By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times Surgeons at Tucson’s University Medical Center removed Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from a ventilator Saturday and inserted a tracheotomy tube into her neck to assist her breathing, according to the center. Removing her from the ventilator, which means she is now breathing on her own, allows the medical […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck this morning in southern Douglas County about 15 miles southeast of Gardnerville, the Nevada Seismological Laboratory reported. The quake came at 8:35 a.m. and was about 4.5 miles deep. The reading has been reviewed by a seismologist. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said it has no reports […]
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By Northern Nevada Business Weekly The number of people moving into Nevada has slowed after 24 years of high inbound traffic, finds an annual study of moving trends by United Van Lines. United Van Lines’ 34th annual migration study, which tracks interstate household moving patterns among the 48 contiguous states, shows that 1,761 households used […]
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By Steven Mufson, Washington Post The headline news for the coal industry in 2010 was what didn’t happen: Construction did not begin on a single new coal-fired power plant in the United States for the second straight year. This in a nation where a fleet of coal-fired plants generates nearly half the electricity used. But […]
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State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, has introduced a bill to help cut the cost of special elections in small California counties. Senate Bill 109 would give counties with populations of less than 400,000 the option to only have vote-by-mail special election. “My bill will help cut the costs counties incur to conduct special elections by […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times California should more aggressively enforce the state’s ban on wasteful water use and crack down on inefficient irrigation practices, a state watermaster recommends. In a report that will be presented next week to the State Water Resources Control Board, Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson wades into a potentially explosive area […]
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By Liz Benston, Las Vegas Sun A long-running legislative proposal to increase slot machine fees is gaining steam as Nevada deals with a budget deficit of billions of dollars and a gubernatorial mandate to avoid increasing taxes. Predictably, some casino interests oppose the fee increases, calling them taxes by another name and a shortsighted cash […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — TripAdvisor isn’t solely driven by free content like customers might think it is. Chambers of commerce and visitors bureaus may buy regions, thus in turn dictating what content viewers see. The divide is pitting the North Shore against the South Shore in Lake Tahoe. In July, the North Lake Tahoe […]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal A five-month-old, $278,000 generator failed Dec. 19 and 150,000 gallons of sewage spilled out of a manhole onto the ground about 260 feet from Lake Tahoe on Dec. 19. The North Tahoe Public Utility District has hired an expert to try to determine how much of the sewage made it […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee What Northern Californians throw away might someday end up back in their fuel tanks, courtesy of a newly formed business partnership. Folsom-based waste hauler Waste Connections has partnered with a Pleasanton company that is ramping up to convert municipal solid waste into ethanol. Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. said last week that […]
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