Three men are wanted in connection with an assault on two South Lake Tahoe men on Wednesday night. The victims were just outside the Bottle Shop on Lake Tahoe Boulevard on Feb. 25 when they told police they were rushed in an unprovoked attack. One of the victims, a 36-year-old man, sustained significant head injuries, […]
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While the state gaming win was up in January, it was down at the Stateline casinos. Throughout Nevada casinos brought in $952.7 million, an increase of 7.75 percent from January 2014. The state Gaming Control Board released the numbers Friday. Stateline casinos dropped 3.80 percent year-over-year, bringing in $14,139,520. Lake Tahoe Hard Rock was open […]
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By Jason Millman, Washington Post The obscure, seemingly random universe of health-care pricing is getting a little less opaque today. Some of the country’s largest health insurers are coming together to reveal the prices they pay for dozens of medical services across the country in an effort to help consumers become savvier shoppers. All the […]
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By Kathryn Reed The University of California, Davis at South Lake Tahoe? It’s being talked about. El Dorado County wants a branch campus of UC Davis to possibly be located on the West Slope near the county line with Sacramento, or on Lake Tahoe Community College’s campus, or both. The Board of Supervisors on March […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 24, 2015, Los Angeles Times. The job of keeping our food wholesome has become more difficult as food itself has become more complicated. Because processed foods include ingredients from many sources, it is hard to trace the origin of pathogens. A package of ground beef, for instance, […]
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By Science Daily Scripps Institution of Oceanography-led study on how natural and human-made sources of nitrogen are recycled through the Lake Tahoe ecosystem provides new information on how global change may affect the iconic blue lake. “High-elevation lakes, such as Lake Tahoe, are sentinels of climate change,” said Lihini Aluwihare, associate professor of geosciences at […]
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By Melissa Siig, Moonshine Ink The North Shore Nordic community is reeling after the death of Kevin Murnane, the general manager of the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area and a fixture in the Tahoe City community. He died Feb. 24 on the trails of the Nordic center, a place that he helped build into a world-class […]
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There may soon be more open space in South Lake Tahoe along Highway 50. This is because on Feb. 24 the Placer County Board of Supervisors voted to buy the A&A Lake Tahoe Inn for approximately $1.4 million. The South Lake Tahoe hotel is one of many the city would like bulldozed because they add […]
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By Lydia O’Connor, Huffington Post The nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags will not go into effect this summer after all. The California secretary of state’s office announced Tuesday that a referendum to overturn the measure has qualified for the November 2016 ballot. The state confirmed that the trade group American Progressive Bag […]
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By Ana Ley, Las Vegas Sun Nevada represented both sides of the country’s immigration debate on Wednesday at separate events discussing President Obama’s stalled immigration deal. In Washington, D.C., Attorney General Adam Laxalt spoke before the House Judiciary Committee to defend his controversial decision to bring Nevada into a lawsuit against the president’s executive action granting […]
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