Nevada’s food and agricultural exports have surged by 17 percent in the last two years. Food and agriculture products are Nevada’s ninth largest export category followed by precious metals and stones. The top four markets for Nevada food and agriculture products in 2013 were Canada, China, Mexico and Japan. The majority of these exports – […]
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By Paul Takahashi, Las Vegas Sun Nevada has a relatively low percentage of residents who say their teachers are well-respected, according to a Gallup poll released last week. The public opinion company conducted telephone surveys with at least 600 adults in every state between June and December 2013, asking them whether they believed teachers in […]
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By Kathryn Reed GENOA – People pay to go on hiking excursions all the time. Usually it’s for a guide or a permit. Last week it was for a vet bill. AJ and Cody thought it would be a great idea to go about 100 feet off the trail. The worst we thought is they […]
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By Sam Stanton and Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee Following weeks of graphic court testimony and chilling videos of inmates writhing in pain as they were blasted with pepper spray, a federal judge has found that the use of force against mentally ill inmates in California prisons is unconstitutionally harsh. Citing the “horrific” videos he viewed […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the three Douglas County sheriff’s candidates a series of questions. The responses are running in the order they were received. All but one question is the same. Name: Michael T. Gyll Age: 44 Occupation: Retired Nevada state police officer, Nevada Department of Public Safety, investigation division, headquarters commander. What […]
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By Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee California boasts some of our globe’s hardest-working water. It flows off ski slopes, rolls past wildlife habitats, tumbles into reservoirs, then gushes through pipes and turbines, sprinklers and faucets. En route – particularly in a drought year – water managers horde every drop they can capture, and parcel it out […]
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By Amy Forliti, Dan Sewelll and Nigel Duara, AP On a beautiful Sunday last October, Detective Dan Douglas stood in a suburban Minnesota home and looked down at a lifeless 20-year-old — a needle mark in his arm, a syringe in his pocket. It didn’t take long for Douglas to realize that the man, fresh […]
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By Kathryn Reed All it took was looking at the tank size and the handle for the water wise evaluator to know the toilet was installed before 1992. In the world of toilets, that’s pretty darn old. Even worse, it’s a water hog. Toilets already use the most amount of water of any household appliance […]
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By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times Despite all the recent focus on female empowerment and “leaning in” at work, California women are still paid just 84 cents for every $1 paid to men in the state. In the Golden State, a woman who works a full-time job earns, on average, $41,956 a year, compared with […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee As California’s drought stretches toward the hot summer months, state and federal officials are planning extraordinary measures to protect drinking water supplies and endangered Sacramento River salmon, according to a plan unveiled Wednesday. The “Drought Operations Plan” was released by the state Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of […]
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