By Jeff DeLong, USA TODAY MUSTANG, Nev. — On a desert river east of Reno, experts are laboring to correct well-intended mistakes of the past. The $7.8 million restoration of the Truckee River at Mustang Ranch — the former site of Nevada’s first legal bordello — is one of several projects ongoing nationwide in which […]
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Associated Press RENO — A former Harrah’s employee at Lake Tahoe claims he was fired in July 2008 because Ben Roethlisberger complained to the hotel-casino’s regional boss that the worker had demanded to see identification for a young-looking woman at the NFL quarterback’s table at a Harrah’s restaurant where they were drinking. Alvaro Brito, former […]
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Today begins the trial of a man accused of killing his 4-year-old son in 1985 at his Tahoe Keys residence. Alexander Olive’s body has never been found. Ulysses Roberson has been in the Placerville jail since being extradited from a Washington prison in 2003. Blood at the South Lake Tahoe house led authorities to arrest […]
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Eleven people and four dogs were rescued Saturday from a sinking boat on Lake Tahoe. When rescue personnel got to the stranded boat a quarter mile off shore between Regan and El Dorado beaches in South Lake Tahoe they found a 21-foot open bow boat taking on water with seven people and four dogs on […]
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By Kathryn Reed Parents, children, former students — they took to the streets Saturday to show support for Kindertown and the day care-preschool’s owner Maria Barrows-Crist. The state has told Barrows-Crist she much close the South Lake Tahoe facility Oct. 15. Her attorney filed for reconsideration on Friday. This is to have the judge overturn […]
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Expect trees and rocks to be tumbling down off Echo Summit onto Highway 50 for the next month. This is because Caltrans is trying to make the roadway safer for motorists so slides don’t occur. The month-long project started Sept. 30. “We are clearing out trees 15 feet from the top to put in a […]
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By Susan Wood Sometimes professional development is all about the personal path one takes in life. A project that makes this philosophical theory evident is Markleeville Village. The proposed LEED-certified development features a 38,000-square-foot lodge and spa named Mahalee – which means acorn in Washoe. The 49 alpine-style cabins and town center will be built […]
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Dateline NBC aired a segment on the Jaycee Lee Dugard case on Friday night. To watch the video in it’s entirety along with a series of other videos related to the case go to the MSNBC website. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
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By Kathryn Reed John Andoh was arrested two days ago. No one argues that point. But the South Lake Tahoe Police Department won’t let Andoh have a copy of the police report. “I didn’t have any idea of what the charges were until I got to the county jail,” Andoh said the day after he […]
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By Andrew Kirk, Park Record Premier Resorts International, both voluntarily and involuntarily, appears to have lost all of its significant sources of revenue in the past six weeks. Premier also failed to pay hotel tax to the city of South Lake Tahoe for the month of August, a city official said. On Sept. 30, The […]
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