By Jessie Bekker, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada’s amphetamine death rate is highest in the nation and will soon eclipse the state’s prescription opioid death rate if current trends continue, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The death rate in Nevada attributed to “psychostimulants” — a class of drugs […]
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By Associated Press A new study on housing availability in western Nevada says there’s little hope of expanding affordable rental opportunities for residents on the shore of Lake Tahoe. The study concludes the “sheer expense” of development in Douglas County from south of Sand Harbor to the California line “makes it impractical for the development […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee CalFire wants to swap its fleet of “Apocalypse Now”-era firefighting helicopters for something a little more “Zero Dark Thirty.” The trouble is the machines the department is ready to buy cost twice as much as the Legislature expected when it set aside money two years ago to start buying new […]
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By Julie Cart, CalMatters Dave Kinateder has a keen eye for trees. But when Kinateder, a fire ecologist in the Plumas National Forest, surveys a hillside lush with pines, he doesn’t see abundance or the glory of nature’s bounty. He sees a disaster-in-waiting. “It’s a ticking time bomb,” he said, gazing across the dense, green […]
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By Associated Press Gas prices at Nevada pumps have hit the $3 mark for the first time in 2.5 years. AAA Nevada reported Monday that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline statewide is exactly $3. Read the whole story
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By Kathryn Reed Prevention can save lives, especially when it comes to drug use and school violence. Once a year sixth-graders on the South Shore participate in the Drug Store Project. Today is that day. It’s one of the few proactive educational pieces left for Lake Tahoe Unified School District students to participate in. “Regardless […]
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Liberty Utilities customers will definitely see rates go down starting May 1, but they may also go back up. The 4.5 percent reduction starting in a month is a result of fuel costs going down. However, the company that services the California side of the basin, Truckee and Alpine County in March asked the California […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal During the late afternoon hours of March 4 there was no reason to think Olga Perkovic and her son, Aaron, were in any danger. Perkovic, 50, a lifelong skier, and Aaron, 10, a member of the Kirkwood JETS ski team, had just spent the day doing what they loved at […]
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By Kathryn Reed March was good, but it wasn’t a miracle. That was the conclusion Monday of the snow survey. While the water content increased dramatically in a one-month period, it is only at 52 percent of average for the state. The manual measurement that was taken April 2 near Echo Summit recorded a depth […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lives are expected to be saved. Structures might be as well, but the primary purpose of South Lake Tahoe Fire Department’s new vessel is to be a rescue boat. Advanced life support will be able to be administered on the water. In the past only basic first aid was rendered. The boat […]
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