By Molly McMillin, Wichita Eagle The need for speed remains the catalyst behind a continuing effort by the Aerion Corp. to develop a business jet that can fly faster than the speed of sound. “We don’t think there’s any doubt this is clearly the next frontier,” said Brian Barents, Aerion vice chairman and a former […]
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By Cristina Janney, Telegraph Over a period of 12 months in 2012 and 2013, Brooke Laine’s father, Ed, was hospitalized twice with pneumonia. Each time he came home from Barton Memorial Hospital, Laine tried her best to help take care of her father, but both struggled. Brooke Laine worried about doing the right things and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Growing up in a family of eight kids, Jamie Anderson knows outfitting youngsters to ride or ski is expensive. She also knows what it means to be on the slopes when you are young. Although Anderson is only 23, the Meyers resident is a veteran snowboarder. She’s been taking home gold since […]
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By Annie Lowrey, New York Times Economists admire Americans for many traits: our profound respect for property rights, our tendency to forgo vacation days, our ingenious methods of mass-producing “food.” Another important attribute is our willingness to move, between houses, between states and across the country. Some economists believe our inborn rootlessness makes the country’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed Saving lives is nothing knew for fire departments. How they to it, though, changes regularly as technology evolves. Two agencies in the Lake Tahoe Basin this month were recognized by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval as a Heart Safe Community – Tahoe Douglas and North Lake Tahoe fire protection districts. The mission of […]
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By Cynthia Hubert and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Six months after he was discharged to a Greyhound bus and shipped out of Las Vegas, one former patient of Nevada’s primary hospital for mentally ill people stabbed a man to death in Iowa. Another former patient, responding to voices in his head, set off explosions in […]
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By Indre Viskontas and Chris Mooney, Center for Investigative Reporting It’s flu season. And we’re all about to crisscross the country to exchange hugs, kisses and germs. We’re going to get sick. And when we do, many of us will run to our doctors and, hoping to get better, demand antibiotics. And that’s the problem: […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOE CITY – Eagle Rock has to be the easiest hike in Lake Tahoe to get some of the most stunning views. It’s like having an eagle’s-eye view of the basin. Eagle Rock has always been popular among those who knew about it. But now it is getting even more attention because […]
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By Carl Zimmer, New York Times In 1602, a Spanish fleet was sailing up the Pacific coast of Mexico when the crew became deathly ill. “The first symptom is pain in the whole body that makes it sensitive to touch,” wrote Antonio de la Ascensión, a priest on the expedition. “Purple spots begin to cover […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times A wildfire season that began with dire warnings that dry conditions had set the stage for a year of flames across California and the West turned out to be one of the nation’s quietest in the past decade. Although 2013 was marked by two high-profile blazes, one in California […]
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