A 21-year-old man hiking at Cascade Falls on Labor Day died. “He fell 40 feet and tumbled another 60 feet,” Kileigh Labrado, spokeswoman for Lake Valley Fire Protection District, told Lake Tahoe News. Her agency was notified about the incident at 4:06pm Sept. 5. She does not know if the victim was with friends or […]
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A South Lake Tahoe mother has been reunited with her two children after their father allegedly abducted them. Scott Selger was arrested near Rosarito Beach in Mexico. He will be extradited to El Dorado County where he faces a slew of charges. Bail has been set at $500,000. Neither of the 9-year-olds was harmed during […]
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Teen Court is looking for El Dorado County students in grades 8-12 on the South Shore to participated in the program. Teens will serve as court personnel for real cases in which a minor has committed an offense, admitted the offense and chosen to be judged by his/her peers. Orientation training is Sept. 29 from 5-6:30pm at the […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy INCLINE VILLAGE – Gratitude. The word slides easily off of our tongues. But have you ever thought about what it really means? According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, gratitude is a feeling of thankful appreciation for favors or benefits received; thankfulness. Easy enough definition to digest, but Bob Emmons, a scientific […]
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A scuba diver died at Lake Tahoe on Monday. The 63-year-old man, whose name and hometown have not been released, was diving with friends near Glenbrook on Sept. 5. They were exploring the wreckage of the SS Tahoe at a depth of about 360 feet. “The victim and his diving companions are experienced divers and […]
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GPS trackers have been installed on BlueGo buses to generate real-time arrival information for South Shore riders. Riders may access up-to-the-moment bus arrival predictions for routes 50, 53, 23, 19x, 20x, 21x, and seasonal services right from their phone. Swiftly’s free mobile app offers many features to help people get around the area. In addition […]
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El Dorado County Auditor-Controller Joe Harn is now chairman of the state Controller’s Advisory Committee of County Accounting Procedures. Committee members are selected by state Controller Betty Yee. Harn has been on the committee since the mid-1990s. He also serves on the state Association of County Auditors Accounting Standards Committee. The committee is made up of […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. Name: Nick D. Exline Age: […]
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By Dan Flores If you don’t have a coyote story, give it time. You will. The tawny, golden-eyed, sharp-nosed wild dog of the American deserts is now our backyard predator, everywhere from Miami to Seattle. The stories pile up. During a heat wave, in broad daylight, a coyote strolls into a sandwich shop in Chicago […]
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By Andrew Taylor, AP WASHINGTON — Lawmakers return to Washington this week for an abbreviated election-season session in which they will likely do what they do best: the bare minimum. All Congress must do this month is keep the government from shutting down on Oct. 1 and, with any luck, finally provide money for the […]
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