• Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District has hired Sylvia Lee as a fire inspector. She was most recently with the Clark County Fire District. • South Lake Tahoe native and 2005 South Tahoe High grad Nicole Pierini received the Dean’s Fellowship Award from Arizona State University’s school of engineering. It is only offered to top […]
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Author Tracy Ross will be part of Sierra Nevada College’s ongoing Writers in the Woods series on Feb. 8. Ross is an award-winning journalist and contributing editor at Backpacker magazine. She recently published a memoir “The Source of All Things”, which was chosen for inclusion in Best American Sports Writing and Best American Magazine Writing. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Copper thieves stole an estimated $50,000 worth of pipes from Camp Concord. The January crime is similar to the thefts that occurred last fall at Emerald Bay and D.L. Bliss state parks. The suspects, who remain at large, broke into the restrooms at the South and West shore facilities and took out […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — NV Energy has filed with state regulators its proposed added rates for thousands of customers who want to retain their analog meters instead of switching to so-called smart meters. The company is asking the state Public Utility Commission for permission to charge an initial one-time fee […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun The crowds that turned out to bet on the Super Bowl yesterday in Las Vegas awed legendary oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro. Vaccaro, who’s spent nearly 40 years in the betting industry and is a spokesman for William Hill sports books, had never seen a turnout quite like Sunday’s. “It was […]
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South Lake Tahoe resident Scott Enerson is expected to spend seven years in prison after pulling a gun on a fellow patron at Whiskey Dick’s bar. Enerson has pleaded guilty to assault with a firearm in the June 2012 incident. The enhancement to the felony charge is what is sending him to state prison. Formal […]
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By Ed Vogel, Las Vegas Review Journal CARSON CITY – Just because you live in Las Vegas, Caliente or even Jarbidge doesn’t mean you can’t keep in touch with nearly everything that happens at the 2013 Legislature. In fact, if you become adroit in handling all the features of the legislative website – leg.state.nv.us – […]
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By Dan Whitcomb, Reuters Four ancient petroglyphs that were stolen from a historic site in Northern California last year have been recovered, but no suspects have been identified in the brazen theft, federal authorities said on Thursday. The petroglyphs, which were carved into volcanic rock more than 3,500 years ago, were discovered missing in October […]
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By Christopher Solomon, New York Times Late last summer when Shaun White, the two-time Olympic gold medal snowboarder and X-Games superstar, was charged with public intoxication and vandalism, he became at age 26 an accidental metaphor for his sport: a young phenom all grown up and in a spot of trouble. After exploding onto the […]
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By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times If there was any doubt that Valentine’s Day is as much about consumption as it is about amour, consider this: Americans will shell out $20.8 billion on Feb. 14 this year. That’s 3.2 percent more than in 2012, or $134.08 a person, according to a report from research group […]
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