By Howie Nave It’s that time of year again where family and loved ones gather together to be thankful for what we have and what the bank doesn’t. I love this time of year. And even though we haven’t had much in the way of a white Christmas, there are plenty of holiday movies out […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Nevada ranks 46th among states on spending on health care per capita, according to a report released this month by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services. Nevada spends $5,735 per person on total personal health care as of 2009, the report says. The national average […]
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• Mike Bradford, owner of Lakeside Inn Casino in Stateline, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District. • Pamela Harris, 56, of Placerville has been appointed director at the California Employment Development Department. • Mtn. Mike’s Sports in Squaw Valley has a new website. • El Dorado […]
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By Kathryn Reed In 11 days, the first snow survey of the season will be conducted by the state Department of Water Resources. National Weather Service forecasters say the next two weeks will be dry and that the snowpack is 15 percent of normal. In a normal month, South Lake Tahoe receives 1.84 inches of […]
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Truckee residents were slightly jostled by at 3.2 temblor at 9:30pm Thursday. The epicenter was located six miles northeast of Truckee. People on the North Shore, Reno and the Bay Area felt the Dec. 22 earthquake. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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Washoe County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Kraft died of health complications Saturday. Deputy Corey Solferino, his handler of two years, was by his side. Undersheriff Todd Vinger said the passing of Kraft will be a great loss for the agency, but even a greater loss for Kraft’s handler and partner. “Kraft was a rising star with […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal A skier who was injured when a Heavenly Mountain Resort employee ran into her while on his snowboard last January is suing the resort’s owners, claiming Vail Resorts Inc. is liable for its employee’s alleged negligence. Skier Kimberly Bland, on vacation from Florida, was stopped on the lower Olympic downhill […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Efforts by Gov. Brian Sandoval and state lawmakers to encourage new business creation, relocation and expansion in Nevada took a major step forward this past week when the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee approved nearly $3.5 million to fund an economic development office. The funding will enable […]
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A new twist on an old telephone scam has resulted in one South Shore resident being swindled out of $5,000. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department says a number of these calls are coming into the community. “The deal goes like this: Potential victim receives a call on home or cell phone from a person […]
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By Jean Chatzky, Newsweek What’s the most requested gift this holiday season? It’s not a flat-screen TV or the iPad. It’s a gift card, according to the National Retail Federation. This season alone, the NRF projects that gift-card spending will reach $27.8 billion—a substantial portion of the $100 billion in card sales anticipated for the […]
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