By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle Californians are saving an extraordinary amount of water, records show, even after winter rains prompted state regulators to begin easing drought-driven restrictions on cities and towns. The State Water Resources Control Board reported July 6 that urban water use dropped 28.2 percent in May compared with the same period in […]
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By Joan Lowy, AP WASHINGTON — Traffic deaths surged last year as drivers racked up more miles behind the wheel than ever before, a result of an improved economy and lower gas prices, according to preliminary government data released last week. Fatalities rose 7.7 percent to 35,200 in 2015, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives, lowering Nevada’s gambling age and authorizing public marijuana venues are among the 108 early bill draft requests submitted by legislators for possible consideration by the 2017 Nevada Legislature. The list released Friday offers a snapshot of some of […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Faced with the threat of a federal lawsuit, the Nevada prison system will no longer apply segregation policies that deny inmates with HIV access to work programs where other prisoners earn credits to reduce the length of their sentences. The state Department of Corrections “will not […]
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Update July 11, 2016, 4:20pm: By Kathryn Reed An infusion of cash from new owners of the Hard Rock Lake Tahoe has made the lawsuits go away that involved contractors who renovated the public areas of the Stateline property. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has approved brothers Jon and David Park’s request to sell half […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Change is coming to the Lake Tahoe Community College board of education no matter the out come of the November election. Fritz Wenck is saying goodbye. When Wenck’s term expires in December he will leave with the distinction of being the longest serving board member. Not only that, he was also […]
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The man who drowned at Lake Tahoe on June 25 has been identified as 21-year-old Jawahar Kaliyamurthy. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office did not release where he is from. People on a boat found him unconscious floating between Meeks Bay and Cave Rock near a personal watercraft. The Good Samaritan began tried CPR until Placer County […]
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This was the first Fourth of July weekend in more than a decade that Nevada did not record a fatality on its highways. There were two fatal crashes in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In 2015, there were five fatalities. Last Thursday the Nevada Department of Public Safety and the Nevada Highway Patrol partnered with Uber […]
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A Chico man who was assaulted on the streets of Truckee last month died July 3 at Renown Medical Center in Reno. Jesse Hill, 39, had been in intensive care with serious head injuries since June 18. Bryan Luke Sperlin, 24, of Truckee was originally booked on two felony assault charges. Police believe there are […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – On a normal weekend it takes crews 60 to 90 minutes to clean up the trash at the U.S. Forest Service beaches on the California side of the South Shore. After a holiday weekend like today they need twice as long. By 9am July 5, Paul Cleveland and Matt […]
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