By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, AP Hillary Clinton edged out Bernie Sanders on Saturday in Nevada’s caucuses, capitalizing on a more diverse Democratic electorate to propel her to a crucial win in her presidential bid. In Nevada, thousands packed schools, casinos and hotels to vote, including scores of first-time caucus-goers who favored Sanders. The […]
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Search and rescue crews are working in the Inspiration Point area by Emerald Bay looking for a woman from Zephyr Cove who has been missing since Feb. 15. The vehicle belonging to Carolyn Batchelor was found by the California Highway Patrol on Friday. No one was in the vehicle. Highway 89 was closed for a […]
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By Kathryn Reed For more than 100 years automobiles have been subjected to the whims of Mother Nature when it comes to being able to drive around Emerald Bay on Highway 89. For the past few winters the closures have been minimal because the snow was close to nonexistent. This year, though, it seems like […]
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Placer County sheriff’s detectives are investigating the destruction of a statue of the Virgin Mary in Kings Beach as a hate crime. Sometime last weekend suspects removed the head, hands and fingers of the granite state at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. The fingers were found on church property. Several churches in the area […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The Reno Gazette-Journal reached out to all of the presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat, for their responses to six questions of special interest to Nevada voters. Informed by reader feedback, we asked them about immigration, drought, renewable energy, marijuana, online gaming and federal lands management. Below are the email responses from Democratic […]
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By Caitlin Lilly, Las Vegas Review-Journal In the wake of the Oregon standoff that resulted in the death of LaVoy Finicum and the arrest of Cliven Bundy andhis two sons, Time Labs examined how much land the federal government actually owns throughout the United States. Not only does the federal government own 28 percent of all U.S. […]
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By Philip Marcelo, AP BOSTON — It’s like “Guitar Hero” that pays you back, if you’re any good. At least, that’s the pitch gambling regulators across the country are hearing as they consider whether to allow casinos to offer slot machines that mimic video and arcade games in an effort to attract younger gamblers. The […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau Yosemite National Park’s concessionaire executives met with National Park Service officials on Dec. 8, 2014. On that, at least, they agree. What happened next, though, remains in dispute, like so much else involving renewal of the park’s lucrative concessions contract. Company executives say the park service “pressured” them to […]
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A tiny temblor shook the South Lake Tahoe region early Friday morning. According to the Nevada Seismic Laboratory, a 1.14 earthquake struck 12.5 miles south of South Lake Tahoe at 1:09am Feb. 19. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Nikhil Goyal, Wall Street Journal Last year, at the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in central New Jersey, Superintendent David Aderhold decided that students had had enough. District staff had recommended mental-health assessments for more than 120 middle- and high-school students for depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts—a pronounced increase from the previous year. In […]
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