An ex-felon has fled California and could be in Douglas County, according to officials. Douglas deputies got word that Randy Nourse, 48, was at the Summit Crest Apartments on Mica Drive in north Douglas County. When the SWAT team entered the apartment at approximately 6:50pm June 5 no one was inside. It is unknown at […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal A Reno Gazette-Journal investigation into Harvey Whittemore’s election campaign activities in Nevada found that the embattled former lobbyist, his family and associates have given more than $400,000 to people running for mayor, county commissions, city councils, the Legislature and other offices during the past decade. After a recent grand jury […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A national survey of 6,000 small businesses has generated mixed ratings for Nevada, with high marks for its regulations and tax code but also showing one of the least healthy climates overall among the states. The survey, conducted by Thumbtack.com in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation, […]
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Asish Janardhan has been identified as the man who drowned June 2 near Camp Richardson. The 29-year-old man from Antioch was attempting to swim from his kayak near the Valhalla pier, but was unable to make it to shore. This is the second drowning of the season in Lake Tahoe. Robert Ranieri, 29, of South […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the medical care is the same as any Barton facility, the environment has the feeling of being second class. Walking into the Barton Community Clinic it seems a bit dingy – not dirty – just old and tired. Next summer that statement won’t be able to be made. Orange construction fencing […]
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By Susan Wood In the second nightclub incident in a few weeks, South Lake Tahoe police were trying Monday to piece together reasons why a 48-year-old local man pulled a gun on another resident at Whiskey Dick’s Saloon in a sudden fight this weekend that resulted in his arrest on charges of attempted murder. Scott […]
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The draft Relocation Study pertaining to the loop road project will be available June 5. People will have until 5pm July 6 to comment on the proposal. The overall projects involved realigning the highway on the Nevada side from the intersection at Lake Parkway on the mountain side behind MontBleu and Harrah’s, then into California […]
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Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes testified last week at a regulatory hearing before the California Board of Forestry in Redding. The hearing was held to receive public comment on the implementation of a “fire fee” on structures located in State Responsibility Areas — areas where the state has firefighting responsibilities. The annual fee would be […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy MEYERS — Search and rescue volunteers know when they sign up for the job no two days will be the same, a generalization they discovered to be tragically true on Saturday during what was supposed to be a routine training exercise. The SAR training cadre, consisting of Marcel Rowley, Terry Carroll, […]
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Updated: June 3, 2012, 9:40pm: Two firefighting P-2V air tankers went down Sunday afternoon — one in Minden where the crew was safe, the other on the Nevada-Utah border that killed two people. An air tanker fighting a fire in Douglas County slid off the runway Sunday afternoon because of a malfunction with the landing […]
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