By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times Apparently casinos are good for losing more than just cash. A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that adding slot machines to California casinos was linked to a modest reduction in obesity rates for Native American children. Specifically, researchers found that for every […]
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By Kathryn Reed On the one hand Barton Health is struggling because the number of patients is declining. On the other hand based on the agency’s 2012 tax return the top 12 people in the organization collectively had annual salaries of more than $3.2 million, with CEO John Williams taking in nearly $600,000. Those figures […]
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By Kathryn Reed Physically, Jim Duke believes everything Lake Tahoe Community College has become is wonderful. What the state has done to the system, that’s another story. “The philosophy of the community college has changed significantly,” Duke told Lake Tahoe News. “It was called the people’s college.” When he started LTCC in 1975 tuition was […]
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By Hannah Dreier, AP LAS VEGAS — Time was, gamblers didn’t even want credit card companies maintaining a record of their time in Las Vegas. Now, visitors want loyalty points from mainstream hotel chains for the days they spend holed up in Strip casinos. Casino corporations MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corp. have announced […]
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The Nevada Highway Patrol has “exhausted all leads” in the Aug. 10, 2013, fatal accident in Stateline. Officers are hoping someone will come forward with information about the incident. An unknown driver hit and killed 31-year-old Cody J. Dobson of Carson City as he was crossing Highway 50 east of MontBleu. The accident happened at […]
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By Lisa Girion and Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times Doctors are fueling the nation’s prescription drug epidemic and represent the primary source of narcotic painkillers for chronic abusers, according to a government study. The finding challenges a widely held belief that has long guided policymakers: That the epidemic is caused largely by abusers getting their […]
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By Kathryn Reed For the first time in the project’s history, South Lake Tahoe’s “hole in the ground” is now under the control of one owner. Tahoe Stateline Ventures, a subsidiary of Owens Realty Mortgage, has closed escrow on the nine parcels that encompass 3.4 acres at the site that it did not own. The […]
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By Roque Planas, Huffington Post A bill introduced last month by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, would require the California’s Department of Education to develop a model for implementing a standardized, statewide ethnic studies curriculum for high schools. Although controversies over Mexican-American studies have roiled conservatives in Southwestern states, Alejo’s bill could put California on the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Douglas County Manager Steve Mokrohisky has tendered his resignation, with his last day slated for April 11. Like his predecessor, Mokrohisky is headed to Oregon. He will be the top guy in Lane County, whose county seat is Eugene. It’s much larger than Douglas County, with 350,000 residents and 2,100 employees and […]
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By Kathryn Reed The number of people who spoke Tuesday before the South Lake Tahoe City Council voted to enter a three-year agreement with the promoter could indicate the apparent acceptance of SnowGlobe. No one from the public spoke at the March 4 meeting. A once contentious event now doesn’t seem to matter to people. […]
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