By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun Last month, the Nevada Economic Development Board signed off on a plan to invest $600,000 in tax dollars in a video game development company looking to relocate to Las Vegas. The decision to approve the money for Take-Two Interactive garnered little notice at the time and won unanimous support […]
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By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES – An X-ray of a wrist is on the light board. The patient is being seen in one of the three exam rooms. Out front all of his vitals are inserted into a computer. But this is no ordinary emergency room. This is where injured skiers and snowboarders come to […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee Placer County sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help in apprehending a suspect who attempted one, and possibly two, recent armed robberies in North Lake Tahoe. The suspect is male, approximately 6-feet tall and about 180 pounds. He was wearing dark clothing and wielding a handgun, possibly a revolver, […]
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By Mary Callahan, Santa Rosa Press Democrat A 19-year-old Petaluma woman found dead in the snow near South Lake Tahoe appeared to have taken a wrong turn on New Year’s Eve and wandered through the snow a short distance before shedding her winter jacket and coming to rest behind a snow bank, authorities said Monday. […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Lawmakers from across the country are contemplating whether it’s worthwhile to move into a domain that’s been almost exclusively Nevada’s since 1949 — legalized sports wagering. But a top Las Vegas race and sports book director says that even if other states cleared the numerous legal and legislative […]
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By Phillip Reese and Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee California has millions more guns than it did 10 years ago. It also has thousands fewer gun injuries and deaths each year. Those are two simple facts that, depending on whom you ask, have everything or nothing to do with each other. Last month’s horrific Connecticut school […]
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Washoe County sheriff’s detectives are looking for man who robbed an Incline Village Chevron station at gunpoint. The incident occurred Jan. 2 at 8:45pm. A masked man flashed a silver colored long barrel revolver at the clerk, according to deputies. The gunman fled with an undisclosed amount of money. The suspect was last seen wearing […]
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By Susan Wood The day after President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, South Lake Tahoe made a major move to heal its community, decrease fatalities and provide well-rounded care to its local citizenry and visitors. Barton Memorial Hospital opened about a half century ago on Nov. 23, 1963, with 38 licensed […]
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By Matt Weiser and Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee Former California state parks leaders engaged in a “conscious and deliberate” effort to hide millions of dollars for as long as 13 years, according to an investigation by the state attorney general’s office released Friday. The long-awaited probe was ordered by Gov. Jerry Brown after revelations, first […]
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Burglars stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the Incline Village Cinema last week. At approximately 5:30pm Jan. 1 a manager at the movie theater notice one of the glass entry doors was smashed in. The theater was secure the previous evening at about 11:30pm when the manager closed for the night. Washoe County sheriff’s […]
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