The. U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is taking public comment until March 18 on a proposal to make water quality, accessibility and utility improvements at Meeks Bay Resort on the West Shore. The Forest Service wants to implement a variety of water quality best management practices, including slope stabilization using vegetation, constructing […]
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By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun Republican Sen. John Ensign won’t be trying to reclaim his U.S. Senate seat in 2012. Ensign made the announcement today during a noon news conference at the Lloyd George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas. He isn’t resigning his seat — simply not pursuing his re-election in 2012. He said […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Placer County Supervisor Kirk Uhler has struggled at times to win over voters in his own district. Now, his side job has him trying to win over Iowa lawmakers. Uhler has quietly taken a job as vice president of government affairs for U.S. Digital Gaming, a Beverly-hills based company working […]
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On March 5 at approximately 7:45pm the South Lake Tahoe police officers responded to a call of a strong-arm robbery at Lake Tahoe Souvenirs at 3477 Lake Tahoe Blvd. The clerk, Keshia Molina of South Lake Tahoe, reported that a male walked into the store, pushed her against a cabinet, and took $826 from the […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal For the first time, revenue has fallen at American Indian gambling casinos nationwide as the recession forces consumers to curtail spending on entertainment. The Indian Gaming Industry Report this week showed total tribal casino revenue was down 1 percent in 2009 from 2008, and in California, where tribal casinos compete with Northern […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Northern California avoided a bad wildland fire season last year in part due to a cool, wet spring and fairly mild summer, according to an analysis by the National Weather Service. A total of 35,674 acres burned in Northern California in 2010 — the smallest amount in the last 12 […]
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People living along and off Tahoe Keys Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe are without water. South Tahoe Public Utility District crews expect to fix the underground pipe on Keys Boulevard by noon Saturday. The water issue was reported at 5:47am. An employee, who did not want his name used, did not know how many households […]
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Sports Ltd. in South Lake Tahoe is not going anywhere nor is it changing hands. Mark Gandt, who owns the store in the Village Center, signed a seven-year lease late last month, according to Lynn Beaman an 11-year employee at the store. Gandt was not available for comment. Beaman said Heavenly and Vail Resorts have […]
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By Liz Benston, Las Vegas Sun Imagine gambling on digital blackjack on your smart phone while stuck in traffic in the Spaghetti Bowl or dropping money into a slot machine while doing 80 across a high-desert highway west of Ely. This will be the newest face of legal gambling if one local company gets its […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — South Lake Tahoe developers and property owners have two years to come up with a viable plan to transform the Raley’s and Mikasa centers at the Y and still retain special incentives from TRPA. Both properties are part of the Community Enhancement Program the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency initiated in […]
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