Lake Tahoe News has gone through a redesign that will be launched Sunday. This means you won’t be seeing any new content here for about 12 hours. Technological upgrades can also bring some hiccups, so please bear with us. Based on all that needs to be to transitioned from today’s LTN to tomorrow’s LTN, the […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – In two months the Tahoe Transportation District board expects to know which alternatives for the loop road will be studied in the environmental documents, what businesses in the affected area think about the economic analysis, and it hopes to have finally appeased the South Lake Tahoe City Council with a […]
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By Erin Kelly, Gannett News Service WASHINGTON — All but one member of Nevada’s congressional delegation own guns, bucking a trend in Congress in which Republicans are much better armed than their Democratic counterparts. A USA Today survey of lawmakers released this week showed that 119 Republicans and 46 democrats identified themselves as gun owners. […]
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Douglas County officials have confirmed that the man who died in a plane crash in the Pinenut Mountains was pilot Keith Jorgenson of Gardnerville. The wreckage was discovered Feb. 7. Jorgenson had left the Minden Airport on Wednesday and was expected back that night. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time. It […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval has asked the state Legislature to act within 30 days on an Assembly bill to allow Nevada to join with other states to offer online poker games. The bill would permit the governor to enter into agreements with other states to allow online […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn and Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A new snowplow that can remove snow from two lanes at once should speed up the clearing of Interstate 80 over Donner Summit for skiers and other travelers. Caltrans began using the new plow Thursday on I-80 from Kingvale to Truckee, said Rochelle Jenkins, Caltrans public […]
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Stateline casinos had a spectacular December when it came to raking in money from gamblers. Revenues were 57 percent higher than 2011 at $21 million. The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Friday released its figures for the last month of 2012. Statewide revenue was up 10.24 from the previous December to $943.3 million. In this […]
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A former Thunder Valley Casino employee is going to prison for 18 months. Erika Michele Carlton, 38, of Roseville is guilty of embezzling from the tribal government. According to court documents and admissions made in court, as human resources manager at Thunder Valley in Rocklin she embezzled and stole up to at least $236,050 in […]
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South Lake Tahoe police Officer Johnny Poland was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on four similar counts to what he was charged with last month. Three counts relate to tampering with a witness, victim or informant, and one count deal with obstruction of an official proceeding. He could be sent to prison for […]
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Updated: Feb. 7 4:35pm: Douglas County sheriff’s officials have confirmed the plane located in the Pinenut Mountains is the one belonging to Keith Jorgenson of Gardnerville. There is one body in the plane. Identification of the remains is pending. Updated: Feb. 7 3:35pm: KRNV-TV in Reno is reporting aircraft wreckage was found today at 2:40pm […]
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