By McClatchy Newspapers September had barely started, but that didn’t stop retailers from talking Christmas: Wal-Mart said it would begin its holiday-layaway promotion just two weeks after Labor Day – a full month early. A few days later, Toys R Us and Kmart said they’d do away with layaway fees altogether. One might say they […]
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Updated Sept. 21 10:45pm: The Carter Springs Fire in Douglas County had burned more than 1,500 acres as of late Friday night. It is estimated to be 5 percent contained. Highway 395 is expected to remain closed from Riverview on the north and at Kingsbury Grade on the south through the night. Fire officials said […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Since 2007, Nevada state agencies have continued to pay welfare and food stamp benefits to a small number of recipients who had died, according to a legislative audit released Wednesday. The report found the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services sent benefits to 27 of the […]
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By Samantha Boatman, KOLO-TV A study released by the Violence Policy Center ranks Nevada as No. 1 for the third year in a row for the number of women killed by men. Nevada has topped the list five out of the last six years. The study says the rate of women killed by men is […]
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Incline Village residents have been reporting people entering their homes while they are at home. Washoe County sheriff’s deputies have put out an alert to residents about a series of residential burglaries that started Sept. 1. They are usually during the early morning hours. The suspects are entering through unlocked doors and window. Anyone with […]
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Updated 1:55 pm: The fire has grown to approximately 30 acres and is threatening structures in the the area. A unified command has been established with East Fork Fire and Paramedic Districts and Bureau of Land Management. One helicopter is on scene providing water drops. Others have been ordered. —- East Fork Fire and Paramedic […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau RENO – Northern Nevada state lawmakers and candidates in the November general election identified a number of public education priorities at a forum here Monday, from ending social promotion to paying the best performing teachers more to making much-needed capital improvements to older Washoe County schools. But those participating […]
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By Kathryn Reed Twenty years after the federal government mandated accessibility to public buildings for the disabled, South Lake Tahoe has adopted a plan to make this a reality. While the city believes it would take $3.5 million to bring all of its facilities into compliance, the Tahoe Area Coordination Council for the Disabled believes […]
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By Susan Wood While politicians declare war on women’s issues, the battleground actually started long ago in the media world. This is what longtime Lake Tahoe Community College sociology Professor Scott Lukas has discovered. A decade ago, Lukas focused on gender bias in advertising for one of his sociology classes. His students became so widely […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Nevada voters will determine the fate of only one statewide measure in the Nov. 6 general election, but the proposal put on the ballot by the Legislature is somewhat controversial. Question 1 on the ballot asks Nevada voters if the state Constitution should be amended to […]
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