By Neal Morton, Las Vegas Review-Journal If there’s anything supporters and critics of school choice can agree on, it’s the likelihood that a pair of state Supreme Court hearings today will have an impact on public education beyond Nevada’s borders. That’s where the agreement seems to end, with parents, politicians and education policy experts widely divided […]
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Police are looking for a man who may have twice tried to assault women this week in South Lake Tahoe. A guest at Lakeland Village on July 25 told officers a man grabbed her from behind and dragged her into a storage closet. She was able to escape, although the suspect fled with her purse. […]
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A charcoal barbecue is likely what started a fire near Carnelian Bay this week, according to North Tahoe Fire Protection District officials. The house in the Cedar Flat area caught fire about 4:10am on July 28. Smoke woke up the residents, who then called 911 after seeing flames on the deck. No one was hurt. […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle The “Godzilla” El Niño is gone. But its sibling climate pattern, La Niña, which typically emerges in the aftermath with a cooling effect on the globe and potentially drier weather in California, has yet to show. Federal forecasters said Thursday that La Niña is still likely to develop, though […]
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By Ally Gravina, Moonshine Ink As the economy improves, weddings are quickly becoming more significant in Tahoe’s economy than in the past. Placer, Nevada, and Washoe counties were host to 11,935 weddings in 2015, according to the Wedding Report, which has been making a splash in the business community since the report was published in 2016. […]
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Thinning of trees for fuels reduction and forest health started last week on approximately 355 acres of National Forest System lands above Incline Village. Mechanical cut-to-length tree removal will take place on U.S. Forest Service urban lots and in areas adjacent to communities over the next several months. Some areas will be closed for public […]
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By Associated Press A Chinese rocket re-entered the atmosphere near California late Wednesday night around the same time many people shared video on social media of a mysterious bright object streaking across the night sky. U.S. Strategic Command spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn wouldn’t say if the rocket ever posed danger to people on the ground. She […]
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By Sammy Caiola, Sacramento Bee A mosquito that’s common in California has become the latest identified carrier of the Zika virus, potentially multiplying the population of vectors capable of spreading the disease. Until last week, researchers believed the virus could only be spread by two types of aedes mosquito much rarer in California and the […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP Nevada is among the states with the greatest proportion of female lawmakers, although women are still underrepresented in the Legislature and in many of the highest elected offices. Women accounted for one-third of the 63 members in the Legislature last session. That ties the state for fifth place in terms of […]
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Placer County Water Agency is doing so well with water supplies that it has surplus for sale. The board of directors is selling up to 20,000 acre-feet to the Bureau of Reclamation. The cost is $300 per acre-foot. Transfers are rather routine in non-drought years. PCWA officials said the transfer will allow it to increase […]
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