By Susan Wood PARK CITY, Utah – If the U.S. Olympic Committee would be inclined to open the gate for another Winter Games in the Lake Tahoe area, like it hinted at during its annual summit in Utah last month, the coalition tasked with preparing for it would jump. Officials will meet this week to […]
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By Associated Press Authorities trying to piece together the final days before Stephen Paddock unleashed his arsenal of powerful firearms on country music fans on the Las Vegas Strip have at least one potential trove of information: his gambling habits. Nevada gambling regulators say they’re sorting through documents for clues about him and his girlfriend, […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Alison Blair stopped in her tracks. The 54-year-old backpacker needed a moment to process the scene. A group of people with backpacking stoves, dishes and condiments carefully arranged on a tree stump asked Blair if she would like a made-to-order taco and cold beer. The strange part was that […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau STATELINE – Frog legs sautéed with tomatoes, onion, garlic, basil, Kalamata olives and white wine; mushroom raviolis with a portabella-black truffle Marsala sauce; Steak Dianne, flambéed tableside with filet mignon, mushrooms, demi glaze and flaming brandy. These are just a few of the everyday delicacies served at the Sage Room inside Harvey’s […]
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Stacee Etcheber, who was a part-time resident of Incline Village, died in the gun rampage in Las Vegas. She was 50. In honor of her memory, the annual United Blood Services and Incline Village Recreation Center blood drive on Oct. 13 is being dedicated in her memory. The community remembers Stacee as a loving wife, […]
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By Michael R. Blood, AP California’s emerging marijuana industry is being rattled by an array of unknowns, as the state races to issue its first licenses to grow and sell legal recreational pot on Jan. 1. “We all have anxiety,” top state pot regulator Lori Ajax told an industry group Thursday. “It’s not going to […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON — They’re baaaacccckkkk – the Kokanee salmon that is. With more water in Taylor Creek than in recent falls, the fish are spawning in good numbers this year. While it’s likely the run has not peaked, the die-off is already evident. On Friday a crawdad was gnawing away on a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Cody Bass, the owner of Tahoe Wellness Cooperative, is accused of felony tax fraud. A criminal complaint filed in El Dorado County Superior Court alleges Bass filed false income tax returns with the California Franchise Tax Board for calendar years 2012 and 2013, and that he failed to file a personal state […]
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By Renee Duff, AccuWeather A continued dry spell and strengthening winds will set the stage for an enhanced risk of wildfire ignition across California into the middle of October. Little to no rain is expected across the state through at least the second week of October. Low humidity combined with the lack of rainfall into […]
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By Kathryn Reed Better flow and access to the Stateline area for vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists are major components of the proposed loop road. But with any endeavor there are consequences. “We walk and bike a lot. The (new) highway would separate where we go,” Caroline Fallu told Lake Tahoe News. She and her husband, […]
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