Douglas County residents may use an online tool to provide input to help the county manage its checkbook. Access to this tool will be available through Dec. 21. Money may be allocated toward the following categories, which are what the commissioners have deemed the most important in the Strategic Plan: safe community, economic vitality, financial stability, infrastructure, natural […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection Distict has the tips to offer whether in the kitchen, near the fireplace or stove: · Have a qualified professional install stoves, chimney connectors, and chimneys. · Stoves should have the label of an independent testing laboratory. · In wood stoves, burn only dry, seasoned wood. In pellet stoves, […]
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By Mary Catherine O’Connor, Outdoors Humanity dumps 8 million tons of plastic into the oceans each year, according to a study published early this year in Science. That’s a mind-blowingly large figure, but it still doesn’t account for the untold billions of tiny plastic fibers from synthetic apparel that leave your washing machine and enter […]
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“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” — John F. Kennedy By Kathryn Reed Thank you to every Lake Tahoe News writer and photographer, and contributor. Thank you to those who send news tips. Thank you to those who offer advice, counsel and support. Thank […]
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In the early morning hours of Thanksgiving 1998, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office lost its first and only dog in the line of duty. As a way to remember Ranger and the sacrifice he made 17 years ago, the department is launching the first of what what it hopes is many videos on different topics meant […]
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Frederick Santos-Coy, 24, of Kings Beach was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for reckless discharge of a firearm and a special allegation of being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Aug. 26 Truckee police officers found Santos-Coy carrying a gun in The Meadows area of Glenshire. The suspect started running, and […]
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By Vivian Ho, San Francisco Chronicle A man accused of brazenly snatching a toddler from his mother on a San Francisco Muni bus was previously convicted on separate false-imprisonment charges, including one in which he was accused of attempting to kidnap a woman at knifepoint in South Lake Tahoe, authorities said Tuesday. Sudesh Singh, 45, […]
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A South Lake Tahoe teenager was robbed Monday while walking on the path behind Motel 6 in South Lake Tahoe. The 16-year-old told officers an adult male appeared from out of the bushes with his hand in a trench coat pocket, pointing it toward him like a gun. No weapon was actually seen or mentioned. […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee HANFORD — Drive the farm roads of sparsely populated Kings County, and it’s hard to miss them: clusters of pipes, cylinders and electrical boxes jutting from the soil every few hundred yards or so, in almost every direction. These are the groundwater pumps that ensure water soaks the vast fields […]
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By Dave Jamieson, Huffington Post In the run-up to Thanksgiving this year, TJX, the parent company to discount chains Marshalls and T.J. Maxx, has been airing an advertisement about its decision to keep its stores closed on the holiday. By bucking the national trend of starting sales on Thanksgiving Day, the spot suggests, TJX is taking […]
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