By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — The Nevada Tax Commission has denied the petition of Caesars Entertainment for a refund of $31 million paid on complimentary meals for gamblers and employees. The $31 million is a tentative figure as the commission will decide next month if the state is barred in retaining […]
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By Northern Nevada Business Weekly The amount that Nevada workers earned per week showed signs of improvement in 2011, another indication that the state’s economy is in on the mend, said Bill Anderson, chief economist for Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. Wages in Nevada averaged $829 per week in 2011, which represents a […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee The high-noon showdown involving guns and El Dorado County judge candidates has been canceled, but not because anyone was chicken and ran for the hills. The El Dorado Rod and Gun Club, which was to have been the venue for the shooting challenge Saturday, put a stop to it, saying […]
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Michaela Vandenberg, the South Lake Tahoe woman who went missing Tuesday morning, has been located. South Lake Tahoe police officers said no foul play was involved in her disappearance. She was not hurt. Officers are not releasing any more details. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Five veteran El Dorado County sheriff’s investigators, including a detective who worked on the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping case and the teen lovers’ murder saga of Steven Colver and Tylar Witt, have been reassigned to patrol units. The reassignment of nearly half of the sheriff’s detective division has triggered the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Another South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting, another questionable bid and contract. With summer having arrived unusually early in Lake Tahoe, people are at the beaches. And these people are hungry. But there is no vendor at El Dorado or Regan beaches because the city again can’t get its act together. The […]
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Pesticides will be allowed to be used in Lake Tahoe. That was the decision the state Water Resources Control Board made May 15. While plenty of hoops are in place for anyone wanting to do so, the ruling it ground breaking. The Lahontan Regional Board in December approved the application of pesticides and herbicides in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Spending more than $20,000 to find a city manager is clearly what the South Lake Tahoe City Council wants to do, even though the electeds agree an internal candidate is more than qualified to do the job. The five sent conflicting messages to the public during the Tuesday afternoon presentation by four […]
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A three-car accident in South Lake Tahoe on Tuesday afternoon that included one vehicle being flipped on its side resulted in no injuries and one arrest. Traffic was backed up for a bit as officers cleared the scene, which included sweeping up lots of glass. Sharon Nolanmaloff, 53, of El Dorado Hills was arrested on […]
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A 23-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman has been missing since she went on break from work Tuesday morning. Michaela Vandenberg, is white, with brown hair, 5-foot-7, 140 pounds. Vandenberg was last seen at work in the area of Takela Drive and 3300 block of Lake Tahoe Boulevard. She was wearing black pants, blue shirt, black […]
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