By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe Public Utility District has enough water for the next 31 years. This is according to a stress test the agency did in the groundwater basin below the 20,500-acre service area. “With the demand from 2013, 2014 and 2015 averaging 6,173 acre-feet per year, we have over 31 years of water […]
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By Laura Walny Older adults and suicide is a topic not often discussed, yet suicides do occur among older people. Eighty-eight people aged 60 and older died as a result of suicide in El Dorado County between 2003 and 2013. That is far too many. As a community, we need to begin talking about this […]
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A hearing in Placerville on Monday is the next step in a lawsuit brought by South Lake Tahoe City Council candidate Jason Collin to get the loop road issue off November’s ballot. Named in the suit that was filed last month are the city, Bill Crawford, Bruce Grego, Laurel Ames and John Cefalu. Those four […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A Placer County sheriff’s deputy is doing better since his surgery to lessen brain swelling after suffering traumatic brain injury during a training exercise. Deputy Austin Harper was on duty helping with police dog training July 27 when his head struck a steel support beam in a vacant commercial building. […]
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Sierra Nevada College’s Tahoe’s Writers in the Woods program starts with Luis Alberto Urrea on Sept. 9. The series brings well known poets and writers from all over the country to the Incline Village campus for intimate readings and workshops, where audience members can meet and exchange ideas with the guest writers. Urrea is the acclaimed author […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal It’s easy to understand why Jon Killoran and Brian Krolicki are watching Sunday’s closing ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro a little differently than the average viewer. Every beauty shot of the Ipanema and Copacabana beaches, every view of Sugarloaf Mountain and the Christ […]
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Being a volunteer at the Olympics is a balance between working, and seeing the sights and experiencing new things. Louise Feller of Stateline is at her sixth Olympics. Here are some of her thoughts: “Well, today you will see some pictures of my area that I’m volunteering in. “The practice area after one wins a […]
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By Tracy Rucinski, Reuters A U.S. judge last week suggested the casino operating unit of Caesars Entertainment Corp. ask its parent’s private equity sponsors for money to fund a plan to exit its contentious $18 billion bankruptcy. Apollo Global Management LLC and TPG Capital Management LP formed the Caesars casino holding company in a 2008 […]
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The Alpine Watershed Group will be hosting the 17th annual Markleeville Creek Day on Sept. 10. Volunteers are needed to help complete projects throughout the East and West Carson Watersheds including plantings, stream bank stabilization, invasive weed removal, protective tree wrapping, and storm drain stenciling. No experience is necessary. Meet at the Markleeville Library Park (270 Laramie […]
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By Sally Ho, AP Rowing, shooting and judo — the U.S. may have won big gold medals in those Olympic events but some of the most prominent sports books didn’t even bother with them. The bookmakers in Nevada said there’s been little money and few expectations for Olympic sports wagering this year, as the Games returned […]
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