By Molly Peterson, KQED-TV Insurers can calculate how likely your home is to burn down in a wildfire, or flood in a high tide, and for some time now they’ve been using climate science to shape those estimates. KQED science reporter Molly Peterson spoke with state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. He told her the growing […]
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By Jessie Bekker, Las Vegas Review-Journal The number of children in Nevada without health insurance was cut by more than half between 2011 and 2016, but the state’s rate of uninsured kids remains the ninth-highest in the U.S., according to a report. The gains in insurance coverage occurred after passage of the Affordable Care Act […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Police Department still has not located the person believed to be responsible for the shooting death of a local man on June 11. Police are looking for a a light colored Pontiac Aztec that the suspect is believed to have fled in. Gregory Mitchoff, 62, died from multiple gunshot wounds. He […]
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Updated: 5:01pm: Expect delays on Echo Summit for much of the week as Caltrans works to stabilize the hillside. “We have a rock-scaling operation to knock down loose material, today through Thursday. They’re working 12-hour shifts with one-way traffic control, 6am to 6pm,” Steve Nelson with Caltrans told Lake Tahoe News. Traffic is delayed at […]
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By Ramona Giwargis, Las Vegas Review-Journal Two Nevada congressional seats are in play this November, setting up a showdown between national Democrats vying to win a House majority and Republicans determined to expand control of the chamber. The pair of open seats are up for grabs because Democrats are vacating them. Rep. Jacky Rosen is […]
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With a special tool and eye toward precision, workers on June 18 were carefully placing the pavers for Coyote Legacy Plaza. This circular area between the physical education building and the soccer field at Lake Tahoe Community College will be finished by the time graduation takes place June 29. The idea was launched a year […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Douglas County is putting some teeth into its short-term rental ordinance in an effort to curtail problems and bring more oversight to the issue. County officials came up with the ordinance and are just now engaging the public. The plan is for the ordinance to go for a vote by […]
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Eastbound Interstate 80 will be closed approximately 13 miles east of Truckee near Farad from 4-8am June 19 in order to remove a truck and trailer from the Truckee River canyon. Towing efforts on Monday to remove the crashed truck and trailer from the canyon were unsuccessful. A full closure of both freeway lanes is […]
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By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg It’s time to start watching natural gas, coffee and cocoa markets again — because a weather-changing El Nino could be arriving just in time for winter. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center issued an El Nino watch across the equatorial Pacific Thursday, with the odds jumping to 64 percent chance that […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The Washoe Lake Dam has an apparent leak that could undermine the structure and cause it to fail. That’s according to the Nevada Division of Water Resources which is marshaling resources to make an emergency repair, according to State Engineer Jason King. “When you have seepage going through an earthen […]
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