By Anjeanette Damon, Reno Gazette-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval has proposed slashing the state’s chronically underfunded mental health budget by $20 million– including eliminating 112 positions statewide– arguing that the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act means more mentally ill clients can find care in private hospitals. But advocates for the mentally ill say […]
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By Seth A. Richardson, Reno Gazette-Journal Nancy Lang has been trying to reach Sen. Dean Heller’s office for some time, but to no avail. The 67-year-old from Gardnerville wanted to talk about some of the votes before the Senate – especially confirmation votes for some of President Trump’s cabinet appointees and the precarious position of […]
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What started out with California Highway Patrol officers trying to pull over a suspected drunken driver early Friday morning ended with a Placer County sheriff’s deputy fatally shooting that person. Highway 89 between Squaw Valley and Fairway Drive in Tahoe City is expected to be closed for the better part of Feb. 3 while officers […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – California State Parks wants to turn the centerpiece of Kings Beach into a masterpiece. Overhauling the master plan from 1980 for the Kings Beach State Recreation Area and replacing the pier that boats can’t reach are closer to being a reality. Creating a more welcoming, aesthetically pleasing, environmentally sensitive […]
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By Jon Mark Saraceno, Las Vegas Review-Journal HOUSTON — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday that no team owner can have any ownership stake in a casino, a proclamation aimed squarely at Las Vegas as the Oakland Raiders pursue relocation to a stadium suddenly in need of new investors. “That is not something that’s consistent […]
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By Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada commission charged with overseeing nuclear waste issues on Tuesday warned that it expects Congress to seek funding to revive the shuttered Yucca Mountain repository project this year. The warning is contained in a report to Gov. Brian Sandoval and the state Legislature from the Nuclear Projects Commission. […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — The state retirement board voted Tuesday to appeal a judge’s order requiring it to release the names and pension information of tens of thousands of retired public workers. The Public Employees Retirement System board, after meeting briefly in a closed session, agreed unanimously in a public […]
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A 30-year-old Carson City man whose parents live in Meyers was killed in a car wreck on Luther Pass on Wednesday night. The name of the victim has not been released. He was driving a Ford F150 north on Highway 89 near Grass Lake at an unknown rate of speed when he drifted onto the […]
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By Lake Tahoe News What a difference a month makes. The snowpack just keeps getting deeper and that’s a good thing. “We’ve got a very good snowpack, a very robust snowpack on the ground right now,” Frank Gehrke said Thursday after taking a series of measurements in the field near the entrance to Sierra-at-Tahoe. He noted […]
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By Sean Rossman, USA Today Punxsutawney Phil made his famous weather prediction Thursday morning, emerging from his burrow to see his shadow. That means, according to Groundhog Day tradition, the U.S. will brave another six weeks of winter. The groundhog, emerging from a sleep, squealed as he was pulled from his burrow about 7:15am. He was hoisted into […]
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