Glenbrook News

More than 3 million shipwrecks are lying on the floors of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers, according to a United Nations report, and when I read last week of the discovery of a 600 year-old sailing ship found on the bottom of Lake Constance in Germany, I recalled Nevada's most famous ship loss that occurred 69 years ago on Lake Tahoe.

January is National Radon Action Month and the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension's Radon Education Program is offering two radon presentations in Douglas County.

The death of an 11-year-old Kingsbury boy on Monday is being investigated by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Chains or snow tires are required on: U.S. 395 from Carson Valley into Carson City and from the Hallelujah Junction and Doyle, Calif.

Chains or snow tires are required on: U.S. 50 for 24 miles from 2 miles west of Kyburz, Calif., to 4 miles west of South Lake Tahoe and from Glenbrook to Carson City.

Road controls in the Lake Tahoe and western Nevada areas: Mount Rose Highway: Chains or snow tires required.

The historic Thunderbird Lodge, known by many as the Whittell Castle, on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe will be the subject of the program at today's meeting of Reno's Good Old Days club.

The historic Thunderbird Lodge, known by many as the Whittell Castle, on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe will be the subject of the program at today's meeting of Reno's Good Old Days club.

Those yellow, purple, pink and white blossoms may look pretty, but officials are asking homeowners to look out for invasive and noxious weeds.

If we were to spend as much time talking about health as we spend talking about health care, well, the savings would pay for the best health care system the world has to offer.

Lake Tahoe regulators have sued a wealthy Nevada rancher and businessman, accusing him of performing illegal excavation work and other environmental violations at his lakefront property.

From a distance, it was hard to figure out what these people were doing. Some were walking through a thigh-high patch of weeds, swatting at the bushes with canvas sacks.

Lake Tahoe regulators have sued a wealthy Nevada rancher and businessman, accusing him of performing illegal excavation work and other environmental violations at his lakefront property.

Carol Ort swept a net through a patch of weeds in Verdi looking for bugs. 'I'm fishing for weevils,' said Ort, among a group of volunteers Wednesday battling a noxious weed with insects that have a taste for the plant.

Currently, same-sex marriage, constitutionally prohibited in Nevada since 2002, is a hot-button social issue in the United States.

Heavy rain is falling in Gardnerville as the commute begins. According to the National Weather Service, places in Western Nevada have received up to half an inch of rain, along with hail.