By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun A federal grand jury indicted former Nevada powerbroker Harvey Whittemore on Wednesday on charges of funneling $138,000 to an elected official’s campaign through family members and employees and then lying to the FBI about it, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. Whittemore, a prominent lobbyist and attorney, promised to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Gino DiMatteo thrust his arms in the air after the South Lake Tahoe City Council granted him permission to move his medical marijuana dispensary less than a block from where it is currently located. The city’s ordinance mandates the three collectives get the council’s blessing before being able to move. Had the […]
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By Denver Business Journal Skier visits to Vail Resorts’ Colorado mountains were down 9 percent in the three months ended April 30 as the industry struggled with historically low snowfalls. Broomfield-based Vail Resorts reported the results for the third quarter of its fiscal year Wednesday. Skier visits were off by 12.4 percent for the company’s […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s union workers have voted to authorize a strike, the union and the company said today. With the company’s contract with the United and Food and Commercial Workers scheduled to expire tonight, the vote brings the two sides closer than ever to a walkout, which would be the first in […]
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The California parolee who was believed to have been in Douglas County is in jail. Randy Nourse turned himself into Douglas County deputies on June 6 at 6:45am at the Minden office. Nourse was previously reported as a fugitive from justice by California’s Department of Parole and Probation. Nourse will remain in the Douglas County […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee Kelly J. Michael was an enemy of the United States in the war on marijuana for more than two years. He was found in April 2010 by a U.S. Forest Service sleuth in the Eldorado National Forest with less than one-eighth of an ounce of pot in a jar. Nearby […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee A solo accident on icy Highway 267 near Truckee injured an Auburn woman, brought down power lines and closed the road in both directions Tuesday morning. The 52-year-old woman, whose name is not being released because no criminal charges were involved, was flown to a Reno hospital with major […]
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By Kathryn Reed The South Lake Tahoe City Council should worry less about what lobbyist it has and instead hire a therapist to get them to play nice together. Analysis In a testy show of unfriendliness, the five on Tuesday more overtly than at any other council meeting demonstrated a tremendous amount of hostility – […]
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By Kathryn Reed Voters in South Lake Tahoe agreed June 5 to revamp the business tax fee, while voters throughout El Dorado County voted out one incumbent supervisor and voted in another. The countywide Measure C also passed. In Placer County, Measure F passed. All results from Tuesday’s California are preliminary until certified, but these […]
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By Laura Chilaka, California News Service WASHINGTON — Members of Congress speak at a 10th-grade level – down almost a full grade since 2005 – raising the question of whether they are embracing a more effective communication strategy or dumbing down their messages, a new report says. The findings published by the Sunlight Foundation, a […]
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