By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee A jury awarded a Southern California company $30.4 million over a severed contract to supply slot machines to Red Hawk Casino. The casino’s owner, the Single Springs Band of Miwok Indians, said it will appeal. An El Dorado County Superior Court jury late Thursday awarded $30.4 million to Sharp Image […]
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By Michael Wolfe, KTVN-TV Authorities are investigating what caused a Navy helicopter crash about 100 miles south of Reno on Thursday. The Navy MH 60S is assigned to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center at Naval Air Station Fallon. It crashed during a training mission in a remote part of Bridgeport. All five crew […]
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Interstate 80 near Lake Tahoe is expected to be closed until noon Dec. 23 as crews clean up a hazardous spill. Eastbound I-80 between Hirshdale and the California/Nevada state line is closed because of the spill and the need to repair the guardrail following a big rig accident. To minimize delays, Caltrans recommends motorists consider […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Nevada ranks 46th among states on spending on health care per capita, according to a report released this month by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services. Nevada spends $5,735 per person on total personal health care as of 2009, the report says. The national average […]
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By Kathryn Reed In 11 days, the first snow survey of the season will be conducted by the state Department of Water Resources. National Weather Service forecasters say the next two weeks will be dry and that the snowpack is 15 percent of normal. In a normal month, South Lake Tahoe receives 1.84 inches of […]
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Truckee residents were slightly jostled by at 3.2 temblor at 9:30pm Thursday. The epicenter was located six miles northeast of Truckee. People on the North Shore, Reno and the Bay Area felt the Dec. 22 earthquake. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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Washoe County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Kraft died of health complications Saturday. Deputy Corey Solferino, his handler of two years, was by his side. Undersheriff Todd Vinger said the passing of Kraft will be a great loss for the agency, but even a greater loss for Kraft’s handler and partner. “Kraft was a rising star with […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal A skier who was injured when a Heavenly Mountain Resort employee ran into her while on his snowboard last January is suing the resort’s owners, claiming Vail Resorts Inc. is liable for its employee’s alleged negligence. Skier Kimberly Bland, on vacation from Florida, was stopped on the lower Olympic downhill […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Efforts by Gov. Brian Sandoval and state lawmakers to encourage new business creation, relocation and expansion in Nevada took a major step forward this past week when the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee approved nearly $3.5 million to fund an economic development office. The funding will enable […]
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A new twist on an old telephone scam has resulted in one South Shore resident being swindled out of $5,000. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department says a number of these calls are coming into the community. “The deal goes like this: Potential victim receives a call on home or cell phone from a person […]
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