To the community, T-Mobile is currently working with Lake Valley Fire Protection District to develop a communication facility. T-Mobile is proposing a 100-foot tree tower to blend with the existing trees in the area. Some of us are not happy about this. T-Mobile sent out letters in an 300-foot radias to homeowners; at the most […]
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By Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times When one of the tiniest pension funds imaginable — for Citrus Pest Control District No. 2, serving just six people in California — decided last year to convert itself to a 401(k) plan, it seemed like a no-brainer. After all, the little fund held far more money than […]
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The woman who died in the Sept. 23 accident on Kingsbury Grade has been identified as Carrie Hilderbrand. The 47-year-old Wellington woman was driving toward the lake when her vehicle crossed the center line and struck a motorhome driven by Jason Collin, 43, of South Lake Tahoe. Collin, a South Lake Tahoe City Council candidate, […]
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Caltrans on Monday started a $2.6 million grinding and paving project on more than nine miles of Highway 50. The pavement rehabilitation project is designed to extend the life of the roadway and improve ride quality, is from Strawberry over Echo Summit to just west of Johnson Pass Road. Grinding and paving will take place […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal Environmental groups have pumped more than $3 million into Nevada elections, investing money in ads and a ground game that will get canvassers and volunteers out knocking on doors statewide. It’s a reflection in part of how climate change has become an increasingly visible issue, whether it’s drought-stricken farmland […]
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By Danielle Priem For years, the nation’s pediatric experts have advised parents to ban screens before age 2 and limit older kids to two hours daily. These rules from the American Academy of Pediatrics, however, date to 2011—just after the release of the first iPad. Now, 30 percent of kids touch their first screen while […]
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The membership airline SurfAir is expanding the number of flights it has out of the Truckee Airport. Passengers have the choice 12 destinations in California, plus Las Vegas, and this winter European locales will be added. The monthly fee is $1,950. The company has been operating in Truckee since 2014. Initially there were seven round […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee Lawrence “Jake” Spies Jr. had a long history of depression, hospitalizations for mental illness and failed suicide attempts. Yet, he hanged himself while an inmate at the El Dorado County jail in Placerville and nobody noticed for several hours, according to a wrongful death complaint filed last week on behalf […]
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Keep the shorts out and have the fleece nearby; it’s going to be one of those wacky weather weeks in Tahoe. While the National Weather Service in Reno does not expect the basin or Truckee areas to hit a record high this week, it is going to be unseasonably warm. South Lake Tahoe is expected […]
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· The 10th annual Keep Sierra Clean Day is Oct. 9. Registration begins at 10am at the resort. Lunch and music are provided after the mountain is cleaned up. · Here are the El-Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules for the upcoming week from Caltrans. · Now through December staff from the Nevada Division of Water will be conducting […]
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