Lake Tahoe Blue’s first home game is Oct. 4 at South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena. There will be 21 home games. Here is a copy of the schedule. Lake Tahoe Blue will play their inaugural Junior A hockey season in South Tahoe as part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the Western […]
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• Johnny Poland, convicted felon and former South Lake Tahoe police officer, will be able to keep his taxpayer-funded retirement – just not at the full rate. • Floppy’s on Kingsbury Grade has new owners – Zion Finck and Courtney Benvenuto. The grand reopening is Oct. 3 from 4:30-6:30pm. • Truckee photographers and gallery owners […]
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Good Morning Truckee is a community forum presented by the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce to provide timely, relevant information on a variety of topics and create a networking opportunity. The Oct. 8 7-8am event features Jack Thomassan talking about the 2014 HGTV Dream Home being built in Schaffer’s Mill, Janet Phillips talking about the […]
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By Justin Doubleday, Chronicle of Higher Education Less than half of the students who took the SAT in 2013 are ready to succeed in postsecondary education, according to a report released on Thursday by the College Board, which owns the SAT. Only 43 percent of the test takers this year met or exceeded the benchmark […]
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El Dorado Transit will operate the free Apple Hill Shuttle every Saturday and Sunday from Oct. 5-27 (weather permitting) between 10am and 5pm. Parking for the shuttle services will be available at Schnell School in Placerville and the U.S. Forest Service Ranger Station on Eight Mile Road in Camino. For more information on the Apple […]
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Updated: Sept. 30 8:45am A 61-year-old Rancho Cordova man died Friday morning when the motorcycle he was riding drove head-on into a Jeep Liberty. According to the California Highway Patrol, David White was going east on Highway 50 near Echo Summit when he crossed the double yellow line and hit the Jeep being driven by […]
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While the state gaming numbers were good in August, the same cannot be said for Stateline. The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Monday said statewide winnings were up 11.2 percent in August compared to the prior year. On the South Shore they were down 2.7 percent. The state win was $955 million; Stateline was $21 […]
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Lodging properties in 17 Western mountain resort destinations, including Lake Tahoe-Truckee, wrapped up the summer through August with a 5.5 percent increase in actual occupancy and a 6 percent increase for the past six months compared to 2012, according to the most recent data released by Denver-based DestiMetrics. The results are through Aug. 31. The […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County’s lone court commissioner is running for Superior Court judge. Dylan Sullivan, 47, started with the El Dorado County court system in September 2011 after having spent a number of years with the state Parole Board. Judge Daniel Proud is retiring, thus creating the vacancy. The primary will be in […]
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Aslan is a beautiful orange long-haired boy who is about 6 years old. He is very affectionate with people and doesn’t mind other well-mannered cats. Aslan is declawed on his front paws, so he needs an indoor only home. Aslan is neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. He is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter […]
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