By Kathryn Reed Jessie Jorgensen is running all around the soccer field by Lake Tahoe Community College. She does this weekly. Right after the New Year’s weekend SnowGlobe music festival the toddler enjoyed finding trinkets like piercings and necklaces. Now it’s mostly leftover confetti that she scampers over. Jessie and her dad, Pete Jorgensen, come […]
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A truck driver was killed Monday afternoon after he tried to stop on Mount Rose Highway using the runaway truck ramp. The name of the victim has not been released. According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, at 2:48pm, the 18-wheeler pulling a trailer transporting composite decking materials traveling westbound on the two-lane highway toward Lake […]
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By Chris Smith, Press Democrat Jaycee Lee Dugard’s mother will be in Santa Rosa on Tuesday to address a public observance on the rights of crime victims. We can be sure that as folks listen to Terry Probyn recall her daughter’s abduction and 18 years of imprisonment and torment, they’ll be thinking also of a […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced today that the state has reached an agreement with online retailing giant Amazon to begin collecting Nevada sales tax on purchases. The agreement also calls for the state and the Fortune 500 company to work together for immediate enactment of federal […]
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By Maria Mircheva As you may know, sugar pines and other white pines are plagued by a nonnative invasive pathogen. White pine blister rust kills about 90 percent of sugar pines it infects. Scientists and restoration managers have agreed that the only effective restoration strategy is to identify seed trees resistant to the rust and […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A man fatally shot Saturday night near Union Valley Reservoir in El Dorado County has been identified by the county Sheriff’s Office as Randall Gene Center, 25 of Colfax. Sheriff’s officials said Monday that circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation. The Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call […]
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By Northern Nevada Business Weekly A membership-based, all-you-fly airline hopes to add service to the Lake Tahoe market next year. Surf Air, headquartered at Santa Monica, is signing up members for its first routes, which will link Palo Alto, Monterey, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. But expansion into the Lake Tahoe market is one of […]
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Imagine sipping a big, bold El Dorado County wine, perfectly paired with fare from the region’s best chefs, prepared with fresh seasonal produce grown within a 100 miles from where you stand. This is what Sample the Sierra is all about. Now in its third year, this farm-to-fork festival celebrates food, wine, and art in […]
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The Douglas County Public Library in Minden is bringing back Nevada outdoor author Mike White on May 15 from 4:30-6:30pm. The award-winning author will give a presentation of some of the best Nevada hikes as featured in his books “50 Classic Hikes in Nevada” and “Backpacking Nevada”. Spanning the entire state of Nevada, the presentation […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association has teamed up with state Sen. Ted Gaines, Placer County Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery and the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce to host an ADA Compliance Workshop on, April 30, 6-8pm at the Truckee Donner Public Utility District, 11570 Donner Pass Road in Truckee. The purpose of the workshop is […]
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