A motorcyclist died Saturday on Spooner Summit. The right lane of eastbound Highway 50 is closed about one mile east of the summit, with no estimated time of reopening. The accident occurred about 12:30 pm Sept. 30. Only the motorcyclist was involved. Authorities said speed may have been a factor. Information on the rider was […]
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Nearly two years after Placer County’s recyclable sorting facility near Truckee started to receive a $1.2 million upgrade, the amount of goods being recovered has soared. The first full operational fiscal year ended in June. Compared to the year prior to the improvements, recovery of plastics has increased by 21 percent and recovery of aluminum […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Gaming regulators in Louisiana and Missouri have granted the licenses and regulatory approvals necessary for the restructuring of Caesars Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., company officials said Wednesday. The approvals in those two states were the last major hurdles for Caesars to clear to exit Chapter 11 […]
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By Kathryn Reed Mount Rose is installing North America’s first dual enclosed conveyor belt lift to better serve beginners. It will be only the second one in the world. “Our learning terrain is very popular. The goal is to increase uphill capacity,” Mike Pierce, the resort’s spokesman, told Lake Tahoe News. The hope is that […]
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By Patricia Cohen, New York Times Incomes are up. Poverty is down. And job openings have hit a record high. But if the economy is so wonderful, why are so many Americans still feeling left behind? The disconnect between positive statistics and people’s day-to-day lives is one of the great economic and social puzzles of […]
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By Jessie Bekker, Las Vegas Review-Journal Opioid-related deaths dropped in Nevada in 2016 from a year earlier, but hospitalizations and prescription rates rose, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services data presented this week show. At the Opioid State Action Accountability Meeting in Carson City, convened by Gov. Brian Sandoval, state agencies said access […]
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Sports books are being credited with the double-digit increase in revenues at Nevada casinos in August. In particular, the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight and the return of NFL are being touted for the $989.5 million win, an increase of 14.9 percent from 2016. Stateline casinos were up 7.02 percent at $25.576 million, while North Shore […]
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Highway 50 was closed in both directions at Twin Bridges because a motorcycle went over the embankment. Both people on the bike were down an embankment about 30 feet, according to the California Highway Patrol. A rescue helicopter arrived on scene about 2:50pm Sept. 29. The extent of their injuries was not immediately know. The […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee California homeowners looking to move up would get a major financial break under a possible 2018 ballot measure to change a key provision of the state’s landmark tax law. Proposition 13, the 1978 ballot measure, has discouraged homeowners from moving to pricier homes because a property’s assessed value is based […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe intends to acquire three vacant parcels on Riverside Avenue with the intent to turn them into […]
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