Updated 8:15pm: Firefighters are getting a handle on the Washington Fire burning near Markleeville. It is 45 percent contained, with 17,786 acres burned. Highway 4 through Markleeville, south over Ebbetts Pass, is open to through traffic. Highway 89 starting at the junction with Highway 4 and continuing over Monitor Pass remains closed, as does Wolf Creek […]
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By Brian Deka, Las Vegas Sun A cable news channel this week released its rankings of the nation’s top states for business, and the results were not kind to Nevada. The state fell 16 places to No. 45 in this year’s CNBC rankings, which evaluate states based on factors such as infrastructure, education, quality of […]
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By Ian McGibboney, Reno Gazette-Journal A hang-glider was found dead Friday afternoon near Slide Mountain, Washoe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Bob Harmon said. The victim has not yet been identified, Harmon said, and has been described only as an adult male. No other information was available. Dispatch received word of the man going down at […]
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By Bethany Barnes, Las Vegas Review-Journal When state lawmakers wanted ideas about how to improve the state’s community colleges last year, the Nevada System of Higher Education hired a Colorado-based think tank to scrutinize the four schools. But when the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems produced a report highly critical of the state’s […]
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By Associated Press California’s prolonged drought has created opportunities for prospectors and miners panning, sluicing, chiseling and diving for gold. The Sacramento Bee reported this week that gold seekers are wading into formerly deep waterways to harvest flecks from the pea gravel and sediment in crevices that have long been inaccessible. Long-haul trucker Gary Shaver says […]
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Updated 10:35pm: This is from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office: “As of 9:35pm, crews are responding to the fires. Two fires have been reported above Jack’s Valley, one above Autumn Hills, one above Job’s Peak Ranch and one near Fay Luther Canyon. The fires are going to be monitored through the night and will be […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials are asking Burning Man organizers to provide “excessive” comforts such as flushing toilets, washers and dryers, and vanity mirrors in a compound for high-level government officials staying in Black Rock City. A Burning Man spokesman estimated the compound would cost the event more than […]
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By Michael Bott and Thom Jensen, KXTV Curb appeal, crime rate and a quality education. Those are the factors most people weigh when buying a home. But, a new investigation found that equation was now influenced by the drought and longer, more intense fire seasons. Homeowners insurance, once a budget afterthought, was now top of […]
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A bird found in the El Dorado Hills area tested positive for West Nile virus, the first for 2015. The bird, a Western Scrub Jay, was found June 16. So far this year, West Nile virus activity has been reported in 26 California counties, including Sacramento and Placer counties. No human cases of the virus have […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau MEYERS – With a new fiscal year just around the corner, the Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District board of directors is gearing up for a year full of change. Former park manager, Steve Dunn, is out of the picture and moved out of the house in which he had been residing on […]
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