By David Goldman, CNN The 2016 World Press Freedom Index shows that world leaders are cracking down on the press’ freedom. World leaders paranoid about journalism are cracking down on press freedom, continuing a recent trend in which governments are increasing their influence over the media. “There has been a deep and disturbing decline in […]
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By Kathryn Reed The investigation into the April 11 oil spill at the Tahoe Keys has expanded beyond that one incident. “There seems to be a fair amount of things that need to be addressed. I understand there is lot of history in that particular marina that we’ve just been made aware of,” Mitch Goode, […]
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By Paige Blankenbuehler, High Country News Throughout late March and into April, much of the West experienced unseasonably warm days. Then, in late April, temperatures plummeted in Southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains and more than 2 feet of wet, heavy spring snow fell. Suddenly, ski boots were out again and for a day or two, […]
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The Reno man accused of shooting a woman to death and leaving her body under an overpass near Truckee is due in court May 12 after not entering a plea earlier this month. Maurice Di Aundra Rogers, 33, is being held without bail in the murder of Felicia Romaine Spruell-Jones, 46, of Reno. Her body […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy RENO – Climate change isn’t new news, but it is big news now and its effects are becoming increasingly obvious in the forms of horrendous wildfires, extreme weather conditions and the slow strangulation of some of the ocean’s most beautiful fields of coral. In the words of journalist, syndicated columnist and […]
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By Willa Frej, Huffington Post Ineffective treatment for anxiety disorders and depression is leading to significant economic problems and hinders human development, suggests research from the World Health Organization. Those mental health disorders cost the global economy $1 trillion every year, according to the study, which was published this month in the Lancet Psychiatry. Furthermore, mental illnesses cause “a lot […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County has substantial money issues with no obvious solutions. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday begins the process to come up with a budget for 2016-17. The fiscal year begins July 1. By law the budget has to be balanced. The staff report says the county will be nearly $5 […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — A new report raising the likelihood of a destructive earthquake striking Salt Lake City in the next half-century has underscored the urgency to retrofit more than 30,000 older brick homes and other unreinforced buildings at high risk of collapsing. It’s also getting attention in neighboring Nevada, where a significant quake […]
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By Marc Benjamin, Fresno Bee Once bathed in deep green, the forests in the foothills and Sierra east of the San Joaquin Valley are increasingly turning reddish-brown as drought- and beetle-weary trees die by the month. It is a somber warning of a potentially dangerous summer. A study next month examining trees from the […]
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A suspected drug lab exploded Sunday night in South Lake Tahoe. When firefighters got to the house on the corner of Plum Street and Bruce Drive just after 5:30pm April 24 there was no fire. They put on their gear to make sure nothing was smoldering and no one was inside. Firefighters assisted Animal Control […]
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