By Kathryn Reed Unable to hold back the tears, Kindred Murillo has mixed emotions about having tendered her resignation as president of Lake Tahoe Community College. While she will be leaving behind an extensive list of accomplishments, it is the people she will miss the most. She only had good things to say about the […]
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The search for missing Sugar Bowl ski instructor Carson May will not continue beyond Jan. 19. The 23-year-old from Davis was last seen Jan. 15 skiing in white-out conditions on the back side of the resort. He was not working at the time. He was reported missing the next day. This was May’s third year […]
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A Los Angeles man died from injuries he sustained Jan. 16 in a two-vehicle accident near Glenbrook. Aquiles Molero, 36, was a passenger in a vehicle that drifted across the center lane of Highway 50 and was then struck by oncoming traffic. Nevada Highway Patrol officers said a 2009 Toyota Corolla driven by Mexican national […]
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By Scott Smith, AP FRESNO — Farmers in the fertile San Joaquin Valley are bracing to receive no irrigation water from a federal system of reservoirs and canals for a third consecutive year and looking to El Nino to produce the very wet winter they need. The year kicked off with heavy rains and an above-average snowpack […]
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By Gloria Dickie, High Country News The summer of 2015 was unlike anything most career firefighters had ever seen. Across the United States, fires erupted not only in dry woodlands, but also in grasslands, rainforests, and tundra, ignited by lightning strikes and careless campers. Flames dripped from lichen-covered trees in the Pacific Northwest, and in […]
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By Steve Large, CBS-13 An El Dorado County father says he was just trying to do what any good dad would do, but instead he was treated like a common criminal. What bothers Vincent Gatica more is his license plate was posted on Facebook by law enforcement as if he were a common criminal. Gatica […]
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By Kathryn Reed A year ago this time the hype surrounding the opening of Lake Tahoe Hard Rock was palpable. The chaos inside was under wraps. It was quite a feat to actually have the doors open to the public on Jan. 28. Finishing touches were still taking place right up until the last minute. […]
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By Art Way, AlterNet More than three years have passed since Colorado residents voted to legalize marijuana, which immediately allowed adults to possess and cultivate limited amounts of marijuana. This past New Year’s Day marked the two year anniversary of adults being able to legally buy marijuana in Colorado. The policy is still in its formative stage, […]
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By Hillel Italie, AP NEW YORK — Glenn Frey, who co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley became one of history’s most successful songwriting teams with such hits as “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast Lane,” has died. Frey, who was 67, died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, the […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Call it an ironic political twist of fate. A constitutional amendment spearheaded more than a decade ago by a conservative Republican to take politics out of Nevada education funding is now at the heart of a legal battle that could upend a conservative GOP ideal — public […]
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