By Wes Siler, Outdoor Hurricanes, earthquakes, and nuclear war, oh my. And don’t forget to add a near-record wildfire season to that list of disasters. According to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, there are 137 large wildfires currently raging across the American West, burning a total of 7.8 million acres. That’s not yet as bad as 2015, which […]
Read more
By Kathryn Reed TAHOE CITY – Something about meadows is mesmerizing. These vast grassy areas seem to appear out of nowhere. Such a contrast to all the conifers that dominate Tahoe hikes. Page Meadow was not a disappointment; especially considering I had heard so much about this North Shore area that is part of the […]
Read more
By Rong-Gong Lin II and Raoul Rañoa, Los Angeles Times One day, next to the traffic map and weather forecast on your smartphone, seismologist Thomas H. Jordan envisions an app that you can check to see when the chances of a major earthquake in California rise. Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, is […]
Read more
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers Tax reform is anticipated to be the next big issue before Congress, and Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., should have a front row seat since he sits on the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Banking Committee. The cherished mortgage-interest tax deduction will survive but with changes, Heller said on “Nevada Newsmakers” […]
Read more
By Kathryn Reed A jury next year could decide if Placer County violated the state open meeting law and if there was a secret agreement with Squaw Valley Ski Holdings that involved the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. A Placer County judge last week ruled that there is enough evidence for the case to go forward. […]
Read more
By Kevin Fagan and Alison Graham, San Francisco Chronicle California housing costs are spiraling so high that they are pushing the state’s homelessness crisis into places it’s never been before — sparsely populated rural counties. A Chronicle analysis of biennial homeless counts taken early this year across California shows the sharpest increases occurred not in […]
Read more
By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun Representatives in Congress are expected to take up a nuclear waste policy bill this fall that deals with issues tied to the Yucca Mountain project. House Energy and Commerce Committee staffer Andy Zach was in Las Vegas on Thursday to present the congressional outlook on nuclear waste policy and […]
Read more
By Kathryn Reed “How can I support you to be here tomorrow?” That one sentence could make someone realize they have a reason to live. Listening, being there – those are two of the more powerful antidotes to death by suicide. So often when someone wants to end it all they believe they are a […]
Read more
By Emily Benson, High Country News As Houston cleans up after Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma barrels through the Caribbean and Florida, this year’s Atlantic hurricane season offers a stark reminder of the power of oceans over weather. But ocean influences aren’t limited to the Atlantic. Last winter, rain and snow drenched California, much of […]
Read more
By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun Nevada’s Gaming Control Board will soon begin allowing sports books to offer bets on a year’s worth of esports events, the board’s chief of enforcement Karl Bennison said Thursday at a gambling and esports conference at the Westgate. Currently, books can only get permission to offer bets on one […]
Read more