By Jose Olivares, Reno Gazette-Journal The website WalletHub recently ranked Nevada 48 out of 51 in a list analyzing health care in the U.S. in 2016. According to WalletHub, Nevada is one of the states with the worst health care, ranking last in terms of children with health insurance. According to WalletHub’s findings, Nevada was […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle A lot of things can start a wildfire: lawn mowers, gunfire, smoldering cigarettes. It makes sense in a state dried out by drought. But the latest culprit — a bike — is largely unheard of as a source of ignition, and is being met with disbelief in some circles. […]
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By Associated Press Californians are still saving water despite the recent lifting of mandatory statewide conservation, but not as much as they were last year at the peak of the drought, water officials said Wednesday. Monthly figures showed water conservation in cities and towns statewide dropped 1 percent in July from the previous month. July […]
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Fifty-seven people were arrested on driving under the influence charges in El Dorado County from Aug. 19-Sept. 5. The Avoid the 6 ramped up its usual enforcement efforts, deploying several roving DUI saturation patrols. “For us, saving one life would make the campaign worthwhile,” District Attorney Vern Pierson said in a statement. “We wanted our […]
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Updated 3:29pm By Kathryn Reed Plans are in the works to permanently stop all development on a 120-acre site off Highway 267. What was to become the controversial Brockway Campground may remain undisturbed forestland. Sierra Pacific Industries owns the ridegtop parcel off Fibreboard Freeway. If a deal goes through, the U.S. Forest Service will be […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — State Controller Ron Knecht last week released a list of bills he has requested be drafted for the 2017 legislative session, including a measure that would create a hybrid retirement plan for state and local government employees. Employees would have the option to move into this plan, […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal Outside groups reported putting $1.37 million into Nevada election races last week, according to Federal Election Commission data. The bulk of the money went into the Senate race between Democratic candidate Catherine Cortez Masto, a former Nevada attorney general, and Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev. Read the whole story
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Firefighters on the South Shore were busy again with a suspicious wildland fire on Tuesday. By 4pm Sept. 6 the blaze in Rabe Meadow in Stateline was out and crews were in patrol status, according to U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Lisa Herron. Investigators didn’t immediately have a cause for the 30 x 40 foot fire. […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP Oxygen tanks, hospital beds, feeding pumps, crutches and other durable medical equipment could be exempt from the Nevada sales tax if voters approve a measure on the ballot in November. Here are things to know about Question 4: How does it work? If the measure passes this year and again in […]
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A 21-year-old man hiking at Cascade Falls on Labor Day died. “He fell 40 feet and tumbled another 60 feet,” Kileigh Labrado, spokeswoman for Lake Valley Fire Protection District, told Lake Tahoe News. Her agency was notified about the incident at 4:06pm Sept. 5. She does not know if the victim was with friends or […]
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