By Daniel Rothbergn, Las Vegas Sun A lawsuit asks a Carson City court to invalidate the Energy Choice Initiative, a November ballot measure seeking to end NV Energy’s monopoly and create a competitive electricity market. Opponents are not challenging the initiative’s placement on the ballot this year but are using the case as a preemptive […]
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By Christopher Solomon, Outside Perhaps you’ve heard that Donald Trump is running for president, and that he has strong opinions on issues like immigration and terrorism. Chances are, though, that you don’t know much about his positions on issues that Outside readers often care about, like public lands, the environment, conservation, and climate change. These […]
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By Barrett Newkirk, Desert Sun Scientists say they’ve discovered a new fault line running along the eastern edge of the Salton Sea parallel to the San Andreas Fault. The announcement, published this week in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, follows a recent rash of almost 200 small earthquakes at the Southern California […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada Gaming Control Board will refer a proposal to strengthen money-laundering regulations for sports books to its staff to determine if it would create additional burdens on its tax and audit divisions. The board on Thursday conducted a workshop on a proposed regulation that was unusual in that […]
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Once curb, gutter and concrete pavement is completed this week on Highway 28 in Kings Beach, grinding and paving at the east end will begin. This is expected to start Monday between the Char Pit and Beaver Street, and finish Thursday. Lanes will be temporarily shifted through the work zone. One-way alternating traffic control through […]
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By Marcella Corona , Reno Gazette-Journal Authorities found the car that belonged to a missing 19-year-old Barstow man, who disappeared last year on his way to start a new landscaping job in Truckee, according to the Barstow Police Department. Daniel Gallardo Jr., was reported missing on Oct. 28, 2015, by his family in Barstow, which […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Despite widespread opposition from law enforcement, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that will allow thousands of felons in county jails to vote in California elections as part of an effort to speed their transition back into society. Through a representative, Brown declined to comment on the bill by […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle Devastating wildfires like the giant that is still chewing through Big Sur are driving the nation’s firefighting costs to unprecedented levels, prompting the Obama administration to say the government is ill-equipped to handle the increasingly busy fire seasons of the historically dry West. White House Budget Director Shaun Donovan […]
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Lahontan Regional Water Quality Board in November will decide how to spend money from a settlement agreement with Squaw Valley ski resort. The public has until Oct. 14 to weigh in on the decision. Through the mid- to late 1990s, Lahontan issued several orders to address various issues of non-compliance with Squaw Valley Ski Corporation (now […]
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By Mary Lynne Vellinga, Sacramento Bee The family of a 13-year-old girl who died of an allergic reaction after eating a snack containing peanut butter has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the city of Sacramento, their lawyer announced Tuesday. In a prepared release, Dreyer said the city, which owns Camp Sacramento, would also announce reforms […]
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