By Kathryn Reed Being able to balance business and the law is what David Combellack believes will set him apart from the other candidates running for El Dorado County Superior Court judge. The 64-year-old is vying for the seat of retiring Judge Doug Phimister. The El Dorado County native has run his own law firm […]
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Lake Valley Fire Protection District swore in two apprentice firefighter-paramedics during this month. The new employees – Conner Alexander and Dustin La Chapelle – were given the oath of office by board President Dave Huber. The apprentices will assume full duties as working firefighter-paramedics. Alexander was born in South Lake Tahoe and graduated from the […]
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By Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times Eating nuts may help you live longer — and your best bet for a long life is to munch on them regularly, according to a Harvard University study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. In the largest study of its kind, funded by the U.S. International […]
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By Douglas Belkin, Wall Street Journal Nearly half of the nation’s colleges and universities are no longer generating enough tuition revenue to keep pace with inflation, highlighting the acceleration of a downward spiral that began as the recession ended, according to a survey by Moody’s Investors Service. The survey of nearly 300 schools reflects a […]
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Expect the roads in California to be about as congested as they were last Thanksgiving. Word from AAA is there will be a 0.04 percent decline in the number of people traveling Nov. 28-Dec. 1 for the four-day holiday. This equates to about 5.1 million people traveling 50 miles or more. Most of those will […]
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• The River Ranch near Alpine Meadows is for sale. Asking price is $5 million. • For its notable economic and environmental efforts, Snow Creek Stream environment zone restoration in North Lake Tahoe earned the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision Platinum award. • “Selfie” is the word of the year, according to Oxford Dictionaries. • […]
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Red Bull Megaslope will return to Kirkwood Mountain Resort in 2014, but this time as a full-blown competition. In spring 2013, professional skier Bobby Brown saw his dream slopestyle course come to life as Snow Park Technologies built a massive line featuring six oversized, custom features that he was able to ski in a single […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Republicans nationwide are assailing President Obama for the deeply flawed rollout of his health care law. But that campaign is muted somewhat in Nevada, where Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval has expanded the federal-state Medicaid program and has embraced a state-based health insurance exchange marketplace to serve about 600,000 uninsured […]
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Nevada Division of State Lands is offering grants for projects that will preserve and restore the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Approximately $350,000 generated from the purchase of Nevada Lake Tahoe license plates will be available to public agencies seeking funding. Proposals which include the implementation of capital improvement projects that further the […]
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Updated: 8:45am Nov. 23 Heavenly and Northstar are opening today. Kirkwood is looking at opening Monday. Curtis Fong, the guy from Tahoe, has provided Lake Tahoe News with this ski report update Nov. 23 for Tahoe resorts.
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