A truck driver was killed Monday afternoon after he tried to stop on Mount Rose Highway using the runaway truck ramp. The name of the victim has not been released. According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, at 2:48pm, the 18-wheeler pulling a trailer transporting composite decking materials traveling westbound on the two-lane highway toward Lake […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced today that the state has reached an agreement with online retailing giant Amazon to begin collecting Nevada sales tax on purchases. The agreement also calls for the state and the Fortune 500 company to work together for immediate enactment of federal […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A man fatally shot Saturday night near Union Valley Reservoir in El Dorado County has been identified by the county Sheriff’s Office as Randall Gene Center, 25 of Colfax. Sheriff’s officials said Monday that circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation. The Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call […]
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By Northern Nevada Business Weekly A membership-based, all-you-fly airline hopes to add service to the Lake Tahoe market next year. Surf Air, headquartered at Santa Monica, is signing up members for its first routes, which will link Palo Alto, Monterey, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. But expansion into the Lake Tahoe market is one of […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Placerville-based El Dorado Savings Bank saw a nearly 4 percent year-over-year increase in first quarter net income. The bank, which operates 32 branches in Northern California, including South Lake Tahoe, reported a profit of more than $2.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, up from about $2 million in […]
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By KCRA-TV UNION VALLEY — Deputies are investigating a reservoir shooting in El Dorado County on Saturday. El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies said they received a 911 cellular telephone call at about 8:10pm from a camper in the Union Valley Reservoir area reporting another person had been shot. Deputies said the location where the shooting […]
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National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 23-27. “There was one death and close to 700 work zone crashes in active Nevada work zones last year,” NDOT Director Susan Martinovich said in a press release. “Each driver truly needs to give their undivided attention while driving, particularly through road work zones.That means driving slowly and […]
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors meets three times each year in the Lake Tahoe area, with April 23-24 being the next time. Items on the agenda include: Considering approval of an amendment to an agreement between the county and Tahoe Truckee Disposal Co., and Placer County Eastern Regional Sanitary Landfill. Community Development Resource Agency […]
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By Kathryn Reed A loud boom that was heard and felt Sunday about 8am could be related to the Lyrid meteor showers. While folks at the National Weather Service in Reno said they did not feel or hear anything, they did see something. “I can tell you that I was speaking to a co-worker and […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – Figure out what works for your area, get community buy-in and the people will come. That was the message during the Special Events – The Lifeblood of Rural Tourism workshop last week at the annual Rural Roundup event put on by the Nevada Commission on Tourism at the Hyatt […]
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