By Kathryn Reed While a bit of apprehension fills the halls of South Tahoe High School because of next week’s visit from the accreditation team, optimism also abounds because there is the belief the original decree handed down last spring was based on faulty assessments. Being an accredited high school is huge, especially when it […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal The state Department of Corrections is establishing a designated mental health facility at Northern Nevada Correctional Center to provide coordinated treatment for inmates housed around the state, Director James Dzurenda said. Dzurenda told the state Board of Prison Commissioners, chaired by Gov. Brian Sandoval, that the goal is to […]
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One of the men accused of murdering a man in South Lake Tahoe earlier this could be going to prison for life. Tristan Batten, 18, of Vallejo on Nov. 22 pleaded guilty to murder, involuntary manslaughter, second degree robbery and second degree robbery where a weapon was present. He will be sentenced next year. Details of […]
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By Elissa Nadworny, NPR There’s a perception that children don’t kill themselves, but that’s just not true. A report shows that, for the first time, suicide rates for U.S. middle school students have surpassed the rate of death by car crashes. The suicide rate among youngsters ages 10 to 14 has been steadily rising, and […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee CalPERS is preparing more pension rate hikes, and they could cost government agencies billions of dollars. With consultants predicting long-term declines in investment earnings, the big California pension fund is considering substantially higher contribution rates for the state and the thousands of municipalities and school districts that rely on CalPERS […]
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Nevada Department of Wildlife officials removed a bear trap sitting outside a Skyland residence without having caught the bear. The trap was set Nov. 14 and removed Nov. 18. NDOW places traps upon a homeowner’s request. This is the 11th trap this year removed without having caught a bear. The neighbor, according to the Bear […]
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By Tracy Rucinski, Reuters The U.S. government’s bankruptcy watchdog objected on Monday to a Caesars Entertainment Corp (CZR.O) subsidiary’s proposal to exit Chapter 11, threatening to derail a largely consensual plan to slash $10 billion of debt. The Caesars subsidiary, Caesars Entertainment Operating Co Inc (CEOC), filed an $18 billion bankruptcy in January 2015 amid […]
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By Miranda S. Spivack, Reveal For more than three decades, Nick Maravell and his family farmed on a 20-acre plot in suburban Maryland, tucked between the Potomac River and megamansions in Potomac, a tony suburb that is home to powerful lobbyists, government contractors and other wealthy families. Nick’s Organic Farm, a relaxed place where customers […]
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By Kathryn Reed Baja Fresh joins Raley’s at Stateline in having food tampered with. A 12-year-old felt sick after eating at Baja Fresh on Nov. 19. The child was treated for symptoms related to food poisoning at Barton Memorial Hospital. South Lake Tahoe policer officers said an unknown suspect put an unidentified substance on the […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun First responders know all too well that there is a brief window during which the effects of an opioid overdose can be reversed by a medicine known as naloxone. It’s no cure to the opioid epidemic, but it has become an essential tool for first responders. Parents or other […]
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