By Mike Wolterbeek A group of UNR scientists and engineers is getting a million dollar microscope, the only one of its kind in Nevada. It’s the latest generation of focused ion-beam scanning electron microscope. Several projects are under way at the university that will use the new equipment, and it opens new avenues of materials […]
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Note: While the shutdown came to end late Monday, it could start all over again in three weeks. By Kathryn Reed One of the casualties of the federal government shutdown is the impact on the meteorological conference taking place on the South Shore. “We lost two speakers who were going to discuss fire safety issues […]
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By Kathryn Reed All the angst about the warm room in South Lake Tahoe opening on Rufus Allen Boulevard was for naught. The seasonal overnight shelter, now in its third year, is just another business in the neighborhood. Even though some residents last month balked at the idea of having “these people” be so close, […]
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By Jeff Collins, San Jose Mercury News Is the Realtor-run property listing service in California obsolete? Several brokers, agents and “multiple listing service” operators expressed concern during a panel discussion this month that commercial websites like Zillow, Redfin and Realtor.com have overtaken the patchwork of industry databases agents use to find homes for clients. “The world […]
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By Conor Dougherty, New York Times The last time that Congress approved a sweeping overhaul of the federal tax code, in 1986, it created a tax credit meant to encourage the private sector to invest in affordable housing. It has grown into a $9 billion-a-year social program that has funded the construction of some three […]
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By Las Vegas Review-Journal From bolstering protections for crime victims to eliminating taxes on tampons and medical supplies, Nevadans this year will vote on a slew of new measures. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske on Thursday released five questions facing voters in the November election. Read the whole story
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An agreement between Truckee Donner Public Utility District and Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications is bringing broadband coverage to the Truckee area. PST will leverage existing TDPUD fiber optic infrastructure and facilities to expand high-speed internet services in Truckee. PST is currently serving key commercial districts where TDPUD infrastructure and fiber is present. Tahoe Forest Hospital has been […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Bloomberg Between droughts and floods, the last decade has offered water managers in the southwest a preview of how climate change could impact a supply largely dependent on winter snow. This year’s disappointing snowpack has them worried again. “Water and climate change are joined at the hip,” said Brad Udall, a researcher at Colorado State […]
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Credit cards stolen from a trailhead parking lot off Mt. Rose Highway have been used at multiple locations in Kings Beach, a gas station in San Ramon, and at several locations in Reno, including Walmarts. Washoe County sheriff’s detectives want help identifying the suspect in the vehicle break-in. It occurred Jan. 1. The suspect broke […]
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By Lindsay Beevers, The Conversation Last year unleashed some catastrophic weather across the world. At the beginning of 2017, Australia experienced one of the hottest summers on record in Sydney and Brisbane, followed by a killer summer heatwave across southern Europe and wildfires triggered by heat in California. The Atlantic hurricane season was particularly active, […]
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