By Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post Pre-rolled marijuana joints are pictured at the Sea of Green Farms in Seattle, Washington June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Redmond Teenagers who smoke marijuana daily are over 60 percent less likely to complete high school than those who never use. They’re also 60 percent less likely to graduate college and seven […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Defining the role of a council member and the use of eminent domain were the only questions all seven South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates were asked to answer at a forum Wednesday night. The event was a bit schizophrenic, as the questions were all over the place and not […]
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Updated 12:49pm: Construction crews at what will be Lake Tahoe Hard Rock Hotel hit a gas line this morning. The Stateline site was evacuated Sept. 11 about 9am, according to Tahoe Douglas Fire Marshal Eric Guevin. He told Lake Tahoe News there were no injuries. Doors to the casino were closed off and the gas […]
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By Christopher Smart, Salt Lake Tribune Vail Resorts has purchased Park City Mountain Resort for $182.5 million in cash, creating the country’s largest ski resort covering more than 7,000 acres. The Colorado resort announced the acquisition Thursday morning, adding that the sale resolves all litigation with Powdr Corp., Park City Mountain Resort’s parent company. Read […]
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A 3.5 temblor rattled the North Shore on Sept. 10. Reports from the U.S. Geological Society show that people as far away as Yuba City and Lodi felt the earthquake Wednesday at 5:08pm. Most of the Lake Tahoe Basin had a little shaking going on, too, except for south of the epicenter. The quake was […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the seven South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates a series of questions. All are the same except for one that is specific to each candidate. The responses are being run in the order LTN received them. Name: Bruce Grego Profession/work experience: Attorney/self-employed law practice. Age: 61 What organizations, committees […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee RENO — It seems hard to believe, in the afterglow of the Tesla jackpot, that Reno was an economic basket case just a few years ago, with even bigger problems than Sacramento. Yet even as unemployment soared and its casinos struggled during the recession, the “Biggest Little City in the […]
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By Nancy Scola, Washington Post Wednesday, forces aligned in favor of stronger net neutrality rules will rally under the banner of Internet Slowdown Day, the latest push to funnel the public’s attention to the Federal Communication Commission’s on-going rulemaking on open Internet principles and practices. First things first. Slowdown Day will not feature any actual […]
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There will not be another Nutting on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. The first of three new El Dorado County supervisors was elected Sept. 9. Shiva Frentzen earned 30.96 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s special election, with 2,374 votes. The election was to replace Ray Nutting who had been ousted earlier this […]
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By Lee Fang, Vice As Americans continue to embrace pot — as medicine and for recreational use — opponents are turning to a set of academic researchers to claim that policymakers should avoid relaxing restrictions around marijuana. It’s too dangerous, risky, and untested, they say. Just as drug company-funded research has become incredibly controversial in […]
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