By Kathryn Reed California and Nevada state senators are working to revive the good neighbor policy so students in the Lake Tahoe Basin would not have to pay out of state tuition to attend nearby community colleges. State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, on Feb. 27 introduced the legislation — known as SB605. His counterpart in […]
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By Associated Press Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $2.8 million. The El Segundo-based company said it had profit of 13 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and asset impairment costs, were 19 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of analysts surveyed […]
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By Lindsey Rupp, Bloomberg Wal-Mart has company. T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and other chains owned by TJX Cos. will be increasing the pay of U.S. workers to at least $9 an hour beginning in June. That matches the level adopted by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. earlier this month. TJX, which also runs HomeGoods and Sierra Trading Post […]
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By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times In approving strong net neutrality regulations, the Federal Communications Commission fulfilled a decadelong desire by public interest advocates, technology firms and Democrats to tighten government oversight of the Internet to prevent abuses by broadband service providers. ANALYSIS But the agency’s closely watched decision on Thursday didn’t end the debate. […]
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Three men are wanted in connection with an assault on two South Lake Tahoe men on Wednesday night. The victims were just outside the Bottle Shop on Lake Tahoe Boulevard on Feb. 25 when they told police they were rushed in an unprovoked attack. One of the victims, a 36-year-old man, sustained significant head injuries, […]
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While the state gaming win was up in January, it was down at the Stateline casinos. Throughout Nevada casinos brought in $952.7 million, an increase of 7.75 percent from January 2014. The state Gaming Control Board released the numbers Friday. Stateline casinos dropped 3.80 percent year-over-year, bringing in $14,139,520. Lake Tahoe Hard Rock was open […]
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By Jason Millman, Washington Post The obscure, seemingly random universe of health-care pricing is getting a little less opaque today. Some of the country’s largest health insurers are coming together to reveal the prices they pay for dozens of medical services across the country in an effort to help consumers become savvier shoppers. All the […]
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By Kathryn Reed The University of California, Davis at South Lake Tahoe? It’s being talked about. El Dorado County wants a branch campus of UC Davis to possibly be located on the West Slope near the county line with Sacramento, or on Lake Tahoe Community College’s campus, or both. The Board of Supervisors on March […]
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By Melissa Siig, Moonshine Ink The North Shore Nordic community is reeling after the death of Kevin Murnane, the general manager of the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area and a fixture in the Tahoe City community. He died Feb. 24 on the trails of the Nordic center, a place that he helped build into a world-class […]
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There may soon be more open space in South Lake Tahoe along Highway 50. This is because on Feb. 24 the Placer County Board of Supervisors voted to buy the A&A Lake Tahoe Inn for approximately $1.4 million. The South Lake Tahoe hotel is one of many the city would like bulldozed because they add […]
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