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Letter: SITS dishes up food at B&B

To the community, In line with their mission, Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra participates in local programs based on the specific needs of the South Shore community. On Feb. 6, the SITS joined with Bread & Broth to provide a full course, nutritious meal to food insecure community members who attended B&B’s Monday meal at […]

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Guided snowshoe at Spooner State Park

Park rangers will lead a two-mile snowshoe hike at Spooner Lake State Park on Feb. 25 from 10am-noon. The hike is fairly easy and open to all skill levels, though snowshoes will not be provided. Dogs on a leash are welcome. Meet in the parking lot to the right after the driveway splits.  The event is […]

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Tahoe Tails — Adoptable Pets in South Lake Tahoe

Marshall is a 6 year old Chihuahua mix who is very friendly and wags his tail constantly. He is house trained and likes other dogs. Marshall is very smart. Even though he’s a little guy, he can climb fences so he must be kept on a leash while outside. Marshall is neutered, microchipped, tested for […]

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Snippets about Lake Tahoe

·       Lake Tahoe Community College and Lake Tahoe Unified School District boards of education will meet together on March 28 at 5pm at the college. ·       El Dorado County is accepting nominations for senior of the year. Must be at least 60. Nomination forms are available online.  ·      There will be a blood drive on […]

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Man found near American River identified

The man who drowned in the American River on Friday has been identified as Digger Gooch, 37, of Silver Fork. He was on his way to work in Pollock Pines when it’s believed he lost control of his vehicle on the icy, slushy Highway 50. A passerby saw his body tangled in brush near the […]

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Nev. hunters shoot down land transfer idea

By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A proposal that would unload millions of acres of federal public land in Nevada fell flat Friday in Carson City. Dozens of hunters and anglers told the Nevada Wildlife Commission they oppose the proposal contained in Congressional bill by Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev. The commission, a state body which oversees […]

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Grassroots effort to deal with affordable housing

Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Terra Breeden Most of the single-family homes in South Lake Tahoe sit empty. They are second homes, used by the owners […]

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Opinion: How passports became symbol of U.S. identity

By Craig Robertson It was originally a European tradition, not ours. But in 1780, needing a more formal way to send former Continental Rep. Francis Dana from France to Holland, Benjamin Franklin used his own printing press to create a new document. The single-sheet letter, written entirely in French, politely requested that Dana and his […]

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Librarians take up arms against fake news

By Jerry Large, Seattle Times Janelle Hagen is a school librarian whose job goes far beyond checking out books. She and many other librarians are equipping students to fight through lies, distortion and trickery to find their way to truth. Helping students become smarter evaluators of the information that floods into their lives has become […]

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Squaw men not in top 10 in downhill

By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Jared Goldberg (Holladay, Utah) led the Americans at the makeup day for the Audi FIS Alpine World Ski Championships downhill, taking 20th. Beat Feuz of Switzerland, who won the downhill and super G test events at St. Moritz during the 2015-16 season, secured the gold medal in front of […]

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