David Profession/work experience: Lake Tahoe Unified School District teacher’s aide 1975-1981, […]
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By Pete Spotts, Christian Science Monitor A warming-climate-induced march of alpine vegetation up a large river basin on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada could slash by one-fourth the annual flow of water the basin delivers to California’s thirsty Central Valley by the last two decades of this century, a study says. The results […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finding Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional could almost immediately open the floodgates to gay unions across the state, a legal analyst involved in the challenge said Tuesday. Lambda Legal Legal Director Jon Davidson said that […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s City Council on Tuesday approved a tentative agreement that calls for nearly one-third of the employees not to receive city-provided health benefits when they retire. The public works bargaining unit, which is the largest of the six groups in the city, is expected to vote this week on the […]
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By Tara Siegel Bernard, News York Times Anita Maina was working on an arts and crafts project she found on Pinterest — creating a table out of wood and cork — when she ripped off a fingernail while removing staples from a piece of wood. “It is one of those things that really hurt, and […]
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By Kimberly Hefling and Julie Carr Smyth, AP COLUMBUS, Ohio — Millions of students will sit down at computers this year to take new tests rooted in the Common Core standards for math and reading, but policymakers in many states are having buyer’s remorse. The fight to repeal the standards has heated up in Ohio, […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the seven South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates a series of questions. All are the same except for one that is specific to each candidate. The responses are being run in the order LTN received them. Name: Matt Palacio Profession/work experience: Did not respond. Age: 34 (35 later this […]
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By Doresa Banning, Nevada Business Demand for land in Nevada has resembled a roller coaster pattern this decade. During the real estate boom in the first half of the 2000s, both residential and commercial developers hungrily purchased land, driving up prices. With the recession, the opposite happened; development nearly ceased, land demand decreased and so […]
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By John Heilprin, AP GENEVA — About 3,000 species of wildlife around the world have seen their numbers plummet far worse than previously thought, according to a study by one of the world’s biggest environmental groups. The study Tuesday from the Swiss-based WWF largely blamed human threats to nature for a 52 percent decline in […]
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