By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times One person was killed and two were severely burned in an explosion Friday night at a family housing complex for Marines stationed at the Mountain Warfare Training Center at Bridgeport in the Eastern Sierra. Thirty-eight families had to be evacuated as the blast and fire...

By Emma Jacobs, NPR A new casino set to open in Atlantic City, N.J., has announced it will set term limits for its front-line staff. When employees’ terms run out, they’ll have to go through the hiring process again. The casino says the policy will keep its service fresh. Others say the company...

By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Airport’s new hangar in relation to the old one is like comparing a penthouse to an ordinary hotel room. That’s how Michael Golden of Mountain West Aviation described the executive hangar that is on the north end of the property. While he wouldn’t disclose the exact cost...

Lake Tahoe Community College’s accreditation has been reaffirmed for another six years by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The accrediting commission was in South Lake Tahoe last October to evaluate the two-year school. LTCC has until Oct. 15 to demonstrate that it has addressed...

By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe Finance Director Christine Vuletich is leaving in two weeks to take a job in Douglas County. She was hired in September 2004 by then City Manager Dave Jinkens to replace the retiring Bruce Budman. She is leaving to be assistant county manager/chief financial officer for...

By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau RENO – From a cheering crowd of several hundred at a brief but energetic Mitt Romney rally to a more subdued event for Rick Santorum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition to another well-attended rally for Ron Paul, it was a trifecta of presidential candidates...

By David Siders, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown is raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for his tax campaign from California Indian tribes at the same time many tribes are seeking to renegotiate lucrative gambling compacts with him. The Democratic governor, who proposes increasing the state sales...

By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau RENO — Former Sparks resident and George W. Bush presidential adviser Karl Rove predicted Thursday that both houses of Congress will go Republican in the November general election, but said the presidential election is up in the air even with President Obama’s...

By Anne Knowles Three counties near or surrounding Lake Tahoe should see faster job growth in the coming decade compared to the state as a whole, and more quickly than in the nearby Sacramento region, according to a recently released report. Alpine, El Dorado and Placer counties – the Golden Sierra...

By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s says the lack of progress on a new labor contract is costing the West Sacramento grocer millions — and contributed to the recent closure of two of its stores. In an effort to jump start negotiations with the the United Food and Commercial workers, Raley’s...