By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Sun After more than a year of study, NV Energy says it “may” have a new way to help customers. The Las Vegas-based electric utility said last week it plans to join a western U.S. energy network that, starting next year when it’s up and running, will distribute power where […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Las Vegas Review-Journal A national assessment shows Nevada students fell short of the national average in math and reading despite the unprecedented efforts of the Silver State’s predominant district, Clark County, to assist failing students and hire reform-minded leadership. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education released the results of the National […]
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By San Jose Mercury News A new way of measuring poverty reveals California has by far the biggest share of people in economic despair, eclipsing states such as Mississippi and Louisiana, when housing and other costs are factored. The alternative yardstick, known as the supplemental poverty measure, found nearly 2.8 million more people are struggling […]
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By Alex Morales, Bloomberg The only three living diplomats who have led the United Nations global warming talks said there’s little chance the next climate treaty will prevent the world from overheating. The specific goal, to hold temperature increases to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, was endorsed by envoys from 190 nations in 2010. It’s considered the […]
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials are analyzing DNA from an animal that was roaming at Donner Lake. It may be a nonnative California red fox or a native Sierra Nevada red fox. The animal was first seen on Halloween and then early last week in North Lake Tahoe. The Sierra Nevada red fox […]
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By Bloomberg One obvious way to address the shortage of primary medical care in the U.S. is to train more people who can provide it. Even if this could somehow happen overnight, though, it wouldn’t necessarily solve the problem: Only 1 in 4 medical-school graduates goes into primary care (the least lucrative area of medicine), […]
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A traffic stop led to the confiscation of 138 pounds of marijuana and one person going to jail. A California Highway Patrol officer pulled Brandon T. Cook, 46, of Sacramento over after he reportedly passed several vehicles on the shoulder of Interstate 80 near Donner Summit. With the smell of pot coming from the suspect’s […]
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Ethan George Banaszak, 35, of Cameron Park pleaded guilty Nov. 8 to one count of bank embezzlement. According to court documents, Banaszak embezzled thousands of dollars from his employer, a federally insured bank. According to court records, Banaszak made more than $660,000 in unauthorized withdrawals from customers’ accounts and took $16,000 cash from the bank’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two dynamic women will be addressing the National Association of Realtors today – Deb Howard and Hillary Clinton. Howard, who owns D. Howard & Company real estate in South Lake Tahoe, is one of the panelists of a breakout session focusing on referrals. Clinton is the keynote speaker. Howard’s talk is not […]
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By Scott Carlson, Chronicle of Higher Education In recent years, folks as different as Mitt Romney, Peter Thiel, William J. Bennett, and the disaffected people of the Occupy movement started turning their attention to the cost of college—and the underlying question always seemed to be whether college was still worth its cost. There has been […]
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