By Laura Myers, Las Vegas Review-Journal Putting together a budget for the state of Nevada isn’t so easy after all. State Treasurer Dan Schwartz, who proposed to the Legislature a spending plan to rival fellow Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget, said he’s rewriting it because Nevada can’t raise $540 million as he’d like from a […]
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A resident panning for gold on the West Slope found more than he wanted. He unearthed part of a human skull. The El Dorado County resident was in the Bear Creek picnic area near Traverse Creek Road on Feb. 10 when he came across the remains. The person had been digging in the dirt when […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nancy Gaynor has been waiting nine months for a check to arrive from Lake Valley Fire Protection District. This is three months longer than what was promised to be the absolute deadline. And the latest word is that it could be a couple more months, maybe longer. The South Lake Tahoe woman is […]
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By Deborah Blum, New York Times For the past few years, the geologists Brenda Buck and Rodney Metcalf have combed the wild terrain of Southern Nevada, analyzing its stony dunes and rocky outcroppings — and to their dismay, tallying mounting evidence of a landscape filled with asbestos. Asbestos occurs naturally in many parts of the […]
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By Katie Campbell and Courtney Flatt, KCTS-TV WINTHROP, Wash. — Snow blankets the landscape in north central Washington. What you can’t see is the scorched earth left from last summer’s Carlton Complex fire. Even through the snow, Susan Prichard, a fire ecologist for the University of Washington, can see the damage. She can also see […]
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It took until Tuesday morning for Liberty Utilities to restore power to all of its customers after wind gusts between 130-150 mph along the Sierra Crest knocked over power poles and toppled trees onto electrical wires. Liberty services the California side of the basin, as well as Truckee, Alpine and Mono counties. NV Energy provides […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — As a gun-loving state where Republicans have launched a wave of pro-firearm proposals since taking control of the Legislature in 2014, Nevada might seem like anything but a source of hope for supporters of tougher gun laws. But gun control advocates say they’re optimistic that Nevada could […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District board members went with experience over longevity in the community when it came to appointing a fifth board member. Adam Jones, 43, will fill the seat vacated by Sue Novasel. He will be sworn in at the next meeting, March 10. Novasel resigned last month after being […]
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A Las Vegas man was sentenced last week to 180 days in Nevada County jail for an attempted carjacking in Truckee in October. Nathan Daniel Jones, 29, in January pleaded no contest to an assault charge. In addition to the time behind bars, Jones will be on three years supervised probation. Jones was originally arrested on two […]
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By Wil S. Hylton, New York Times Christina Brown pulled into the refugee camp after an eight-hour drive across the desert. It was late July of last year, and Brown was a 30-year-old immigration lawyer. She had spent a few years after college working on political campaigns, but her law degree was barely a year […]
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