Pandemic Underscores Need to Diversify Tahoe’s Tourist Economy October 19, 2021 By Scott Sonner The COVID-19 pandemic helped expose the growing vulnerability of Lake Tahoe’s increasingly tourism-dependent economy as housing costs balloon, year-round residency...
Aluminum Wrap Being Used to Protect Homes from California Wildfires September 20, 2021 By Scott Sonner Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake...
Nevada Senator Wants Ideas to Address Wildfire Smoke August 20, 2021 By Scott Sonner Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is urging firefighters, scientists, teachers and moms to help form new strategies to deal with increasingly...
Nevada Police Officer Suspended for Tweets Seeks $1M May 13, 2021 By Scott Sonner A Sparks, Nev. police officer who is accusing the city of violating his free speech rights is seeking $1 million...
Man Admits Ransomware Plot Against Tesla in Nevada March 22, 2021 By Ken Ritter, Frank Bajak and Scott Sonner A Russian man has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric...
Nevada Ski Resort Sued for Negligence After Fatal Avalanche February 24, 2021 By Scott Sonner The widow and a friend of a man killed in an avalanche at a Lake Tahoe ski resort last year...
Fire Official Says Arcing Power Lines Caused Big Nevada Brush Fire January 21, 2021 By Scott Sonner Satellite imagery and surveillance video from a casino roof 5 miles away helped pinpoint arcing power lines in gale force...
Winds in the Sierras Reach 94 Mph Ahead of Big Snow Storm November 27, 2019 By Scott Sonner Dangerous winds in the Sierra toppled a semi-trailer truck, downed power lines and closed a stretch of highway in Southern...
Nevada Attorney General Recommends $25M Wildfire Settlement June 14, 2019 By Scott Sonner Nevada’s attorney general is recommending approval of a $25 million settlement with homeowners and insurance companies who sought more than...
Nevada Reaches Tentative Settlement Homeowners and Insurers in Wildfire Suit May 21, 2019 By Scott Sonner The state of Nevada has reached a tentative settlement with dozens of homeowners and insurance companies that filed an $80...