By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee Bills to legalize online gambling hit the state Capitol more than two years ago – and are likely headed for another year of debate. Lobbyists and political campaigns are benefiting from the protracted discussion, collecting millions of dollars from the card rooms, racetracks and Indian tribes seeking to shape the […]
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The body of a scuba diver who went missing on a dive in Lake Tahoe in 1994 has been identified as Donald Christopher Windecker. A friend diving with Windecker 17 years ago told authorities at the time they were surfacing when Windecker appeared to have equipment problems. Windecker’s body was found by other divers last […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Nevada finds itself at the bottom of another economic analysis, this one related to entrepreneurial activity. The State Entrepreneurship Index, a nationwide analysis and ranking system that shows how states compare in areas of business formation, patents and related activities, shows Nevada dropping a major 40 […]
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Updated Aug. 9 at 7:45am: The man who died Aug. 8 was Steven John Evans, 50, of Pollock Pines. ———————————- By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A logging truck crashed into the American River near Kyburz this morning, killing the driver. The crash was reported about 6:15am, the rig ending up partially in the water, spilling […]
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By Kathryn Reed What insurance companies charge property owners in South Lake Tahoe may be changing. Officials with the Chicago-based Insurance Services Office will be in town a week from today to assess the city’s fire rating. This is usually done every 10 to 15 years, with South Tahoe’s last rating being from 1995. Several […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Fire officials are feeling like people have forgotten that every day there is threat of a catastrophic fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin. They feel a bit dissed to not be more involved with the Aug. 16 annual environmental summit, when in recent years they have been an integral part […]
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration has issued the second in a series of reports on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs and higher education. As expected, the report “Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation” finds there are fewer women than men in STEM jobs and attaining degrees in STEM […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal La Niña, the weather pattern that helped produce an epic winter for the Reno-Tahoe region in 2011, could return in a few months. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center on Thursday issued a La Niña watch, citing conditions indicating a return of the climatic phenomenon sometime next fall. La Niña, characterized […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS — Nevada Fire Safe Council’s financial ledger is being looked at by more than just the auditing firm the nonprofit hired to do an audit. The Office of Inspector General spent a week at the Carson City office reviewing grants. Lake Tahoe News has also been told the Bureau of Land […]
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A Minden woman sustained life-threatening injuries when the vehicle she was driving up Blue Lakes Road lost control, hit a tree, flipped and came to rest about a mile into the forest on Saturday. Shellie Scott, 44, was hoisted out of the area off Highway 88 by a CHP helicopter crew. They transferred her to […]
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