Updated 4:25pm: By Kathryn Reed The 67-year-old pilot of a single-engine plane crashed moments after taking off Monday from Lake Tahoe Airport. Steven Lefton’s wife, Karen Lefton, was the lone passenger of the 1963 Mooney. She was conscious when Calstar airlifted her from the meadow near Golden Bear to Renown Medical Center in Reno. She […]
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By Megan Kowalski, USA Today Despite higher prices for back-to-school needs, students and parents will spend nearly 8 percent less this season than in 2012, according to a survey out Thursday from the National Retail Federation. Parents will save by shopping earlier for sales, shopping online and by having children re-use items bought in last […]
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By George Warren, News 10 A federal court judge has ordered a Squaw Valley daredevil to pay $4,000 to cover the cost of removing a mile-long steel cable across the north fork of the American River. Mike Wilson, 27, is described by some as an action sports superstar. In one popular YouTube video, he performs […]
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By Khadeeja Safdar, Wall Street Journal Former smokers earn higher wages than smokers and people who have never smoked, according to new research. In a working paper published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, research economists Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts studied the relationship between smoking and wages. Using data from the […]
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• Live at Lakeview will be running a live stream of every Thursday night concert. • Squaw and Alpine CEO Andy Wirth has joined the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority board. • Homewood Mountain Resort and Sugar Bowl have joined Ski Lake Tahoe as associate members. • Go online to find out when you can ride BlueGo, […]
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Zion is one of three little dogs at the shelter right now who look like they are siblings – but they are not related. Zion is a Chihuahua mix who is a little shy at first, but he warms up quickly and is loving and gentle. He loves other dogs, is fine with cats and […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – Along the East Shore of Lake Tahoe is one of Nevada’s most famous houses that belonged to a man few have heard of. The Thunderbird Lodge was George Whittell’s escape from the world and especially people. And while Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst Jr. were his peers – […]
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By Elwood L. Miller The dangerous fire season 2013 is well under way with dozens of large fires burning across the West driving people from their neighborhoods and reducing their homes to ashes. However, a critical ally in the mission to protect homes and communities throughout Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin is noticeably absent. […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Red Hawk Casino’s debts are so crushing, its tribal owner once warned the venue might close and the Legislature had to provide a bailout plan. Now the Shingle Springs casino could be on the verge of completing a state-assisted financial makeover that would remove many of the doubts about its […]
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A former South Lake Tahoe man who now lives in Colfax was taken to Barton Memorial Hospital on Sunday night after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a utility pole at Al Tahoe Boulevard and Pioneer Trail. “I followed him from Rite-Aid and could not believe this person would drive a vehicle under his […]
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