By Laura J. Keller, Bloomberg Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s largest unit hired law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP to advise the casino operator on how to reorganize its $17.4 billion of debt, according to a person with knowledge of the appointment. Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. selected the New York-based company after taking pitches from restructuring firms […]
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Tahoe City Public Utility District board members on July 18 will consider raising water and sewer rates. HDR Engineering did a rate analysis. The recommendations are for an annual 6 percent water rate increase and a 5.7 percent annual increase for sewer for the next five years. The meeting begins at 8:30am. Here is a […]
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Truckee Police Department has activated a feature on the Nixle public alerting system for the public to anonymously report crimes or incidents. The public can either text to 888777 with the keyword TPDNIXLE, go to the police department website and click on the Nixle link, or call 855.847.7247. The tip line should not replace 911 […]
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Meyers was once a bustling hub on the South Shore, with hotels and other businesses that catered to the early settlers in the area. The last hotel in Meyers occupied the parcel where the CCC building is today. — Bill Kingman
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Experienced mountain bikers had warned us the Kingsbury Grade to Spooner Summit segment of the Tahoe Rim Trail was beyond our abilities. We didn’t listen. We didn’t make it. It didn’t matter. The three of us accomplished much more. We proved to ourselves that we are better mountain bikers than […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 9, 2014, New York Times. California is in the third year of its worst drought in decades. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at how much water the state’s residents and businesses are using. According to a recent state survey, Californians cut the amount of water […]
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By Haitham “Hutch” Ashoo and Chris Snyder As people get closer to the age when they hope to retire, traditional wisdom calls for moving into more conservative – safer – investments, such as Treasury bonds and many fixed-income mutual funds. The problem is, what is safe for one person may not be safe for another, […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada Transportation Authority later this month will consider a smartphone transportation hailing system from a local company similar to technology used by ride-share companies such as Uber. Transportation Authority Commissioner Keith Sakelhide conducted a two-hour investigative hearing Tuesday on Integrity Vehicle Solutions’ Ride Genie app. The three-member […]
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The Tahoe Trail 100-Kilometer Race at Northstar is for endurance mountain bikers. The July 19 event is a qualifier for the legendary challenge of the Leadville Trail 100-mile mountain bike race in August, which stretches through 100 miles of technical Colorado terrain. Tahoe Trail 100 starts at 7am at the Northstar Castle Peak parking area […]
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By Michael De Groote, Deseret News WENDOVER — Deep inside the perpetual twilight of a windowless casino in this border town, a sudden noise rises above the background of buzzes, gongs, bells and music riffs. Somewhere behind this or that row of slot machines, an insistent, staccato “ding, ding, ding, ding” accompanies a flashing light […]
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