By Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today College enrollments declined 2.3 percent this spring compared with a year earlier, a sign that more students are returning to the workforce as the economy recovers, a report out Thursday says. The biggest drops occurred among adult learners attending for-profit colleges and public community colleges, which are most likely […]
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A Grass Valley man last week pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 2011 DUI case that ended with the deaths of an Incline Village couple. Robert C. Mathis and Linda Mathis, both 46, died after being struck by a vehicle driven by Christopher Torii Smith, 26. In pleading guilty to two felony counts of […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee California newspapers have a legal right to publish the names of children who are subjected to abuse if a name is newsworthy, a Sacramento appellate court ruled Friday. Relying heavily on a 1998 California Supreme Court decision, a three-justice panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal said that “publication […]
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By Mark Z. Barabak and Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was inaugurated for a second […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy’s plan to shut down coal plants in Nevada moved forward Friday with strong support from some of Nevada’s most influential politicians and business interests. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the casino and resort industry, labor unions and state legislators supported a […]
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SACRAMENTO — The state Senate has approved a revised agreement with the Indian tribe that owns the struggling Red Hawk Casino. Gov. Jerry Brown negotiated the new compact last fall with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The tribe owns the Red Hawk Casino, which officially opened in December 2008 just as the national […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – While the South Shore Area Plan for Douglas County doesn’t come with a project per se; it is the map for which one could seek approval. Area plans are the latest requirement by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency per the updated Regional Plan. They will replace jurisdictions’ community plans. The […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee TRUCKEE — The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying three persons of interest in a series of auto burglaries. The burglaries occurred April 20 along Highway 89 between Truckee and Tahoe City. “The subjects are persons of interest and sheriff’s detectives would like to […]
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Interim has been lost from the title of two employees at Lake Tahoe Community College. The board this week made Virginia Boyar permanent dean of Career and Technical Education and Kurt Green permanent dean of Instruction. Both had been in the respective jobs on a temporary basis. Because there is no increase in the number […]
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By Kathryn Reed Who owns the water lines at the Chateau site? The answer is being debated. And until it’s resolved, the necessary contracts to go forward with covering some of the concrete and rebar at the far eastern edge of South Lake Tahoe can’t be signed. When Lake Tahoe Development Company was going to […]
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