By Leslie Kaufman, New York Times SPARKS — Watching bulldozers pour crushed rocks to force the Truckee River into a more natural serpentine pattern, Mickey Hazelwood, project director for the Nature Conservancy, mused that like many acts of salvation, this one has its roots deep in sin. For decades, this high-desert site eight miles east […]
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By Jeff Delong and Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal Health officials on Tuesday issued another Stage One air pollution alert and ordered a burn ban across the Truckee Meadows as particulates associated with wood burning and vehicle exhaust built to unhealthful levels. Air quality was in the “red†range, and considered unhealthy for the elderly and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Little packages, big packages, light ones, heavy ones, cards in colorful envelopes – you see it all this time of year at the post office. Toni Passot, postmaster in South Lake Tahoe, said Dec. 14 was the busiest day of the holiday season, with next Monday likely to be the second busiest. […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee An appellate court in Sacramento moved to return defense attorney Gilbert Maines as Nancy Garrido’s lawyer today. Maines had been removed as Garrido’s attorney on Nov. 5 by an El Dorado Superior Court judge over allegations that he had boasted about writing a book about the case. But the 3rd […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College’s next vice president of business services will have some adjustments to make when she starts her job, but learning to handle the cold won’t be one of them. Susan Niehoff has been a budget finance officer at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis for the last six years. […]
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Publisher’s note: The Environmental Working Group tested water districts in cities with populations of more than 250,000. More information may be found by clicking here. Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Officials of the Reno area’s primary water purveyor are disputing an environmental group report that ranks the tap water fifth-worst in the nation. Truckee Meadows Water […]
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Douglas County sheriff’s deputies are investigating two unrelated deaths on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. Deputies went to a house in the 100 block of Mason Court in Glenbrook Monday night and found a 33-year-old man unresponsive in his bed. Deputies had been called to the residence by friends who had not heard from […]
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Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal The holidays are looking a lot merrier for Lake Tahoe this season as an improving economic outlook, combined with an assist from Mother Nature, has the lake’s resorts and lodges more optimistic about the remainder of the year. Several properties are reporting an uptick in bookings as of early December, including […]
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Larry Brown, the South Tahoe High School security guard accused of smoking pot and drinking beer with a female student, is expected to be in court Dec. 30. Brown, 63, will be arraigned on one charge of furnishing marijuana to a juvenile. Brown was arrested Nov. 6 during a routine traffic stop in South Lake […]
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On Dec. 13 at about 5:30pm the Truckee Police Department dispatch center received a report of an aircraft accident near the Truckee Tahoe Airport. Law enforcement personnel located the crash site minutes later, south of the Highway 267 bypass. The pilot and passenger, both from the San Francisco Bay Area, walked away from the damaged […]
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