By Douglas Belkin, Wall Street Journal Nearly half of the nation’s colleges and universities are no longer generating enough tuition revenue to keep pace with inflation, highlighting the acceleration of a downward spiral that began as the recession ended, according to a survey by Moody’s Investors Service. The survey of nearly 300 schools reflects a […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Republicans nationwide are assailing President Obama for the deeply flawed rollout of his health care law. But that campaign is muted somewhat in Nevada, where Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval has expanded the federal-state Medicaid program and has embraced a state-based health insurance exchange marketplace to serve about 600,000 uninsured […]
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South Lake Tahoe property owners are going to have rip out the foundation and walls they had put in for a house because it has been ruled they did so illegally. Thang Vu and his now ex-wife Jennifer Khuu bought the Wildwood Avenue property in 2002, were issued a building permit in 2007, had that […]
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By Buffalo News The mother of Olympic snowboarder Elena Hight pleaded guilty Thursday to marijuana trafficking. Myra Hight, 52, of South Lake Tahoe was accused of being a member of a nationwide marijuana-distribution ring when she was picked up last year and found with more than $77,000 in cash in her vehicle. She pleaded guilty […]
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By Kathryn Reed The bulk of MontBleu casino employees will be getting their health care through the Affordable Care Act – and not by choice. The company put a letter in employee boxes that said, “… it became clear to us that the modifications to the medical plan that are mandated by the ACA will […]
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By Gary Klein, Marin Independent Journal Calling him “an evil and disturbed man,” a Marin County judge sentenced convicted serial killer Joseph Naso to death Friday for the murders of six women, including one from the North Lake Tahoe area. Judge Andrew Sweet said the evidence proved that Naso inflicted “abhorrent and repugnant levels of […]
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The Colorado bicyclist who was hit Nov. 15 by a vehicle has died. James Hulett of Boulder was on his bike on Highway 28 going up Dollar Hill when he was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by 53-year-old Vicente Araujo of Kings Beach. Araujo fled the scene of the accident, but then turned […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN – Douglas County is looking for money to repair its crumbling roads. After years of underfunding road maintenance, and reallocating about $1 million from the current fiscal year’s general fund for repairs, the county now wants a permanent fix to an old problem. This week the county had two public workshops, […]
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By Marjie Lundstrom, Sacramento Bee When 77-year-old Johnnie Esco died in 2008 after a short stay at a Placerville nursing home, her husband of 60 years wanted someone held responsible – civilly and criminally. Don Esco of Cameron Park settled his civil lawsuit against the El Dorado Care Center and its owner in 2010 for […]
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Garbage rates on the South Shore are expected to go up Jan. 1. South Tahoe Refuse is asking for a 2.78 percent increase in South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County and 2.73 in Douglas County. Per month, this equates to 69 and 79 cents for city and El Dorado County residents and 45 cents […]
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