By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Searchers on Friday found the body of a missing snowboarder at Squaw Valley. Officials from Squaw Valley said searchers from Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue, and Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows found the body of the 42-year-old man at 10:10am March 2. Read the whole story
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Updated 9:16am: With more than a foot of snow being dumped at lake level overnight, it’s a snow day for schools. Closed on March 2 are: Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, Lake Tahoe Community College, Incline Village Schools and Tahoe Truckee Unified School District. UNR classes are going as scheduled. Nevada […]
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By Kathryn Reed Starting Sunday El Dorado County will be implementing a traffic diversion strategy with the goal of keeping non-residents on main streets as they head home instead of clogging the side roads. About 70 people turned out for the Feb. 28 meeting in Meyers hosted by various officials from the county. Transportation, law […]
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By Neal E. Boudette, New York Times Pedestrian deaths in traffic accidents have reached levels not seen in years, and a safety group has sought to explain why. It has identified several possible causes, like digital distractions and an increase in driving. Now it has added another: marijuana. Over the first six months of 2017, […]
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By Alastair Bland, Water Deeply California has been blessed with the distinction of being home to some of the richest and the poorest income-earning Americans, according to a 2015 report by the Social Science Research Council. This stark division of wealth between the extravagantly rich and the destitute is displayed vividly in how the state’s […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal David Wise is finally back in his hometown Friday, and everyone’s invited. The 27-year-old Wooster High alum won his second Olympic gold medal last week during the PyeongChang Olympic Games. Wise is expected to land at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport about 7pm March 2. Read the whole story
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Work is expected to resume this month on the Highway 89/Fanny Bridge project in Tahoe City. If the weather cooperates, concrete for the bridge abutments will be poured. The new Truckee River Bridge is located just east of the Caltrans maintenance yard along Highway 89 heading into Tahoe City from Truckee. The trout sculpture created […]
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By Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle SACRAMENTO — California fire officials asked lawmakers Tuesday for $100 million to improve the state’s strained mutual-aid system, which is designed to quickly rally first responders in an emergency, such as the deadly fires that ravaged the North Bay last year. At a legislative hearing in Sacramento, fire chiefs […]
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Updated 2:27pm: Lake Tahoe Unified, Tahoe Truckee Unified, Incline Village schools, Lake Tahoe Community College and Sierra Nevada College are closed today because of the blizzard warning issued by the National Weather Service in Reno. For Douglas County schools at the lake, students on will be picked up at the main bus stops on March […]
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By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval said he will bring together school superintendents across the state to talk about safety. His announcement Tuesday comes after]Sandoval was at a meeting with the National Governors Association and President Trump on Monday. He told the group that the issue of the day is school safety and public safety, and […]
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