By Moriah Balingit, Washington Post Hemmed in by low wages, pricey rental markets and family instability, more young people are crashing on couches of friends or acquaintances, sleeping in cars or turning to the streets, a new study has found. Researchers with Chapin Hall, a youth policy center at the University of Chicago, surveyed in […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada is sure to see plenty of national attention as this year’s election cycle ramps up. Politico recently rated the Silver State’s 2018 battles for U.S. Senate and governor as races to watch. Sen. Dean Heller’s re-election bid, which features a primary challenge from businessman Danny Tarkanian and a […]
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Law enforcement agencies throughout Nevada are joining forces now through Jan. 22 to go after distracted driers. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will be working diligently to urge motorists to keep their eyes on the road and put away cell phone or other items that cause distractions. Distracted driving is any activity that diverts attention from […]
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By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun Twenty-six palm-sized portraits of Nevada’s U.S. senators hang on a wall here. The most recent portrait is not another man in a no-nonsense tie, but a pearl-wearing Latina whose election in 2016 made state history. As the state’s first female senator and the chamber’s first Hispanic woman, Catherine Cortez […]
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By Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle North Bay lawmakers have introduced a bill to bolster the ability of emergency officials to contact residents who may be in harm’s way — a topic that has been scrutinized since last year’s devastating wildfires. The legislation, introduced by multiple lawmakers, including state Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, would create […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe Wellness Cooperative shut its doors on Jan. 7, but the medicinal marijuana shop hopes to reopen tonight or Tuesday morning. There is a discrepancy as to why exactly the doors were closed because neither the state nor the city of South Lake Tahoe directed the business to do so. “He decided […]
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By Kathryn Reed Like most things in the basin, even Lake Tahoe Airport is seasonal. Sixty-eight percent of the landings are between May and October. This was just one of the many statistics that was part of a workshop last month conducted by airport manager Mark Gibbs for the South Lake Tahoe City Council. On […]
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By Andrew Selsky, AP When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions green-lighted federal prosecutions of marijuana lawbreakers, the vast majority of U.S. states that allow some form of medical marijuana were unexpectedly placed at risk of a crackdown and are warily watching developments. Forty-six states — including Sessions’ home state of Alabama — have legalized some […]
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The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a winter storm watch for the greater Lake Tahoe area from 7pm Jan. 8 to 4pm Jan. 9. Predictions are for snow accumulation of 12-18 inches above 7,500 feet, 2 feet along the Sierra crest. At lake level a couple inches are possible. Rain is expected to […]
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By Jonathan J.B. Mijs, The Conversation Inequality in America is on the rise. Income gains since the 1980s have been concentrated at the top. The top 10 percent today take home 30 percent of all income, and control over three-quarters of all wealth. We have returned to the level of income inequality that marked the […]
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