By Kathryn Reed Politics vs. policy. Silver State vs. Golden State. Environment vs. economics. Control vs. compromise. Locals vs. outsiders. Pick a battle. Pick a side. That’s what lawmakers in Sacramento and Carson City are doing. The prize – control of Lake Tahoe. The winners – hard to say. The losers – likely the people […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Eleven people have been accused of contracting without a license following an undercover sting operation Saturday at a house in El Dorado Hills. The operation was conducted by the Contractors State License Board’s Statewide Investigative Fraud Team with assistance from the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and the Department […]
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A South Lake Tahoe woman who gambled away her entire paycheck lied about it, but deputies quickly figured out the truth. The 42-year-old woman, whose name is not being published because she has not been charged with a crime, was found in the trunk of Mercedes Benz this morning. An employee at Zephyr Cove Lodge […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man was booked into jail on several felonies today and a 12-gauge shotgun, .270-caliber rifle, 9mm handgun with high capacity magazines, and drug paraphernalia are in an evidence locker. The city’s SWAT team was used to execute the search warrant in the 2400 block of William Avenue on April 23 because […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Following more than an hour of riveting and personal floor speeches — during which one state senator publicly announced for the first time he is gay — the Nevada Senate voted 12-9 to begin the process of repealing the gay marriage ban from the state Constitution. […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Monday announced a formal investigation into whether the State of Nevada improperly “dumped” psychiatric patients to his city and across California. In a letter to the director of Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services sent this morning, Herrera demands that the state […]
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By Mark Harden, Denver Business Journal With a boost from ample late-season snow, Vail Resorts said today that skier visits at its seven mountain resorts in Lake Tahoe and Colorado rose 5.5 percent for the 2012-13 ski season through April 14 over its results the previous season. That marked a distinct improvement from the company’s […]
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Updated April 22, 2013: The victims of the small plane crash that was located in Douglas County on April 18 have been identified as Cory Paul Marble, 30, of Reno and Brittney Calane Hocking-Cangemi, 21, of Gardnerville. NTSB is still investigating the crash. —– MINDEN — Rescuers looking for a small plane that went missing […]
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By Jia Lynn Yang, Washington Post The days of tax-free online shopping could finally be numbered. The Senate is planning to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would give states the authority to collect sales taxes on all Internet purchases, handing local governments as much as $11 billion per year in […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval might not be Santa Claus, but he does know how to give mysterious gifts. This month, he found $25 million for education programs and even released a handy slogan: “Increasing funds for education without raising taxes: Check.” The next day, he said he […]
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