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Congress passes student loans, highway jobs bill
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 6:35pmWASHINGTON - Congress emphatically approved legislation Friday preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding interest rate increases on new loans to millions of colleg...
High court upholds key part of Obama health law
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 6:38amWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.The decision means the huge ove...
Saunders: Arizona can't do it; Washington won't
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 5:00amPresident Barack Obama hailed the Supreme Court's 5-3 decision Monday that struck down most of Arizona's 2010 immigration law. In a statement released by the White House, however, the president sai...
AP source: Talks fail to resolve contempt issue
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 4:45pmWASHINGTON - Obama administration officials and House Republican staff members Tuesday failed to resolve a document dispute that could lead to a precedent-setting contempt of Congress vote Thursday...
Presidents approve college football playoff
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 2:23pmWASHINGTON (AP) - College football will finally have a playoff. Come 2014, the BCS is dead.A committee of university presidents on Tuesday approved the BCS commissioners' plan for a four-team playo...
Heavenly honors Lake Tahoe area high school grads with scholarships
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 9:36am
Heavenly Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe honored five recipients of the Heavenly Mountain Resort Community Scholarship Program at a luncheon Wednesday at Tamarack Lodge, located at the top of the Heavenly Gondola.
For the ninth consecutive year, Heavenly Mountain Resort awarded $4,000 scholarships to five recent high school graduates, bringing the resort’s overall commitment to the Heavenly Mountain Resort Community Scholarship Program to $180,000. The scholarships are designed to help further the education of local area students.
AP sources: Administration mulls pared health law
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 10:52amWASHINGTON - Covering all the bases ahead of a momentous Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration plans to move ahead with major parts of the president's health care law if its most controver...
Administration sparing some from deportation
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 8:59amWASHINGTON - The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The el...
More than seven in 10 US teens jobless in summer
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 1:12pmWASHINGTON (AP) - Once a rite of passage to adulthood, summer jobs for teens are disappearing.Fewer than three in 10 American teenagers now hold jobs such as running cash registers, mowing lawns or...
US states forecast highest tax revenue in 5 years
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 9:15amWASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. states expect to collect higher tax revenue in the coming budget year that combined would top pre-recession levels, according to a survey released Tuesday. The increase could...
Nationwide rallies target birth control measure
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:24pmWASHINGTON - Demonstrators gathered on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon decried the Obama administration's policy to require private health insurance plans to cover contraception as a violation of rel...
Harrah's Lake Tahoe picks Tony Romo as favorite to win American Century Championship
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 2:35pm
Tony Romo, the star quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and renowned amateur golfer, is the top choice of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Sportsbook to win the 23nd annual American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament.
The now married 32 year-old, a new father, is listed at 5-2, ahead of perennial favorite Rick Rhoden (4-1), the former Major League Baseball pitcher who has won the American Century Championship eight times and started 33 tournaments on the PGA Champions Tour.
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:34amWASHINGTON (AP) - Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.With Congress unwilling to contemplate an increa...
Pool access for the disabled sparks controversy
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:25amWASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the di...
Unemployment rates fall in two-thirds of US states
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 9:10amWASHINGTON (AP) - Unemployment rates fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country.And in many states, unemploym...
Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:28amWASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.New 2011 cen...
Postal Service to begin closing plants this summer
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:25amWASHINGTON (AP) - The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close dozens of mail processing centers, saying it can no longer wait for Congress to decide how to cut posta...
April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 10:12amWASHINGTON (AP) - Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Nation...
Board Poised to Further Conservation Efforts in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:15amBill Boosman and Paul Sciuto, both Lake Tahoe residents with backgrounds in conservation issues, were sworn in as Tahoe Resource Conservation District (Tahoe RCD) Board members at a public meeting on Tuesday in South Lake Tahoe. They join 3 existing members to complete a five-person Board of Directors.
City manager headed to Washington
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 5:00amAfter a less than two-year tenure as South Lake Tahoe's city manager, Tony O'Rourke is headed for a new position in Washington state.On Tuesday, the Yakima City Council approved a $175,000 contract...
Obama voices his support for gay marriage
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 2:09pmWASHINGTON (AP) - Equivocal no longer, President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on Wednesday in a historic announcement that instantly gave the polarizing social issue a more pr...
O’Rourke packing bags for Washington
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 5:18pm
South Lake Tahoe City Manager Tony O’Rourke expects to be on the city’s payroll through July 1, with his first day as city manager of Yakima, Wash., the following day.
“It’s difficult to depart, but I’m looking forward to the opportunities and challenges,” O’Rourke told Lake Tahoe News.
Highway deaths per mile fall to record low
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 9:55amWASHINGTON (AP) - Highway deaths declined again last year, reaching their lowest rate when compared to miles driven since such record-keeping began in 1921, according preliminary government data re...
Rapid Sierra Nevada uplift tracked by UNR scientists
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:24am
From the highest peak in the continental United States, Mt. Whitney at 14,000 feet in elevation, to the 10,000-foot-peaks near Lake Tahoe, scientific evidence from the University of Nevada, Reno shows the entire Sierra Nevada mountain range is rising at the relatively fast rate of 1 to 2 millimeters every year.
City manager in negotiations for Washington job
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 8:41amSouth Lake Tahoe City Manager Tony O'Rourke is in negotiations to become the next city manager of Yakima, Wash.The Yakima City Council voted Friday night to enter into negotiations with O'Rourke fo...
Fireball Over California/Nevada: How Big Was It?
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 11:31am
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology weighs in on Sunday's loud boom heard and fireball seen from California's Central Valley to Lake Tahoe to Las Vegas:
O’Rourke looking at job in Washington; Medford off the table
Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 7:42amReport: Nevada Tax System Ranks High For Entrepreneurs, Small Business
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 11:49amCARSON CITY — A new business index evaluating the states on the effects of their tax systems on entrepreneurship and small business ranks Nevada 3rd behind South Dakota and Texas.
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council’s “Business Tax Index 2012” pulls together 18 different tax measures, and combines them into one tax score that allows the 50 states and District of Columbia to be compared and ranked.
Saunders: Dems: Do as we say, not as we vote
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 5:56pm"Who killed the debt deal?" read The New York Times Magazine as it hyped its Sunday cover story as a "Washington whodunit."Author Matt Bai explained that "some of Washington's most connected Democr...
Minden glider pilot honored for record flight
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 8:06amRecord-breaking Minden glider pilot Gordon Boettger traded in his flight suit for a tuxedo this week as he was recognized by the National Aeronautic Association in Washington D.C.On Tuesday, he att...
Unemployment rates fell in 45 states in January
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 9:19amWASHINGTON (AP) - The unemployment rate fell in 45 U.S. states in January, a sign that nearly all of the country is benefiting from an improving economy and job market.The Labor Department said Tue...
Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 5:00amWASHINGTON - Fifty million people in America lack health insurance and the law says most of them must soon be provided coverage. But how to deliver?The Obama administration Monday finalized an ambi...
Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 9:36amWASHINGTON (AP) - Tackling a huge logistical challenge, the Obama administration Monday released an ambitious blueprint for states to match up uninsured Americans with coverage that's right for the...
KUDOS & KINDNESS: Donations bring students' Washington trip closer to reality
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 5:00amThe eighth-grade class of St. Theresa School would like to thank Ms. Barbara Parina of Sidestreet Boutique, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Williams of Evans Restaurant, Mr. Jeff Turney, Ms. Theresa Bertran of B...
Kudos & Kindness: Donations bring students' Washington trip closer to reality
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 5:00amThe 8th grade class of St. Theresa School would like to thank Ms. Barbara Parina of Sidestreet Boutique, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Williams of Evans Restaurant, Mr. Jeff Turney, Ms. Theresa Bertran of Bios...
Biggest solar storm in years hits, so far so good
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 10:02amWASHINGTON (AP) - One of the strongest solar storms in years engulfed Earth early Thursday, but scientists say the planet may have lucked out.Hours after the storm arrived, officials said were n...
Nevada Political Season Gets Under Way Today With Dozens Of Candidates Filing For Office
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 9:40pm
CARSON CITY – There was a flurry of candidates filing for office and some political maneuvering today as Nevada’s 2012 election season officially got under way.
Over 90 candidates filed for a variety of offices in Clark County.
Another 17 filed with the Secretary of State’s office and others filed in their respective counties around the state.
High court to take new look at affirmative action
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 9:42amWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University o...
Obama to Congress: 'Keep going' on economy front
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 9:21amWASHINGTON (AP) - Relishing a political victory, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Congress "did the right thing" by extending payroll tax cuts for millions of Americans. He urged lawmakers ...
Survivor: Deadly avalanche a 'horror story'
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 7:39amSEATTLE (AP) - The expert skiers wasted no time after an avalanche hit and swept their friends down a steep slope in Washington state. They immediately turned on their emergency beacons and began s...
Group Calls On Nation’s Governors To Freeze Benefit Pension Plans For Public Workers
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 3:58pmCARSON CITY – A national nonprofit organization seeking fundamental reforms to state budgeting today sent a letter to the nation’s governors urging them to follow General Motors’ lead and freeze defined benefit pensions for all public employees.
Three Washington skiers killed in avalanche
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 7:15amSTEVENS PASS, Wash. (AP) - Well-equipped and familiar with the terrain, about a dozen expert skiers were making their way through a foot-and-a half of fresh snow when an avalanche hit them in an ou...
Deal trims maximum jobless benefits to 73 weeks
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 5:00amWASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of Americans will continue to receive long-term unemployment benefits under legislation approved Friday in Congress, but the scope of the program is being scaled back to ...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin:Chillin' with Cherry Cheesecake Cuties
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 8:49amCherries have been on my mind because of Presidents Day (George Washington and the cherry tree story is one to cherish). My plan was to make a homemade cherry pie. Then, I got images of a cherry...
Be an effective communicator during a crisis
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 5:00amWASHINGTON - Because it's easy for even the best leader to be overwhelmed when a crisis hits and misinformation shows up in a twitter feed, managing the flow of information about your company is cr...
Obama budget predicts $1.3T deficit for 2012
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 3:47pmWASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's new budget predicts a $1.3 trillion deficit for the ongoing fiscal year but that would drop to $575 billion in 2018 if the president gets his wish to rais...
Jill Kinmont Boothe, whose story was the basis of 'The Other Side of the Mountain' dies
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 12:55pm
Jill Kinmont Boothe, the former ski champion and Olympic hopeful who was left paralyzed after a skiing accident in Utah in 1955 and whose life story was the subject of the film "The Other Side of the Mountain" and a subsequent sequel, died Thursday at Carson Tahoe Hospital in Carson City, the Los Angeles Times reports. She was 75.
Ruth Rhines, senior deputy coroner of Carson City, confirmed that Boothe died. A cause of death wasn't given and Rhines could not confirm reports that Boothe died of complications related to surgery.
States, banks reach foreclosure-abuse settlement
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 9:14amWASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst.Federal and state offic...
10 states get education waivers
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 9:11amWASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law in exchange for promises to improve the ...
