By Colin Lygren, KOLO-TV Saving lives during a fire: a new technology is helping fire captains see through the smoke and reach victims faster in South Lake Tahoe. “Basically it provides a heat signature so we are able to see potentially a person, a body, heat from a fire behind a wall, that we normally […]
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By Rob Miech, Las Vegas Sun The recent spate of Arkansas executions, which included two on the same gurney, 3 1/2 hours apart — the first time in almost 17 years that any state has executed two inmates on the same day — has returned the death penalty to the forefront of national consciousness. Waves […]
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It’s been a costly winter for the Nevada Department of Transportation because of all the damage to roads, and the work isn’t even done. The emergency work for Kingsbury Grade totaled $750,000. That was for the sinkhole that formed in December. More work is being done on that stretch from the top of Daggett Summit […]
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By Katy Murphy, Bay Area News Group SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday unveiled a revised $124 billion general fund budget proposal that restored funding to child care subsidies and other social services, but does not include new money for key legislative priorities such as the Middle Class Scholarship or affordable housing. The governor […]
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By Francis Xavier, Unofficial Networks If you live in a mountain town deemed desirable for tourism you may have noticed a revolution in the housing market over the last few years….its called AirBnB. If you’re a second homeowner you love it. If you’re a struggling ski bum– it’s the bane of your existence. The Denver […]
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By Kathryn Reed Suicide. It’s on a lot of people’s minds. And that’s what worries those who want to prevent people from acting on those thoughts. In a survey of South Tahoe Middle School students, 65 out of 509 youths have thought about suicide, while 45 out of 509 have tried to kill themselves in […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Crucial details about the location and depth of certain California water wells can be kept secret, and out of the hands of an environmental group, a top federal appeals court ruled May 9. Although targeting a specific request for California information, the ruling by what’s sometimes […]
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The Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” is generating a lot of buzz among the education community. Lake Tahoe Unified School District Superintendent Jim Tarwater on May 9 sent a letter to all middle school and high school families. “Please consider the age and developmental stage of your student before allowing them to watch the show. […]
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By Ricardo Torres-Cortez, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Brian Sandoval was named in an NBC News blog as a potential candidate to head the FBI after Director James Comey was ousted Tuesday. Sandoval was one of three options the blog writers said would swiftly move through congressional confirmation due to being picks “without reproach,” journalists Chuck […]
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By Greg Porter, Washington Post “April showers bring May flowers” took on a whole new meaning this year: The United States just experienced its second-wettest April on record. Average precipitation across the Lower 48 was 3.43 inches. In other words, if you spread all of the rain and snow out across the continental United States, each location would […]
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