Due to the dangerous circumstances and the declared state of emergency because of the fire in Reno, the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition is postponing tonight’s inaugural International Sports Hall of Fame Gala. The RTWCG anticipates having a new date for the event by mid-December.
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By Torey Van Oot, Sacramento Bee California’s chronic budget problems haven’t stopped the state Senate from giving some of its own staff members a bump in pay, handing out raises averaging 7 percent to dozens of workers in recent months. The Senate increased the pay of at least 169 employees – nearly one-fifth of the […]
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By Nevada News Bureau Staff CARSON CITY – Nevada Treasurer Kate Marshall announced that her office completed a series of bond sales this week that will net the state a total face value of $149.4 million, with $32 million going for capital improvement projects and the remaining $117 million to be used for the refunding […]
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By Rick Daysog, Sacramento Bee The number of single-family homes sold in the Sacramento region rose sharply in October, but prices continued to fall. Market researcher DataQuick said Wednesday that 1,732 existing homes were sold in Sacramento County last month, a 19.6 percent increase from the same month of 2010. Placer County saw its sales […]
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To the community, On behalf of the Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, I would like to thank the community for their support of the Attic. Your donations in 2011 made for another successful Attic Holiday Faire on Nov. 6 at St. Theresa Grace Hall. We saved the “best of the best” treasures donated to the Attic […]
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By Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times When it comes to quitting smoking, the lungs might be willing but the flesh is weak. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that while about 69 percent of smokers last year wanted to quit, only about a tenth were able to do so. The […]
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Gail Ryan has had plenty of reason to celebrate this fall. She became the second multifamily housing property in South Lake Tahoe to be fully certified in the Crime Free Multi-Housing Program. The program was implemented locally Oct. 11, 2010. Tim Zehring, retired 22-year veteran of the Mesa Police Department, is the founder of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe residents may not protest by the hundreds or thousands like larger areas, but they were part of Friday’s nationwide solidarity movement that is part of the larger Occupy Wall Street movement which started two months ago. Horns honked and fists pumped from the vehicles that passed the approximately 20 people […]
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The Tahoe Grizzlies Bantams (ages 13 and 14) hosted the undefeated Santa Rosa Flyers last weekend in a back-to-back weekend series. The Grizzlies hadn’t played in a month and the rust showed early in Saturday’s contest. After killing off a couple Flyer power plays, the Flyers struck for three goals in the span of 3 […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A report outlining how Nevada can grow and diversify its economy says much more could be done now in the areas of health and medical services, and that clean energy and aerospace/defense are emerging sectors that could bring skilled jobs to the state. The report, a […]
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