NDOT started work this week to reinforce the slope along Highway 50 at Logan Shoals. During the winter numerous boulders roughly the size of large passenger vehicles fell onto eastbound travel lanes near Logan Creek Drive north of Cave Rock. No vehicles have been involved in the slides, and no injuries reported. Since then, travel […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The casino industry may find its business model vaporized like travel agencies, DVD stores and land lines unless leaders transform themselves with innovation, a speaker at a one-day innovation conference in Las Vegas said. Southern California-based Rob Tercek, founder and president of General Creativity Consulting and the author […]
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At the annual South Tahoe High School awards banquet $475,000 in scholarships was bestowed upon students. The event recognized 118 students. It was noted that 24 of 26 athletic teams competed in regional and/or state championships. On several occasions during the school year, STHS recognized individual students for perfect attendance over a certain period of […]
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A San Francisco man is accused of stealing items from vehicles parked at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe after smashing windows to gain access. Jeremy Perez, 22, was detained by casino security on June 4 at 1:30am. Perez faces four counts of burglary, four counts of destruction of property, and one count of possession of burglary tools. […]
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By Jessica Meyers, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in a rare diplomatic coup that catapults California into quasi-national status as a negotiator with China following the decision last week by President Trump to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. Their encounter underlined […]
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By Aparna Nayayanan, Investor’s Business Daily Vail Resorts Inc. skid off record highs Thursday on a disappointing earnings report for its fiscal third quarter ending April. The Colorado-based ski operator reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $4.84 a share, up 14 percent vs. a year earlier, as revenue jumped 23 percent to $795 million. But analysts had […]
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By Kathryn Reed From New York to Lake Tahoe, the suicide bombing that killed 22 people in Manchester, England, last month at an Ariana Grande concert got the attention of law enforcement “In the wake of many large gathering terrorist events, starting with Nice, France, but including Germany, London and elsewhere, we have made adjustments […]
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By Kathryn Reed Starting with their next paycheck the city manager and city attorney of South Lake Tahoe will each be receiving a 5 percent raise. The City Council on June 6 gave the two performance evaluations in closed session. Mayor Pro Tem Wendy David told Lake Tahoe News both employees received “exemplary” reviews. City […]
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By Kathryn Reed Safety is the No. 1 reason South Lake Tahoe officials are looking to have a temporary air traffic control tower at Lake Tahoe Airport during the annual celebrity golf tournament. This is the busiest week of the year for the airport. According to the FAA, in 2014 there were 362 aircraft at […]
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An array of illegal fireworks was confiscated last weekend by Truckee police officers. Officers had stopped a vehicle in town after it had struck the center divide on Interstate 80. The driver and passenger face charges of being under the influence of methamphetamine and in possession of a large amount of illegal fireworks. Fireworks are […]
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