Nevada News

86 lighting strikes in region start five fires Sunday, Monday
TRUCKEE, Calif. - The region got off light in the last round of lightning storms, with 67 strikes Sunday and 23 Monday in Tahoe National Forest, compared to 8,370 in all of California and more than 13,000 in Nevada, but they still managed to start five fires - four near Sierraville and Loyalton, and one on the crest north of Squaw Valley.Called the Tinker Fire because of its proximity to Tinkers Knob between Squaw Valley and Sugar Bowl, crews already have the less-than 1 acre blaze in mop-up, according to the U.S. Forest Service.On Tuesday Ann Westling, spokeswoman for Tahoe National Forest, said the roughly 100 foot by 100 foot blaze on the east side of the Sierra Crest is under control, with personnel patrolling.Up north near Sierraville and Loyalton, the Marten Fire 1 acre, Mill Fire 1 acre Neck Fire 3 acres and Bar Fire 1.5 acres are all either contained or out, according to forest service.Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou counties have tallied more tha
0000-07-27 00:00:00
90 lighting strikes in region start five fires Sunday and Monday
TRUCKEE - The region got off light in the last round of lightning storms, with 67 strikes Sunday and 23 Monday in Tahoe National Forest, compared to 8,370 in all of California and more than 13,000 in Nevada, but they still managed to start five fires - four near Sierraville and Loyalton, and one on the crest north of Squaw Valley.Called the Tinker Fire because of its proximity to Tinkers Knob between Squaw Valley and Sugar Bowl, crews already have the less-than-1-acre blaze in mop-up, according to the U.S. Forest Service.On Tuesday Ann Westling, spokeswoman for Tahoe National Forest, said the roughly 100-foot-by-100-foot blaze on the east side of the Sierra Crest is under control, with personnel patrolling.Up north near Sierraville and Loyalton, the Marten Fire 1 acre, Mill Fire 1 acre Neck Fire 3 acres and Bar Fire 1.5 acres are all either contained or out, according to forest service.Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou counties have tallied more than 15 lig
0000-07-28 00:00:00
Nevada taxable sales drop 1.9 percent in May
CARSON CITY, Nev. AP - Taxable sales in Nevada fell 1.9 percent in May, a small dip from the previous month but a continued reprieve from the double-digit free fall of a year ago, the Nevada Department of Taxation reported Tuesday.Merchants in Nevada sold $3.1 billion in goods, of which $33.1 million was reported under an amnesty program designed to spur taxable sales reporting. Without amnesty, taxables sales would have dropped 2.9 percent, the department said.For the fiscal year, sales have dropped 11.1 percent.Gross sales and use tax collections totaled $248.1 million for the month, a 3.3 percent increase over May 2009. Collections for the 11 months ending June 30 were off 5.7 percent.There were some positive indicators in the report, but others showed Nevada's tourism- and sales-dependent economy remains in a serious slump.The largest increases were posted in accommodations, up 23 percent; clothing and accessories, up 10.7 percent; electronics and appliance stores
0000-07-27 00:00:00
Nevada eliminated from education grant competition
CARSON CITY, Nev. AP - Nevada was eliminated Tuesday from consideration for "Race to the Top" education grants, losing out on competing for up to $160 million in federal funding under a program designed to spur innovation in public schools.Eighteen states and the District of Columbia were named finalists in the second round of the school reform grant competition, giving them a chance to win a share of $3 billion.In a written statement, Gov. Jim Gibbons said that while he is disappointed, the application process spurred a coordinated review of Nevada's education system."We appreciate the opportunity the Race to the Top competition gave us to take a long, hard and much overdue look at educating Nevada's children," said Gibbons, a one-term governor who lost in the Republican June primary. "The time is now to modernize the way we deliver education in our schools."U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., blamed Gibbons for Nevada's elimination.R
0000-07-27 00:00:00
Washoe County Sheriff's Office to establish 'Tahoe Regional Interoperability Partnership'
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - The Washoe County Commission has granted the Washoe County Sheriff's Office authority to proceed with plans to establish a bistate region known as the Tahoe Regional Interoperability Partnership - TRIP.The partnership, according to a Tuesday press release from the sheriff's office, will create one of the nation's largest regional partnerships of this kind and perhaps the first region to address interoperable communication issues.According to the sheriff's office, the group will potentially affect a region that includes Western Nevada counties, California counties surrounding Lake Tahoe and most California counties north of Interstate I-80."Since the Angora fire, it became evident that first responders serving the sensitive and challenging environment of Lake Tahoe lacked the most fundamental of tools - the ability to communicate and organize their response efforts," Washoe County Sheriff Mike Haley said in the press rele
0000-07-27 00:00:00
Funeral for former Nevada Gov. Guinn held in Vegas
LAS VEGAS AP - Nevada political leaders remembered former Gov. Kenny Guinn at a public funeral Tuesday with a 21-gun salute, bagpipes and a Catholic Mass honoring the two-term moderate Republican who left a big imprint on the Silver State."Our state is sad but extremely grateful," said state Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno. He remembered Guinn as a selfless leader who rose from sharecropper beginnings to lead Nevada during a period of peril and prosperity.Guinn, who served as the state's chief executive from 1999 to 2007, died Thursday after falling from the roof of his Las Vegas home while making repairs. He was 73. The Clark County coroner has not yet ruled whether the cause was natural or an accident."Unlike too many in political life today, he fought for the common good of the people he was elected to serve and brushed aside ... sectionalism or strict partisanship," Raggio said in a eulogy that drew laughter and tears."'Being governor is about lea
0000-07-27 00:00:00
Stalled waste site could delay nuclear plants, Congress told McClatchy Newspapers
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON â€” Congress was warned Tuesday that the failure to build the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada could delay licensing of the country's first new nuclear power plants in a generation.
2010-07-27 19:00:00
Missing horse rider found Saturday near Tahoe Donner
TRUCKEE, Calif. - A Reno woman reported missing Friday was found Saturday in the Euer Valley near Tahoe Donner.Patricia Uccio, 46, went missing Friday evening on horseback, according to the group she was camping with in the Euer Valley. The Nevada County Sheriff's Office started a search and rescue effort with about 30 volunteers from Nevada City and Truckee, working on foot and ATV, with aerial assistance from a California Highway Patrol helicopter.The search team found Uccio at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday in a cabin she found. She said her horse had lost footing at about 4 p.m. Friday and she fell off, hitting her head and injuring her knee. She spent the night in the woods, she said, and found the cabin in the morning. Uccio was treated and released on the scene by medical staff.Mutual aide came from Butte, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Yolo and Yuba counties on Saturday morning when Uccio was located.- Information from Lt. Shannan Moon, Nevada Coun
0000-07-26 00:00:00
Reid and Angle Leave Nevada Voters Wanting More
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2010-07-27 10:28:49
Reid rebounds but still faces uncertain future
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid's chances for six more years in Washington may be like tossing dice in a casino, even if he has made headway against Republican challenger Sharron Angle in a state with the nation's highest rate of joblessness. The four-... Harry Reid - Washington - Republican - Sharron Angle - Nevada
2010-07-26 20:23:46