By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – School board members in Douglas County on Tuesday received enough information to convince them the four-day school week is not the reason test scores at Whittell High School are going down. After WHS Principal Crespin Esquivel gave a sobering account of how students are doing at his facility, the […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Controversy over Nevada’s black bear hunt took a new twist Tuesday, with American Indians opposed to the hunt saying they’ve been questioned over the matter by the FBI. Representatives of the American Indian Movement who spoke out against killing Nevada’s bears on religious grounds last month are claiming their rights […]
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By Mark Robison, Reno Gazette-Journal John Christy says his new study of Sierra Nevada snowfall shows global warming is not the dire threat many make it out to be. “In general, it depends on what religion you have,” Christy said when asked about the reaction to his paper. “If you believe Man is doing horrible […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Once-booming El Dorado County lost residents last year, one of 18 California counties that saw its population shrink from 2010 to 2011, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The loss was minuscule — 210 people, or one-tenth of one percent — but it represents a reversal for a county […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal The National Transportation Safety Board has not yet determined what caused last year’s deadly crash at the Reno National Championship Air Races, but its chairwoman recommended on Tuesday seven changes she said would make the races safer for pilots and spectators. The pilots should recieve special G-force training and perhaps […]
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Police are sifting through the remnants of a crude explosive device to determine who may have left it on Tallac Avenue near the Laundromat at Harrison Avenue in South Lake Tahoe. “At first glance it did not appear to be a highly sophisticated device,” South Tahoe police Lt. Brian Williams told Lake Tahoe News. He […]
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By Kathryn Reed Halfway into his three-year contract with South Lake Tahoe, Tony O’Rourke is looking for another job. He has been out of the office quite a bit in a quest to move on. He says the decision has more to do with his family than it does professional reasons. “For the long term […]
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Percentage-wise the Stateline casinos had a higher tally in gaming revenues compared to the state from February 2011 to February 2012. The Nevada Gaming Control Board released the figures this morning. The South Shore win was $15 million, an increase of 10.3 percent. The state revenue was $932 million, or an increase of 5.7 percent […]
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South Lake Tahoe is down to two medical marijuana dispensaries. City of Angels 2 closed Sunday night. “I’m afraid of the feds,” owner Gino DiMatteo told Lake Tahoe News as he stood in front of the shop on Third Street. The professionally made sign plastered on the front door says the same thing. “Closed until […]
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By Scott Moritz, Bloomberg AT&T Inc. agreed to sell a majority stake in its Yellow Pages directory division to Cerberus Capital Management LP for about $950 million as part of an effort to dispose of units that are holding back revenue growth. AT&T will receive $750 million in cash and a $200 million note, according […]
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