By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Go ahead, flip on that light switch Monday in the middle of the first total solar eclipse to come close to Nevada in 38 years. Walk outside and check out the rare phenomenon of darkness during the day if you like. The grid will be just fine. Even with […]
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By Brady McCombs, Associated Press An emerging debate about whether elected officials violate people’s free speech rights by blocking them on social media is spreading across the U.S. as groups sue or warn politicians to stop the practice. The American Civil Liberties Union this week sued Maine Gov. Paul LePage and sent warning letters to […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man was sentenced this week to spend more than four years in prison for injuring a bicyclist while driving intoxicated and then fleeing the scene. Larry Guzman-Martinez, 33, pleaded no contest to the charges. He was sentenced Aug. 14 to four years, eight months in state prison. His driver’s license has […]
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By Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times Californians could vote on billions of dollars in new spending for low-income housing developments and water and parks improvements next year. Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers are considering five proposals that would finance new homes for low-income residents, build parks in neighborhoods without them and restore rivers, streams and […]
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Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association is progressing with its plans to test herbicides next summer to rid the lagoons of invasive weeds. The application to the Lahontan Water Quality Control Board was just resubmitted. That agency will have ultimate say over whether this will be allowed. “It was resubmitted just to reorganize materials to address […]
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The 8-mile Highway 89 project along the West Shore that started in 2012 is finally done. It started with Southwest Gas relocating gas lines that were in conflict with the new drainage systems to be built. That work was completed in 2014. Caltrans began drainage work in 2013 and started roadwork in 2014. In addition […]
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By Emily Guerin, KPCC Gov. Jerry Brown may have declared the drought emergency over in April, but don’t tell that to California’s plants and trees. According to a study, not only do the effects of drought on the environment linger after it starts raining, but this “drought recovery” period is lasting longer than ever before, […]
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Kingsbury Grade is closed in both directions because of a fire. Multiple fire agencies are on the scene, including a large water tender that arrived just before 10:30am Aug. 19. It is vehicle fire — most likely a truck — on the valley side of the Grade. The vehicle is not on the pavement; it […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee For the second year in a row, California saw an increase in violent crimes, according to new state figures, which also include the first detailed look at peace officers’ use of force. The Department of Justice’s inaugural use of force report, required by recent state legislation, covers incidents that caused […]
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Three horses in Northern Nevada have tested positive for West Nile virus in the last two weeks. Not one was vaccinated. Two horses were in Lyon County — one in Yerington and one in Dayton — and one horse was in Washoe County. Nevada Department of Agriculture veterinarians say the best protection horse owners have […]
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