• The River Ranch near Alpine Meadows is for sale. Asking price is $5 million.

• For its notable economic and environmental efforts, Snow Creek Stream environment zone restoration in North Lake Tahoe earned the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision Platinum award.

• “Selfie” is the word of the year, according to Oxford Dictionaries.

• After completing 700 hours of intensive training to become Nevada peace officers, 36 recruits graduated from the Northern Nevada Law Enforcement Academy this week. The graduating class includes 27 from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, six from the Reno Police Department, two from UNR Police Department and one from the Sparks Police Department.

• Bryce Schussel, 2000 Whittell High grad, is in his eighth year as head athletic trainer at San Francisco State. The university featured him in this story.