By Nic Abelow As the end of the year approaches, it is an ideal time to review your financial strategy, which can impact your finances this year and possibly for years to come. There are a number of opportunities you can explore to help you save your money and pursue your financial goals before year […]
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· Opening dates: Donner Ski Ranch – Dec. 2; Homewood – Dec. 9, Soda Springs – Dec. 9, Diamond Peak – Dec. 14. · Santa will be coming to the Tahoe City Golf Course with a sleigh full of presents and ready to chow on some pancakes on Dec. 9 from 10am-1pm. · South Lake […]
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By Emily Cadei, McClatchy California’s House members are joining across party lines to call for $4.4 billion for wildfire recovery from Congress, a unified statement that boosts the state’s chances of securing much-needed funds to help rebuild after this fall’s devastating fires. The request is also a rebuke of the White House, which sent a […]
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Squaw Valley Ski Holdings has created the nonprofit Squaw Valley Foundation. The Squaw Valley Foundation will be responsible for the management and distribution of millions of dollars generated from the 1.5 percent project transfer fee related to the redevelopment of the Village at Squaw Valley. It will be run by a seven-member board, which has […]
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The Douglas County Library will be hosting a Winter Lego Building Challenge from Dec. 16 to Jan. 3. Children, teens, and adults are invited to build an original Lego brick structure to enter in the contest. This year’s theme is Magical Worlds. Children who want to use the library’s bricks may go to the Minden […]
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By Kathryn Reed MINDEN – Meandering through grasses more than 6-feet high, mesmerized by sage bushes just as tall and with thick trunks, a brief oops where the trek went through slick mud, the Carson River wending its way through the valley as the snow covered Sierra peaks scratched the sky – all of this […]
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By Rogers Brubaker Anxieties that new communications technologies and media formats would undermine democratic citizenship go back more than a century. In the late 19th century, critics worried about sensationalistic “yellow journalism”; a cartoon from that era even used the phrase “fake news. And indeed the newly cheap mass newspapers—in reckless disregard of facts—helped push […]
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By Kevin Fixler, Santa Rosa Press Democrat State regulators moved Thursday to deny a California utilities giant the ability to pass costs from a wildfire legal settlement onto its customers — a decision that could have broad implications for the fire-ravaged North Bay. With its unanimous 5-0 vote, the California Public Utilities Commission rejected San […]
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By Kathryn Reed Clean Tahoe, the nonprofit that deals with trash incidents beyond the scope of the garbage company, is looking at ways to increase its rates. All El Dorado County residents in the basin pay $4.80 a year for the service. South Tahoe Refuse collects the fee via its bills. The last increase was […]
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By Daria Sokolova View, Las Vegas Review Journal When the Nevada Department of Transportation switched the design of the longtime “Welcome to Nevada” sign this year, a battle for the pieces of history ensued. Department spokesman Tony Illia said he was shocked by the amount of interest in the old highway fixtures. “You cannot believe […]
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