A Carson City man has been charged with seven counts of armed robbery, with two of the bank robberies occurring in Lake Tahoe. Authorities say the fedora-wearing bank robber who struck Bank of the West in South Lake Tahoe on Feb. 18, 2010, is David Griffith Osborne. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento on Feb. […]
Read moreThe California Transportation Commission on Wednesday allocated $347 million in new funding to 47 projects designed to provide congestion relief for motorists statewide, with one of them being in South Lake Tahoe. The state Highway Operation and Protection Program will allocate $3.7 million to construct water quality collection and treatment facilities west of Ski Run […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — A panel of lawmakers on Tuesday began a review of the state’s 45-year-old formula for funding public education with an eye toward addressing the needs of the state’s urban districts as they work to educate special education students, English-language learners and children in poverty. The panel […]
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By David McGrath Schwartz and Michael Squires, Las Vegas Sun Labor is preparing a business-tax ballot initiative. A conservative businessman is threatening initiatives to raise taxes on mining and gaming. A maverick attorney is proposing an initiative calling for sweeping changes to the state tax structure, creating what would be, in effect, a parallel government […]
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By Kathryn Reed Cutting the school year by 15 days. Bigger class sizes. High school teachers moving to the elementary level. Using all of the reserves. Bus drivers looking for work; students without a ride. Early retirements. Some or all of those statements are likely to be a reality for Lake Tahoe Unified School District. […]
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By Denver Business Journal On the heels of a Colorado Tourism Office advertisement in the New York Times seeking to lure skiers to the state, Vail Resorts — operator of four Colorado and two Lake Tahoe ski mountains — ran its own full-page ad Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal. Both ads aim to reassure […]
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By Scott Wilson and David Nakamura, Washington Post President Obama warned the nation Tuesday that the decades-old promise of a secure and rising middle class is under threat because of growing disparities between the rich and everyone else in America. In an election-year State of the Union message that will likely serve as the template […]
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In response to the Washoe Drive Fire that destroyed dozens of homes and caused damage to many more, the Nevada State Contractors Board is warning affected homeowners to be cautious of unlicensed contractors who will likely begin frequenting neighborhoods soliciting repair/rebuild work. Any person who comes into contact with an unlicensed contractor is encouraged to […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Nevada’s charter school law was strengthened in 2011, seeing its ranking among the states moving to 20 from 23 as a result, a national group reported last week. Nevada’s overall score improved from 97 points to 111 out of a potential of 208 points in the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Harrah’s guests are used to taking a gamble – it just usually doesn’t involve getting to or from the casino. Eighteen passengers in one of the casino company’s shuttle buses were involved in an accident Tuesday morning that left them standing on the side of Spooner Summit. Three people sustained minor injuries, […]
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