By Denise Wong, KOLO TV That shooting tragedy in Arizona is hitting very close to home. We’ve learned two of the victims had grown up in Reno and raised their children here. 76-year-old Dorothy Morris was one of the six people killed in the shooting. She was known as Dorothy Burns when she was a […]
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Douglas County sheriff’s deputies do not believe the death of a 26-year-old man on New Year’s Day is the result of foul play. However, Nevada law requires all unattended deaths be investigated as homicides. Toxicology reports may not be available for two months. David Marriner, an Incline Village High School graduate who was living in […]
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted for Destruction of Property at Heritage Park in Gardnerville. The park off Gilman Avenue and Courthouse Alley was damaged sometime between Dec. 31 and Jan. 3. The damage was committed by an unknown person who intentionally drove his/her vehicle on […]
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By Jane Braxton Little, Sacramento Bee Three environmental groups opposed to a four-season resort on Dyer Mountain lost a legal bid seeking to force Lassen County to redo an environmental review of the development. Lassen County Judge F. Donald Sokol ruled the county acted properly in its 2007 assessment of the project proposed for nearly […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Southwest Airlines is converting its popular Rapid Rewards loyalty program to a points-based system with accrual based on how much money a customer spends for a ticket. The Dallas-based airline, the busiest at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport, is unveiling the new system today with the conversion scheduled […]
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By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times Critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to respond to simple commands, doctors said Sunday. Meanwhile, the nation tried to come to grips with the Arizona shooting rampage, which killed six and spurred a troubled country to reexamine its political culture. At a televised news conference in Tucson, […]
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By Michael Doyle, Sacramento Bee Washington Bureau The shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday struck home with California public officials of all stripes, reminding them anew of their own vulnerabilities. Shortly after the shooting, Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater, said he and other House members received multiple e-mail warnings from Capitol Hill law enforcement […]
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By Arizona Republic Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was the intended target in the shooting and he described suspect Jared Loughner as one with a criminal record and one with mental issues. Dupnik also said he was “not convinced” that the suspect acted alone, but he declined to elaborate. […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Both the Sierra Nevada and the San Francisco Bay-Delta have been named by environmental groups to a new list of 10 American habitats threatened by climate change. The list was released Wednesday by the Endangered Species Coalition, a network of hundreds of conservation groups in the United States. The 10 […]
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By Rob Sabo, Northern Nevada Business Weekly The new owner of David Walley’s Hot Springs near Genoa in the Carson Valley plans to build up to 100 single-family and condominium time-share and rental units at the historic resort founded in 1862. Pat Joyce, president and founder of Summerwinds Resort Services of Branson, MO., purchased the […]
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