A one-year contract with Douglas County School District’s classified staff is expected to be approved at the Feb. 9 school board meeting. The union ratified the agreement on Saturday. It calls for a 2.68 percent increase retroactive to July 1 and the district will not pay for longevity or step increases for this school year. […]
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By Ellen Knickmeyer, AP A state analysis warns that some sectors hit hardest by California’s drought may still need help long after the current dry spell ends. The report Friday by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office singles out Central Valley communities that will need years of state assistance getting new sources of drinking water, after […]
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The North Tahoe Public Utility District is exploring a potential public-private partnership with Laulima Development to renovate and manage the North Tahoe Event Center in an attempt to become financially stable. Three public meetings in February and March are planned to discuss the potential partnership and to solicit community input. “As a whole the district […]
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By George Avalos, Bay Area News Group SAN BRUNO — State regulators, alarmed by a non-stop leak of a gas well in Southern California, have issued emergency regulations and orders for inspections of all gas wells in California, including those owned by PG&E, which said Sunday that it is in compliance with most of the […]
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By Jennifer Robison, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada’s lukewarm income recovery turned hot in 2015. After nearly a decade bringing up the nation’s rear in personal-income growth, the Silver State shot to No. 3 for gains in 2015, according to a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts. Personal income matters because federal agencies use the number […]
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By Amy Quinton, Capital Public Radio A new federal study takes an in-depth look at how climate change will affect the Truckee River Basin. The Basin includes the Truckee and Carson Rivers, Pyramid Lake and Lake Tahoe. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation study says temperatures are expected to increase up to 5 degrees by the […]
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Ice and rocks contributed to area highways being shutdown at times on Saturday. A 16-car accident on Highway 88 the morning of Feb. 6 resulted in only one person being transported to Barton Memorial Hospital. Although there hasn’t been any new snow for a few days, where the pileup occurred is a notoriously icy section. […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Carolina Panthers didn’t exist and Peyton Manning was in high school when Congress halted expansion of legal sports wagering in the U.S. in 1992. The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act allowed Nevada’s sports book industry to continue along with small stakes sports wagering in Oregon, Delaware and Montana. […]
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Comments are being taken on NV Energy’s proposal to replace the electrical transmission line that runs from Foothill Road in the Carson Valley to Tramway Drive near Heavenly Mountain Resort. The draft environmental assessment analyzes the proposed replacement of the transmission line that serves the Kingsbury substation, which provides electricity to Heavenly Mountain Resort and […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval approved an emergency regulation on Friday easing Nevada’s teacher licensing requirements so that public schools – facing about 1,000 open positions this year – will have an easier time at hiring. The regulation change, recently permitted under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, allows the state to grant temporary one-year licenses […]
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