By Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney One million audits. That’s how many audits the IRS plans to conduct this year, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told reporters Thursday. While 1 million is hardly small potatoes, it’s a lot less than the 1.4 million audits the agency conducted in 2013 and the 1.2 million it conducted last year. The […]
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By Powder Tahoe City resident Dave Rosenbarger, 38, died in an avalanche Jan. 23 while skiing off the Helbronner on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. An avalanche swept him down the mountain. Details are scarce, but sources say he was skiing with three partners. They were able to dig him out of the debris and he was […]
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El Dorado County’s former assistant chief administrative officer is back – at least on Tuesday’s agenda. The Board of Supervisors on Jan. 27 is being asked to approve a contract with Alliant Insurance Services to provide employee benefit consulting for the Risk Division of the Human Resources Department. While there is already a contract in […]
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A jury last week sided with a South Lake Tahoe police officer who was accused of acting improperly when he arrested a suspect in 2011. The two-day trial in federal court in Sacramento concluded with Officer Jake Herminghaus being exonerated. Herminghaus arrested Patrick Solomon of South Lake Tahoe on Jan. 21, 2011, at the Raley’s […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Four years ago, the focus of Nevada economic development was creating jobs. With tens of thousands of people out of work, almost any job was welcome as the state tried to claw its way out of the Great Recession. But with the economy rebounding, officials are […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal To Uber, the ride-sharing transportation network company, and its legion of fans, it’s an easy fix. Copy and paste legislation that’s been enacted somewhere else, run it before the Nevada Legislature for a vote, get Gov. Brian Sandoval to sign the bill and Uber on. More than 26,000 […]
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Three men allegedly connected to a strong-arm robbery in Roseville were arrested Jan. 25 on the South Shore. Dee Gunther with the Roseville Police Department told Lake Tahoe News the robbery happened Jan. 24 about 8:30pm in a public parking lot. The victim told authorities he thought he was meeting people to buy a vehicle […]
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After nearly 50 years of allowing the public to access the beach at Tahoe Keys, the homeowners’ board voted to stop that practice. South Lake Tahoe officials issued a permit for the fence Oct. 30 and made the final inspection earlier this month. An employee of the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association told Lake […]
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By News 10 A lumber truck crashed down an embankment near Twin Bridges Road on Highway 50 early Monday morning. The driver was taken out the truck and transported to a nearby hospital, California Highway Patrol said. His injuries are unknown. Read the whole story
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Updated Jan. 27 3:25pm: Barton received the trauma designation from the Board of Supervisors. By Kathryn Reed In a matter of hours Barton Memorial Hospital is likely to become the only trauma center in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The final hurdle is for approval from the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. The electeds on […]
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