By Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times Standing in the pulpit above Austin Klimusko’s casket three years ago, his mother used his death to draw the connection between pills from a pharmacy and drugs from the street. “When his prescriptions dried up, he turned to heroin,” Susan Klimusko said in a frank eulogy meant as a […]
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By Leigh Weingus, Huffington Post Seventy percent of the world’s population is expected to live in a city by 2050, according to a University Of Minnesota study. But with urbanization comes the spread of the Western diet — and that’s not a good thing. Developing countries have generally relied on vegetables, fruits and legumes as their main […]
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The U.S. Forest Service has a new firefighting tool in its arsenal. Tanker 118 on July 10 started flying wildfire suppression missions from Sacramento. The Forest Service began using air tankers to drop fire retardant in the 1950s. For the past 35 years, the agency has used air tankers contracted from private industry. The 2014 […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Although Nevada casinos don’t make nearly as much money from slots as they did before the recession hit, the machines are starting to make a comeback. Slot revenue dropped sharply in 2008 and 2009, much like the rest of the state’s gambling business, and still remains far below its […]
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By Kathryn Reed Vandals have caused more than $5,000 worth of damage to newspaper racks in South Lake Tahoe and Meyers. The two culprits have been caught on video, though positive identification has yet to be made. “Every three to five years this happens, but this is the biggest damage that has happened,” Steve […]
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Caltrans will begin one-way traffic controls of up to one mile in length on Highway 89 starting July 13 a 5am. This is a $6 million resurfacing project. The overlay project will begin at the Prosser Dam Road/Alder Drive roundabout just north of Interstate 80 in Truckee and continue for approximately 8 miles to the Sierra County […]
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By Aljazeera America The Senate introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday that would prevent criminal prosecution as well as liability and asset forfeiture for banks that do business with a state-sanctioned marijuana business. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, and Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican, both of Colorado, announced the bill in a joint statement. Last […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Less than two months after solar companies and NV Energy reached a compromise on a controversial energy policy, the two groups are rehashing their battle. The Alliance for Solar Choice filed a petition with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada on Wednesday, saying that it will soon hit a […]
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By Yashaswini Swamynathan, Reuters CVS Health Corp said it was withdrawing its membership from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after media reports that the trade group was lobbying globally against anti-smoking laws. The No. 2 U.S. drugstore chain said it was “surprised” to read recent reports on the chamber’s position on tobacco products outside the […]
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By Aaron Smith, CNN Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever, according to the FBI’s background check data. Last month the FBI conducted nearly 1.53 million background checks, which are required for all in-store purchases, but not for sales at gun shows or […]
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