By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A Pollock Pines woman is in El Dorado County jail, accused of hitting her ex-boyfriend with her car. Terrie Crampton, 45, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, felony domestic violence and felony hit and run. Also included was an enhancement for having prior felony convictions, according […]
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By Daniel Oppenheimer Seventy-four college underclassmen have been declared eligible for the NFL’s upcoming draft, but Ohio State’s quarterback Cardale Jones won’t be among them. A few days after winning the national championship game in January, Jones shocked fans and football analysts by saying he wasn’t ready to go pro, that it was important for […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN –“We’re sitting in a haunted building.” That’s how Janet Jones began her talk on paranormal tourism Thursday at Rural Roundup, the Nevada Division of Tourism’s annual conference. “There’s an older man and woman and I suspect they’re the original owners,”Jones said, referring to the Brick House near the Carson Valley Inn […]
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To the community, Tahoe Arts Project would like to extend a tremendous thank you to our Dancing with the Tahoe Stars participants and to the community for making our biggest fund-raiser such an enormous success. The event was lively and entertaining and the audience amazing. The funds raised will enable TAP to continue to bring […]
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Economic and Community Revitalization is the theme of this year’s South Shore tourism forum. It will include lessons learned from Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s trek to Park City and how the South Shore can tackle its challenges through Park City’s example. Guest speakers Ken Fisher, Park City recreation manager, and Jonathan Weidenhamer, […]
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By Karen Kaplan and Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times The use of electronic cigarettes by high school students tripled from 2013 to 2014 — a surprising boom that threatens to wipe out hard-won gains in the fight against teen smoking, a new government report says. The percentage of American high school students who smoked traditional […]
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• Caltrans and Southwest Gas are hosting a public open house April 23 from 6-8pm at Lake Tahoe Airport to discuss upcoming construction work on a 2-mile stretch of Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe. • South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic will be July 24-25 at the Tahoe Keys Marina in South Lake Tahoe. • […]
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By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times Of all the guilty culinary pleasures that Ernie Feld whips up at his tiny pastry shop in the forest, one is particularly bittersweet: the popular poppy-seed strudels. That’s the delicacy Feld made for the Nazi SS officers who held him captive as their personal baker during the final […]
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Updated 5:15pm: A wildfire has burned nearly 4 acres in the Carson Valley. Forward progression has been stopped, according to officials. It started about 4pm April 17 north of Stephanie Lane in Minden. The fire quickly spread to the dry sagebrush along Highway 395, closing the northbound travel lane from Minden to Carson City. The traffic has […]
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By Riley Snyder, AP There’s a small issue with large technology companies like Tesla and Switch expanding to Nevada — the state doesn’t have nearly enough qualified and trained workers to meet the expected demand. The shortage has led Nevada lawmakers to consider bills that would allocate nearly $10 million toward high-tech workforce development at […]
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