By Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada high school students taking the required ACT exam will be considered proficient starting this fall if they reach a threshold that’s lower than the national standard set by the test creators. The State Board of Education signed off on the “cut scores” that will be used to […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee A Hard Rock casino-hotel is coming to the outskirts of greater Sacramento, upping the competitive ante in the region’s increasingly crowded gambling market. The Hard Rock Cafe International chain has announced it will partner with the Enterprise Rancheria Indian tribe to build a mega-resort in Yuba County, not far from […]
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By Wes Siler, Outside As the fire season lengthens and as wildfires become both more severe and more common, we need to start rolling information about them into our everyday lives—just like we do with the weather forecast. Luckily, visualizing the spread of a wildfire has gotten as easy as predicting afternoon showers thanks to […]
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By KOLO-TV A Truckee man was booked Saturday on an arson charge after allegedly burning a store’s U.S. flag. The Truckee Police Department said a U.S. Army veteran donated a flag which officers hung to replace the damaged flag. Joshua Everett Lozon, 27, was booked Saturday morning on suspicion of committing arson. Read the whole […]
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By David Keiser, Gabriel E. Lade and Ivan Rudik Most Americans associate U.S. national parks with pristine environments that represent the very best of nature. In the 1916 law that established the National Park Service, Congress directed the new agency to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein […]
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By Kathryn Reed SnowGlobe can be a divisive topic even in the heat of summer. For those who are bothered by the electronic music festival, their angst never really goes away. Tami Wallace of the South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce and Steve Teshara with Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce flanked South Lake Tahoe […]
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By Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, Sacramento Bee The pilot whose private plane crashed south of Truckee on Tuesday morning was flying with an expired medical certificate, according to multiple sources. Flying without a medical certificate is an illegal violation of Federal Aviation Administration regulations, according to Ian Gregor, public affairs manager for the FAA’s Pacific Division. The […]
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Harrah’s and Harveys Lake Tahoe will implement a paid valet and self-parking program beginning July 30. This new parking policy will operate continuously 24/7 throughout the year. Different parking rates will apply to high season (summer and ski season) and low demand season, and will be fixed at $25 for self-park and $30 for valet […]
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By Henry Fountain, New York Times For years, there has been a movement in California to restore floodplains, by moving levees back from rivers and planting trees, shrubs and grasses in the low-lying land between. The goal has been to go back in time, to bring back some of the habitat for birds, animals […]
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A woman involved in a fatal DUI accident at Cave Rock last summer pleaded guilty this week to causing death and causing substantial bodily harm while driving under the influence. Kimberly Ann Davis, 40, of Carson City faces up to 40 years in prison. Sranthon Bunnag, 52, of Thailand was a passenger in the vehicle. […]
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