A single-vehicle rollover accident is blocking the eastbound lane of Highway 50 near Strawberry. No injuries requiring transport to a hospital were reported. The accident occurred just before 11:50am Jan. 18. The black Jeep Wrangler is on its right side. California Highway Patrol has no estimate when traffic will be flowing freely again in both […]
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By Mark Huffman, Jackson Hole Daily A skier who crashed last week at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort got up and dusted himself off but left behind part of his gear: a loaded handgun. The skier’s name was not given by resort officials or the Teton County Sheriff’s Office, but the resort said the man was a […]
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By Anne Knowles While signs of climate change may be everywhere around Lake Tahoe in recent years — warmer days and low snowpack, exposed piers and dry trees — the effect on real estate values is hard to see. But it’s not hard to imagine, based on studies demonstrating the probable impact of global warming […]
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By Megan Messerly, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Brian Sandoval announced today he is reconvening the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee to look into ongoing issues in the gaming industry. The committee will bring together politicians, stakeholders from the Nevada gaming community and others to discuss issues related to daily fantasy sports, skill-based games, the state’s interactive […]
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By Robert Glatter, Forbes In a first, Barton Health will implement a unique digital medicine offering for treating hypertension, one of the most common chronic medical conditions in the U.S. Referred to as Proteus Discover, the digital medicine offering incorporates an ingestible sensor – activated upon contact with stomach acid–which provides the information needed for […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP CARSON CITY — Nevada residents with rooftop solar panels are suing NV Energy, saying the company used incentives to lure them into investing tens of thousands of dollars before conspiring with regulators to raise rates and render their systems less valuable. Las Vegas solar panel owners John Bamforth and Stanley Schone filed […]
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Dozens of people are continuing to search for Carson May, the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort instructor who has been missing since Thursday. The 23-year-old was not working when he was last seen. He was reported missing Friday. The search has been focused on where May’s phone “pinged” on Friday. “It’s believed his phone battery is dead, […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times Water providers that have struggled in recent months to meet conservation targets could soon get some relief under the modified drought rules unveiled Friday by state regulators. The proposed changes to California’s emergency drought regulation reward water districts for investing in new local supplies and allow for adjustments to […]
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By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Gerald “Jerry” Smith grew up in Nevada and went to work for the Bureau of Land Management right after college. As a local, he figured he was uniquely suited to work with the ranchers who have long resented the federal government’s role in land management here. It didn’t quite […]
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By Sharon Bernstein, Reuters Gov. Jerry Brown warned on Thursday of near-apocalyptic water shortages if his $15 billion plan to divert water from a Northern California river for use elsewhere gets bogged down in political and environmental disputes. The plan to remove water north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the fragile source of much […]
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