A Zephyr Cove resident was involved in an accident Tuesday afternoon near Carson City. According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, Kenneth Woolsey Isaac, 48, of Zephyr Cove was traveling west on Highway 50 when for unknown reasons his vehicle crossed into the eastbound lane and struck a vehicle driven by Gustavo Galindo Cordova, 83, of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two issues not on the May 1 South Lake Tahoe City Council docket received more public comment than the entire published agenda. Operators of businesses in South Lake Tahoe near the state line descended upon the City Council chambers Tuesday to give the electeds an earful about what they think about the […]
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By Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION – Frank Gehrke with the Department of Water Resources did not need his instruments Tuesday as he walked through a barren field. Snowmelt was more in evidence on the final snow survey of the season than the actual white stuff. “With climate change, we’ll definitely see more of these extremes,” […]
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By Chris Sieroty, Las Vegas Review-Journal Tropicana Entertainment Inc., the gaming company controlled by investor Carl Icahn, on Tuesday reported a first quarter loss as its three casinos in Nevada continue to struggle to recover from the recession. The Las Vegas-based company posted a loss of $4.8 million on net revenues of $155.2 million for […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun Hotel-casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas on Tuesday said its first-quarter loss widened, even as business improved in Las Vegas. Caesars said it lost $280.6 million, or $2.24 per share, in the quarter ended March 31 vs. a loss in the year-ago quarter of $147.5 million, or […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post If the 2011-12 ski season was a test, Vail Resorts passed with top marks. The largest resort operator in North America on Tuesday illustrated the power of its season pass program by reporting 2011-12 ski season lift ticket revenue that barely moved from last year despite the worst snowfall in […]
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Caltrans announced today that construction will resume on five road work projects on the California side in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin. The projects are designed to rehabilitate and reconstruct drainage facilities – allowing roadway run-off to be directed to treatment collection facilities rather than Lake Tahoe and its tributary waterways. Some projects will […]
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Placer County is buying two parcels in Kings Beach that will be used for parking. A 1.1-mile section of Highway 28 through the middle of this Lake Tahoe community will be transformed from a four-lane highway with one signalized intersection into a three-lane thoroughfare that uses roundabouts and other traffic calming features. The project will […]
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While South Lake Tahoe City Manager Tony O’Rourke told Lake Tahoe News on April 30 that he is still negotiating with Yakima, Wash., officials, news outlets in that town make it sound like it’s a done deal he will be moving north. “I’m gonna make it hard on myself, I’d like to come up there […]
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Truckee schools were on lockdown briefly Monday after an armed man holed up in his vehicle on Richard’s Boulevard northwest of Donner Pass Road. Robert Maklia eventually surrendered to police officers. He faces charges of reckless discharge of a firearm and branding a weapon at law enforcement. Before being jailed he was taken to Tahoe […]
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