By Kathryn Reed Fidelity National Title in South Lake Tahoe is closing at the end of business today. “The amount of transactions in this marketplace have diminished so it doesn’t make it feasible to have an office here,†Lenora Shealy, vice president and escrow administrator for the company’s Sacramento Valley region, told Lake Tahoe News. […]
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By Arnold M. Knightly, Las Vegas Review-Journal Billionaire financier Carl Icahn will be the largest owner of Tropicana Entertainment when it becomes the first gaming company to emerge from bankruptcy since the recession, likely on Jan. 27. The Nevada Gaming Control Board gave preliminary approval Wednesday to the Las Vegas-based gaming company’s new ownership and […]
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By Kathryn Reed A strip club. That’s what Bill’s Casino may become. Potential proprietor Mike Laub and Douglas County Sheriff Ron Pierini met Monday to discuss the idea. The sheriff’s department issues alcohol and adult entertainment licenses. But it’s the county commissioners who first must approve the licenses. When Laub tried to open a strip […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is spending more money on yet another study. The nearly $45,000 for the parking study comes from state Community Development Block Grant and Planning & Technical Assistance Grant funds. “The goal of the study is to develop parking solutions which could improve economic conditions in the community,” Nancy Kerry, […]
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Two South Lake Tahoe men have been arrested for allegedly robbing the CVS Pharmacy on Emerald Bay Road on Dec. 27 and for a Dec. 16 residential robbery near the state line. Kyle Shannon and Stuart Miller, both 22, were booked into the El Dorado County Jail in South Lake Tahoe on multiple robbery charges.
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By Kathryn Reed A two-hour sentencing hearing may have seemed long for the more than 50 people in the courtroom, but for those who had to wait 24 years to hear a judge say Ulysses Roberson would spend 15 years to life in prison, it was time well spent Wednesday afternoon. Roberson, who last month […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal The hunt for invading mussels that could pose an ecological disaster for the region will extend beyond Lake Tahoe to other threatened lakes and reservoirs. Donner and Independence lakes and Boca, Stampede and Prosser Creek reservoirs will be searched for the possible presence of quagga or zebra mussels. Boats launching […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe post office officials expect to know by the end of the month if the Bijou facility will be closed. Postmaster Toni Passot told Lake Tahoe News on Jan. 5 that no decision has been made yet. Some of the confusion with the more than 900 people who rent a […]
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By Kathryn Reed More houses were sold in Lake Tahoe in 2009 than in 2008, but the prices kept falling. Foreclosure listings are still happening on a regular basis as people struggle to make ends meet in this economically depressed region. According to Chase International, sales were up 22 percent throughout the basin. It breaks […]
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Sacramento Business Journal Charter Communications Inc., which emerged from bankruptcy in November, plans to sell nearly 78 million shares of stock worth up to $2.7 billion. The proposed maximum offering price is $34.50 a share, according to a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Read the whole story
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