By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Tahoe’s drastic, late-season snowpack recovery was the weather equivalent to the TV show “Fuller House,” a sequel that fueled nostalgia for the early 1990s but didn’t quite measure up to the original. From March 1 through Sunday snowpack in the Lake Tahoe area grew from 25 to 73 percent of the […]
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By Index-Tribune A South Lake Tahoe man was sitting in county jail on $15,000 bail after being discovered with stolen property including keys to 16 different vehicles. On March 17, Sonoma police received a call about a subject who stole a key from a vehicle on First Street East near the Little League fields. Read […]
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Nevada casinos collectively topped the billion-dollar mark for the second consecutive month. Back-to-back billion-dollar wins had not been recorded since March-April 2008. On the South Shore the gaming win for February was up 32 percent to $19.86 million from 2017. Statewide the numbers were $1.018 billion, a 7.7 percent increase from February 2017. North Lake […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe Wellness Cooperative could have medicine on its shelves this weekend. Cody Bass, owner of the lone medicinal marijuana shop in South Lake Tahoe, told Lake Tahoe News he intends to be calling people first thing this morning to have supplies replenished in a matter of days. All of this is allowable […]
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By Kathryn Reed Recreational marijuana is going to be for sale in South Lake Tahoe. When still remains to be seen, but most likely by summer. The City Council made substantive progress March 27 in regards to this controversial topic that has languished for months. Some of the major decisions the council agreed to include […]
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By Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times has sued L.A. County, accusing it of repeatedly and routinely flouting laws designed to ensure government transparency. Over the last year alone, county officials have refused to release information about the status of homicide investigations, allegations of sexual misconduct against prosecutors and even mundane information […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada’s recreational marijuana market can’t seem to figure out which way to go. Sales numbers for the Silver State’s new green market have fluctuated each month since it opened in July, going from an up month to a down month. That trend continued in January, when roughly $32.8 million […]
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By Eric Niiler, Wired After a wimpy winter, spring break has arrived, and skiers and snowboarders from Maine to Mammoth Lakes are stoked. More than 18 feet of snow has dropped at Squaw Valley in March; Utah’s famed powder resorts have finally broken the 100-inch mark; and New England has been pummeled by four big […]
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Douglas County officials are considering tightening vacation home rental rules at Lake Tahoe before they contemplate allowing them in the valley. The county doesn’t want to be as restrictive as South Lake Tahoe, but realizes more oversight is needed. Changes started earlier this year with what the county calls “safety inspections” on some of the […]
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By Associated Press LONDON — The travel and tourism sector is set for a modest slowdown in 2018 as a result of higher oil prices and airfares, a year after it experienced its best year on record, according to a leading global industry body. In its annual Economic Impact Report, the World Travel and Tourism […]
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