Moments after the Bank of America in South Lake Tahoe opened Monday morning it was robbed. A suspect entered the branch at 3344 Lake Tahoe Blvd. just after 9am April 16 and demanded cash from a teller. No weapon was seen. Officers are not releasing how much money the suspect got away with. The suspect […]
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By USA Today World Cup and Olympic champion skier, owes more than $1.7 million in delinquent federal taxes, according to a Detroit News report. Vonn, who has several high-profile sponsors including Red Bull, Under Armour, Procter and Gamble and Rolex among others, has been going through a divorce from Thomas Vonn, who also served as […]
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California and Nevada have primary elections in June. Golden State voters will go to the polls June 5 and Silver State voters on June 12. A few local issues are on the ballots, with more to be determined Nov. 6. The date to register to vote looms and is different in each county. Because of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Garbage rates are expected to go up throughout the South Shore starting May 1. The joint powers authority that oversees waste matters agreed to recommend the rate increase earlier this month. Now the three jurisdictions – South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, and Douglas County – need to approve the hike. Fees […]
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By Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times How well does a college teach, and what do its students learn? Rankings based on the credentials of entering freshmen are not hard to find, but how can students, parents and policy makers assess how well a college builds on that foundation? What information exists has often been hidden […]
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By Kaomi Goetz, NPR The recession brought widespread unemployment across the U.S., but it also prompted a spike in the number of freelance or independent workers. More than 30 percent of the nation’s workers now work on their own, and the research firm IDC projects the number of nontraditional office workers — telecommuters, freelancers and […]
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While real estate prices continue to decline in the Lake Tahoe Basin, the number of sales in the first quarter increased compared to 2011. According to stats released by Chase International, for the quarter ending March 30 there was a 15 percent increase in units sold around the lake compared to a year ago. Chase […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — A Carson City District Court judge rejected an initiative petition proposing to create a new and higher rate of taxation for Nevada’s largest casinos, finding that the 200 word description of effect of the measure was misleading. In rejecting the petition, Judge James Todd Russell said […]
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By Kathryn Reed With the sale of Kirkwood Mountain Resort to Vail Resorts being finalized Thursday, Casey Blann can officially call himself vice president and general manager of the ski area. Blann, at 53, is a veteran of the ski industry – especially in Tahoe. Out of college it was Bill Killebrew who hired him […]
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By Fred Dreier, Forbes Fans of the bobsled and biathlon should not hold their breath for the United States to host the Winter Olympics. Officials in California and Nevada formed a committee last week to bring the 2022 Winter Olympics to the Lake Tahoe-Reno area, joining Denver, and Salt Lake City as potential American Olympic […]
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