By KRNV-TV A traveler who visited one of the three West African nations experiencing an Ebola outbreak and returned to the United States and the Reno area, is being actively monitored by the Washoe County Health District for appearance of any symptoms of Ebola. According to the Washoe County Health District, the individual was not […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun More than a year and a half after Nevada legalized online poker, the game still hasn’t taken off here. And Tuesday’s election results don’t offer much hope that Congress will help improve the situation. Revenue from online poker has been notably sluggish since the state started disclosing numbers in […]
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By Kathryn Reed The passage of Proposition 47 has California law enforcement agencies having to deal in a new way with those who allegedly commit crimes. The proposition says many crimes that were considered a felony are now a misdemeanor. It also means instead of being arrested, people will be cited. The citations are similar […]
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By Don Thompson, AP SACRAMENTO — A victims’ rights organization sued California state officials on Thursday as it seeks to speed up executions that have been on hold since 2006. Sacramento-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed a petition in Sacramento County Superior Court asking a judge to order state corrections officials to adopt procedures for […]
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By Dale Rodebaugh, Durango (Colo.) Herald The use of water, fresh and saline, in the United States in 2010 was the lowest in 45 years, a U.S. Geological Survey report says. “The 45-year low shows the positive trends in conservation that stem from improvements in water-use technologies and management,” the report said. In 2010, the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though Ted Gaines will not be California’s next insurance commissioner, he is happy with many of the outcomes from the Nov. 4 election – namely propositions 45 and 1. Gaines’ loss in the statewide race means he continues on as Lake Tahoe’s state senator. District 1 encompasses a large swath of […]
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A Nevada County woman was arrested Nov. 4 on several felony charges. The incident started at 2:55am Tuesday when two California Highway Patrol officers spotted a vehicle on Lake Tahoe Boulevard near Third Street in South Lake Tahoe that matched the description of a stolen vehicle from earlier in the shift. Officers made a U-turn […]
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With several hundred votes still to be counted, the South Lake Tahoe City Council race is a bit of a see-saw. Newcomer Austin Sass has taken over incumbent Angela Swanson in the latest update. Three seats are up. Here are the current numbers: Wendy David — 1,624 Tom Davis — 1,365 Austin Sass — 1,237 […]
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By Andy Coghlan, New Scientist The Golden State is baking. After months of drought in California the long-term forecast is … more drought. Rising global temperatures will turn much of the snow that currently replenishes the state’s reservoirs to rain, according to modelling studies by Dan Cayan at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San […]
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Clean Tahoe has responded to a record-breaking number of animal-in-trash incidents in the past month. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 the South Shore nonprofit cleaned and issued courtesy notices for 265 animal-in-trash incidents, and issued warning notices to more than 200 additional animal-in-trash incidents. In the last year 603 yards of litter and debris were picked […]
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