By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY – For only the second time, Nevada casinos posted a loss – but this time it was the biggest. The state Gaming Control Board today released its “Gaming Abstract†for fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30, showing a net loss of $6.7 billion among the 260 […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County has one less sheriff’s candidate in the race. Stan Perez backed out today. “The support has been overwhelming,” Perez told Lake Tahoe News Friday afternoon of his candidacy. But the money to fund it is not there. He said in these economic times it’s too difficult to ask people […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was hard to know if the look on the faces of the South Tahoe Public Utility District board members was boredom or not really believing what was being fed to them. South Lake Tahoe City Manger Dave Jinkens went before the board at its regular Thursday meeting to discuss the city’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed A buzz filled the air as more than 50 people gathered to plot a course to make Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe a destination. Going from the lake to the mountains, the businesses and property owners on this street are eager to do what’s needed to be done to make […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe experienced its second bank robbery in nine days when Bank of the West was held up at gunpoint Thursday afternoon. Police do not believe the suspect in this caper is the same person who robbed the Wells Fargo inside Raley’s at the Y on Feb. 10. Like that incident, […]
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By Anna Tong, Sacramento Bee A new ranking of the health of America’s counties puts Placer and El Dorado counties in California’s top 10 and Sacramento further down the list. Placer County is the sixth-healthiest, El Dorado is 10th and Yolo is 12th. Sacramento lags, at 32 out of 56. Marin County in the Bay […]
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By Liz Bentson, Las Vegas Sun About a year ago, investors were so convinced that Harrah’s Entertainment would file for bankruptcy protection that the company’s bonds — its promises to pay back billions of dollars — traded for 10 cents on the dollar. Since then, the world’s largest gaming company — one of the country’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies are noticing an upturn in the number of reported ski and snowboard thefts from ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area. “People just decide not to use secure facilities. People, I think, this time of year get sloppy,” sheriff’s Lt. Les Lovell said. He equated it to […]
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By Stephanie Tavares, Las Vegas Sun The Nevada Legislature is thinking of closing state parks as it considers how to patch an estimated $900 million budget gap, a move that would save a few million dollars while killing the economies of rural towns and stunting tourism efforts across the state, opponents of the idea say. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Owens Mortgage Investment Fund on Tuesday filed papers with the bankruptcy court in Sacramento requesting a 90-day extension of exclusivity rights for Lake Tahoe Development Company. LTDC, created by Randy Lane and John Serpa to be the developer of the $410 million convention center-hotel-complex at the state line in South Lake Tahoe, […]
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