By Michael Kay, Union Democrat Bear Valley could break ground as early as next summer on a three-decades-in-the-making plan to build a gondola from base camp to one of the peaks at the ski resort. Regulations and requirements from both Alpine County and the U.S. Forest Service have stalled the improvements in the five years […]
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Rob Sabo, Northern Nevada Business Weekly The summer construction season doesn’t look very promising in the Truckee Meadows, but two Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts will build facilities this summer. Construction of a new lodge at the top of Heavenly Mountain Resort’s gondola is expected to begin by mid June, and Diamond Peak Ski Resort will […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bruce Grego. That was the topic for more than two hours as the South Lake Tahoe City Council conducted a special meeting Thursday about whether the city councilman should have been reimbursed with taxpayer dollars for his use of outside counsel. Tension filled the room. Hostilities – verbal and body language — […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Relaxing the renewal process for people carrying concealed weapons and knowing the budget will be a critical issue facing the next sheriff of El Dorado County are two things the six candidates for the job agree on. During a lunch meeting Wednesday at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe that was hosted by […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Harrah’s Entertainment plans to issue $500 million in second priority secured notes that are due in 2018, which will be used to pay down loans that come due over the next two years. In a statement Tuesday, the casino operator said the offering is subject to several conditions. Soon […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson said today he has overwhelming evidence to convict accused kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido, and that he believes there is evidence to show Nancy Garrido might have been under her husband’s control. “We believe it does exist,” Pierson said during a 50-minute hearing […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal When the Cain family rebuilt their Tahoe Mountain home, leveled during the Angora Fire of June 2007, most windows were installed facing east. In that direction, many trees survived, their trunks scarred by fire but with canopies now green with healthy needles. To the west, looking toward Angora Ridge, the […]
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By Kathryn Reed One day the Lahontan Water Quality Control Board is probably going to have make the decision to either leave the invasive non-native Eurasian milfoil plant in Lake Tahoe or eradicate it with herbicides. The mantra for handling invasive aquatic species, be it plant or animal, is prevention, control, eradication. Prevention, in this […]
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Ronald G. Bricker passed away on April 12, 2010, at his desk at Royal Aloha Resort on Quaking Aspen Way on Kingsbury Grade, doing what he loved — managing the resort. He was born on Sept. 10, 1951 in Dinuba, Calif. to Darell G. and Mary E. (Liz) Bricker. They moved around a lot during […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE — Financial issues dominated Tuesday’s agenda for the Douglas County School District board of trustees. The board on a 6-0 vote (Keith Roman was absent) agreed on a contract with the various unions that includes this school year and 2010-11. No raises will be given, but no one will be […]
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