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Wind Advisory
div align="justify"LOW PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TOWARD WESTERN NEVADA AND PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Digging at Barker Ranch will begin May 20
div align="justify""(CNN) -- Authorities said Friday they will begin digging for evidence of graves at a California ranch that once was home to the infamous 'family' of convicted killer Charles Manson. Authorities said they will start digging at Barker Ranch, Charles Manson's hideout. Soil... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Barker Ranch to be Closed
div align="justify""INDEPENDENCE, Calif. (AP) â€" National Park Service officials say the Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year tosearch for possible human remains. A press release Thursday said that Barker Ranch will be closed for up to... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

No Bodies at the Barker Ranch- Manson Family Member Says
div align="justify""I have no knowledge of any murders committed by the Manson family, other than those which have already been prosecuted by the authorities. I have never personally heard any Manson Family member speak of any bodies being buried at Barker Ranch."/div Read more...
Published 5 months ago

CNN live at Barker Ranch NOW
Death Valley National Park - CNN, in the first ever live broadcast from Barker Ranch, is there now and just reported on the Manson case. Will broadcast again tonight during Anderson Cooper 360. Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Hot Creek to Remain Closed
div align="justify"Forest Service Officials report that the popular Hot Creek swimming hole will remain closed to swimming this summer. Geyser activity, where the hot springs bubble up in the middle of Hot Creek, picked up two years ago. While the periodic geyser eruptions appear to have quieted... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Tioga Road Open to the Pass, Bodie Road Open
div align="justify"While not yet open to the west side of the Sierra, crews have opened highway 120 from Lee Vinning to Tioga Pass, according to Susan Lent of Caltrans. Folks headed to Yosemite Valley or Tuolumne Meadows will have to wait a while longer, but those who want to head in to fish the... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Historic bar reopens in Amargosa
div align="justify""After having been closed for two years, the Stateline has a new name, new owners and a new theme. The location (right across the highway from the LongStreet Hotel and Casino) served as a gathering place for locals until the death of the owner Doris Jackson. She was the first... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Driest two months in last 100 years
div align="justify""MARCH AND APRIL OF 2008 HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DRY. ONLY 0.07 INCH OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT THE RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING MARCH. DURING APRIL ONLY A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. TOTAL PRECIPITATION DURING THESE TWO MONTHS AVERAGES 1.21 INCHES. IT HAS... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Reno Earthquakes Raises the Alarm for Travelers
div align="justify""Reno visitors are shaking - literally. After an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 on Friday, there have been over 200 smaller quakes rattling everyone's nerves. Locals have started heading out of town, and tourists are being warned off. Experts fear the little quivers could... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Reno on edge after odd series of earthquakes
div align="justify""MOGUL, NEV. -- An unusually intense swarm of earthquakes -- more than 1,000 over the last two months -- has struck beneath a small suburb of Reno, leaving residents shaken and scientists puzzling over the cause."/div Read more...
Published 5 months ago

Nevada governor to bill Fossett widow for search expenses
div align="justify""Gov. Jim Gibbons intends to bill the widow of missing multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett for $687,000 the state spent in searching for the famed aviator last fall, a spokesman said. Gibbons spokesman Ben Kieckhefer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal it was his... Read more...
Published 5 months ago