Find a weekly roundup of local sports signups on Tuesdays in the sports section. To submit an item, email it to sports@rgj.com, call 775-788-6345 or fax it to 775-788-6458. Please include contact information for applicants.

By Anne Knowles MINDEN – Douglas County’s multifaceted strategy to boost its economy is working, according to proponents who presented an update on the economic vitality plan to the county’s Board of Commissioners. “It’s a feel-good meeting I am happy to report,” said Mike Bradford, CEO of the Lakeside Inn and Casino in Stateline, who led the [...]

The local Care Flight helicopter — a Eurocopter AS350 B3 — hovers recently over Lake Tahoe. It is specially built to handle well at high altitudes and in windy conditions. It can land on a small footprint, such as a mountain top or high meadow.

Find a weekly roundup of local sports signups on Tuesdays in the sports section. To submit an item, email it to sports@rgj.com, call 775-788-6345 or fax it to 775-788-6458. Please include contact information for applicants.

Find a weekly roundup of local sports signups on Tuesdays in the sports section. To submit an item, email it to sports@rgj.com, call 775-788-6345 or fax it to 775-788-6458. Please include contact information for applicants.

Rick Santorum's sweep of Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado this week suggested it was his turn to get some tea party love. Finally.

• Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s blood drives for the year are Feb. 6, April 2, June 11, Aug. 6, Oct. 1 and Dec. 3 from noon-6pm at Embassy Suites, 4130 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. For more information, contact Dan Kerr at (775) 588.2376 or (775) 781.5345. • Truckee-based Crux Events launched a new website [...]

The Best Places to Work winners were announced at a reception at Harrah's Reno hotel casino on Thursday evening. Both Hire Dynamics, in the small company category, and Microsoft Licensing, in the large company category, repeated as first-place winners for a third consecutive year.

Care Flight is a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit organization. The agency operates a base in Truckee, Reno and Gardnerville, covering a large portion of northern and central California and northwestern Nevada.

BETHEL — Proposed revisions to how Pitt County’s rural fire service is funded won’t alter the delivery or management of that protection, county officials said.