By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Sun Facing pressure from state officials and customers, NV Energy will let ratepayers continue using old-style meters instead of switching to new digital ones. The power company, which serves about 90 percent of Nevada’s population, said Wednesday it will offer an analog meter to customers who do not want a […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – While China was the No. 1 fossil fuel emitting country in 2011, what is missing from most conversations is who is consuming all the goods that country is producing. A significant amount of CO2 emissions comes from making things. And it is people in the United States who are buying […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun As the prospect of passage of federal legislation legalizing online poker play continues to dim, several states are looking to move independently to offer various forms of Internet gambling. But panelists in Sunday’s closing session of the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States had cautionary advice for […]
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By Stephen Magagnini, Sacramento Bee A year after John Henderson, an avid 7-year-old skier from Davis, fell off a chairlift to his death, Sugar Bowl has announced a comprehensive chairlift safety program inspired by the boy’s parents. The improvements recommended by John’s mom and dad – UC Davis Medical Center doctors Helen Chew and Mark […]
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By Theresa Harrington, Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO — California’s schools chief on Tuesday called for sweeping changes in the standardized tests that measure student achievement, dispensing for the most part with multiple choice questions in favor of more rigorous, thought-provoking exams. As part of an overhaul of the state’s curriculum standards, the STAR tests familiar […]
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By Mark Grossi, Fresno Bee The National Park Service is calling for a $235 million renovation of world-renowned Yosemite Valley — featuring a pedestrian underpass near Yosemite Falls and a limit on visitors during crowded times. The changes are part of the embattled Merced River Plan, a draft of which was released Tuesday. Yosemite Lodge, […]
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Updated Jan. 10 11:45am A missing snowboarder from Gardnerville said he spent the night at the Horizon hotel-casino with an acquaintance. He called his dad about 9am Thursday to say he was fine. According to deputies who spoke with Corey Hoffman, he was unaware a search had started the previous evening at Heavenly Mountain Resort. […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN – Some Douglas County School District support staff have to wait another month to receive pay increases due them since July 2012. The county’s school district board of trustees was scheduled this week to vote on ratification of a long-negotiated contract agreement with the Douglas County Support Staff Organization, which is […]
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Southwest Gas bills are likely to go for people in El Dorado County. The utility says the average residential customer’s monthly bill for 73 therms would increase $7.21 to $73.41. The Las Vegas-based company filed the increase request with the California Public Utility Commission on Dec. 20. The goal is to increase its 2014 authorized […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bob Harris, former forest supervisor of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, has died. He was 72. “He was quite an environmentalist, but also a professionally knowledgeable land manager. He was able to balance environmental ethics with land and conservation knowledge,” Bill Morgan said of his friend of 47 years. Harris led […]
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