By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — When John Ensign came to Congress in 1994, he did so in a rowdy season of Republican renaissance so fraught with bombast that it came to be known as a revolution. Two years ago, when he announced that he’d been having an affair with his campaign staffer […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nearly a year to the day after Jacqueline Mittelstadt turned in her resignation notice as assistant city attorney of South Lake Tahoe she received a letter in the mail from the State Bar of California. The letter dated March 14, 2011, says, “The State Bar is in receipt of a complaint filed […]
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By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY – Nevada’s next biennium budget just got $217 million bigger thanks to mining, the Ruby Pipeline project in Northern Nevada and a stabilizing economy. The Economic Forum, a panel of five businesspeople appointed by the governor and Legislature, met Monday to review its forecast of state revenue for the current […]
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By Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal Kirk Lippold, the former commander of the USS Cole and a Carson City resident, said he is “absolutely thrilled” that almost 11 years after the terrorist attack on his ship in which 17 crewmen died, Osama bin Laden finally has been killed. “I think it was a definite strike for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Caltrans is not backing away from its May 11 start date to close Highway 50 over Echo Summit. A conference call the afternoon of May 2 between state highway officials, state Sen. Ted Gaines, reps from the two South Shore chambers of commerce, Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority’s Carol Chaplin, Steve Teshara of […]
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A man is behind bars after allegedly trying to rob the CVS Pharmacy on Emerald Bay Road in South Lake Tahoe and then concocting a story about a home invasion involving his children. Officers said Adam Roland confessed he had planned and executed the robbery of CVS Pharmacy with someone he owed money to. Roland […]
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By Kathryn Reed Marriott Timber Lodge will break ground on its fourth and final phase this week. When the property opened in 2002 it was to have three phases totaling 264 units. Those three phases have been completed. The second-floor sales office of the South Lake Tahoe complex in the Heavenly Village will be transformed […]
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By Peter Baker and Helene Cooper, New York Times WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced. In a dramatic late-night […]
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Publisher’s note: The redistricting meeting in South Lake Tahoe is May 19 from 6-8pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee As El Dorado County works to draw new supervisorial districts to match 2010 census figures, one of five draft maps is drawing attention – good and bad. The county must redraw lines […]
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By Bradley J. Fikes, North County Times Retail water districts would pay a new tax under proposed state legislation to fund water-related supply, environmental and recreation projects. The size of the tax has yet to be calculated, but it would be significant. A hearing is scheduled May 4 for the bill, Senate Bill 34, in […]
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