Stateline casinos were a drain on the overall July gaming revenue numbers for Nevada. July is often a good month for Stateline because of tourists coming to town for Fourth of July and the American Century Championship. With schools starting in August, it is now considered the busiest summer month for the area. Compared to […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun The city of Fernley is among the last signs of civilization on the road to the Burning Man festival. The majority of the 60,000 beatniks, bohemians, freethinkers and adventurers attending this year’s Burning Man traveled through the town to arrive at the event, which started Tuesday. The town’s Wal-Mart […]
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By Jacqueline Howard, Huffington Post When a lizard loses its tail, it grows back. But how? Scientists have taken a big step closer to answering that question by pinpointing the genes responsible for tail regeneration. And the finding may yield important clues about how to regenerate limbs in humans. For the study, the researchers took […]
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By Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday unveiled a salvage logging operation for more than 15,000 acres of trees burned in last summer’s Rim Fire. The plan — which calls for removing an additional 17,706 acres of trees along non-public roads — means the Forest Service will be selling more […]
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Laura’s Law has been adopted by the Placer County Board of Supervisors. It takes effect in January. This gives county mentally health officials, as well as courts, family members and probation officers the right to mandate mental health treatment in certain circumstances. The estimated $400,000 annual expense to Placer County will be paid for by […]
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Updated Aug. 27 5:44pm Less than 2 acres of National Forest burned in a remote area on the Carson side of Kingsbury Grade on Wednesday afternoon. As of 4:20pm firefighters had stopped it from spreading farther and were laying a hose around it, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The initial reports were that 6 […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe is making strides to have a coordinated regional transit system. A significant step is this week there will be a job posting by Tahoe Transportation District for a transit system program manager. “We need to answer: ‘What does an integrated transit system in the entire Tahoe area look like?’,” Carl […]
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By Mark Glover and Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Raley’s has agreed to pay nearly $1.6 million in civil penalties, costs and funding for environmental projects as part of a settlement related to allegations of improperly disposing hazardous waste. The judgment is the culmination of a civil enforcement lawsuit filed in San Joaquin County to stop […]
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Remains found in Truckee on July 12 have been identified as Duane Colin. The Truckee resident had been reported missing in March. Investigators do not believe foul play was involved. The exact cause of death remains unknown. Two hikers found teh skeletal remains west of Donner Lake Road in a steep and heavily wooded area […]
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By KRNV-TV California water conservation efforts are hitting home in Northern Nevada. State emergency regulations demand a cut to irrigation. Truckee Donner Public Utilities District officials are limiting Truckee area irrigation systems to two uses per week. The agency is relying on complaints to catch those abusing water privileges and fines begin at the second […]
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