By Jessica Hice, Sacramento Bee An 11-year-old Galt boy died in a car crash early Wednesday near Ice House Road on Highway 50, the El Dorado County coroner’s office reported. A driver lost control of a vehicle just after midnight, ejecting a 13-year-old girl and killing Tonino Trujillo, the California Highway Patrol reported. The BMW […]
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By Patrick Perron, Bay Area News Group A trio of significant earthquakes that struck a remote part of western Nevada early Wednesday were big enough to cause as much as $1 billion in damage if they had been centered beneath a big city, a leading expert said. The first of two magnitude-5.7 quakes that began […]
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Due to the high volume of celebrants within the Stateline casino core on New Year’s Eve, Highway 50 may be closed to vehicle traffic. If that should occur, vehicle traffic will be diverted around the Stateline casino core area using upper and lower Lake Parkway Drive. Drivers anticipating traveling through the Stateline casino core area […]
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By Sarah Litz, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada Highway 88 was closed in both directions near Gardnerville on Thursday morning after a two vehicle crash, officials with the Nevada Highway Patrol said. Trooper Dan Gordon with the Nevada Highway Patrol said one lane of traffic was reopened at 8:20am. At around 6:53am, three vehicles were involved in […]
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A Missouri man was arrested Tuesday in Truckee on charges of transporting nearly 150 pounds of marijuana. A California Highway Patrol officer stopped Randall Scott Akers, 38, on Dec. 27 on Interstate 80 near Highway 267 in Truckee for reportedly having a GPS device affixed improperly on his windshield. The officer then noticed the auxiliary diesel […]
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By Associated Press State officials say Nevada gambling revenue dropped about 1.5 percent in November mainly due to decreases in the Las Vegas area. However, Stateline revenue jumped 12.5 percent to $16 million. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday that the state’s casinos won more than $930 million in November. Revenue on the Las Vegas […]
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By Kathryn Reed SnowGlobe might be the safest place to be for the next three nights – assuming you aren’t a criminal. Controlled environments where there is fencing to contain people are safer than free-for-all venues like what is found in the Stateline casino corridor on New Year’s Eve. Still, law enforcement has strategies in […]
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A 13-year-old boy from Meyers is lucky to be alive after falling through the ice at Lake Baron today. The youth, whose name has not been released, was riding his bike at Tahoe Paradise Park in Meyers when the front tire broke through the ice. The ice cracked, then the boy and his bike went under […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun Changes to laws involving guns, marijuana and mopeds will greet Nevadans in 2017. Here’s a rundown of some of the most talked-about issues affecting our community beginning Jan. 1. Voters in November narrowly approved a ballot question to expand background checks for firearm purchases. This new law is aimed […]
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By Associated Press Officials say it’s too soon to declare an end to California’s drought despite heavy rain falling early in the wet season. The state’s Department of Water Resources said Tuesday that the Sierra Nevada snowpack is at 72 percent of normal for this time of year. The mountain snow contributes about a third […]
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