By Seth A. Richardson, Reno Gazette-Journal If the Iowa Democratic caucuses showed the country one thing, it’s that sometimes it does come down to a coin flip. Initial reports showed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won six precincts over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that needed some form of tie breaker, resulting in a coin flip […]
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A 31-year-old Tahoe City man was killed Saturday when the vehicle he was riding in crashed in Yuba County. Nathan Boyd, who was in the back seat, died at the scene. Patrick Elliott, 28, of Pike faces second-degree murder charges as well as felony driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license charges, […]
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By Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown is looking to make good on a promise to curb California’s petroleum use by shifting away from new legislation and instead tucking his fuel-reduction goal inside the state budget. Oil companies spent millions of dollars in 2015 to strip a controversial climate change bill of its provision slashing petroleum use in half […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal Sixth-grade teacher Terry Rauh hid a video camera in the unisex staff bathroom at Hall Elementary School in Sparks. Las Vegas elementary school teacher Noel Lardeo was the driver in a DUI collision that forced doctors to amputate a teenage boy’s leg. Middle school substitute Tamika Queen had sex with a 15-year-old […]
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By Megan Messerly, Las Vegas Sun The American Gaming Association gave only two presidential candidates, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a “green light” for their stances on gaming in its voter guide released last week. Clinton received high marks for saying casinos spur economic development and praising Las Vegas […]
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A little bit of shaking has been going on in Mammoth today. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Feb. 15 at 7:42am and at 10:47am a 3.2 temblor was felt, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. They were located about eight miles southeast of Mammoth Lakes. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Linda Fine Conaboy RENO – Nevada is the third most earthquake-prone state and is the fastest growing state, tectonically speaking, annually adding more area than the size of two basketball courts because of tectonic activity. James Faulds, the state geologist for Nevada and director of the Nevada Bureaus of Mines and Geology at UNR, […]
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By Jethro Mullen, CNNMoney More Americans than ever before are turning their backs on the United States. The number of citizens and long-term residents cutting their official ties to Uncle Sam jumped more than 20% last year to 4,279, according to a CNNMoney analysis of the latest government data. It’s a trend that’s been increasing […]
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A West Slope man may be involved with a drug deal in South Lake Tahoe that ended with an Amador County man being shot to death. Tevarez Lopez, 33, of Georgetown was arrested earlier this month on drug and weapons charges. While he is not being implicated in the murder of Dennis Wright, 40, the […]
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By Alan Fram, AP WASHINGTON — Congress voted Thursday to permanently bar state and local governments from taxing access to the Internet, as lawmakers leapt at an election-year chance to demonstrate their opposition to imposing levies on online service. On a vote of 75-20, the Senate gave final congressional approval to the wide-ranging bill, which […]
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