By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – While a group of concerned individuals is tasked with answering three questions regarding the future of Whittell High School, the chore is turning out to be anything but simple and straightforward. The committee – made up of parents, teachers, and a community representative – came about after last spring’s uprising […]
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By W.J. Hennigan, Washington Post Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel addressed the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas on Monday, unveiling a comprehensive plan for how the U.S. military will address the effects of climate change. Rising global temperatures, increasing sea levels and intensifying weather events will challenge global stability, he said, and could lead […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee Rugged and isolated, the Rubicon River Valley on the border of El Dorado and Placer counties was for many years an idyll of old-growth trees and icy swimming holes. Then the King Fire roared through last month, turning a 20-mile stretch of the canyon into a vast dead zone of […]
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Three rooms at the Lodge at Kingsbury Crossing in Stateline had to be evacuated today because of carbon monoxide. An alarm went off in one room just before 10am Oct. 14. The odorless gas then spread to two other rooms. “It was coming from the vent, but we’re not sure if it was drawing from […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Casino operator Full House Resorts said Monday the Las Vegas-based company has been “evaluating strategic alternatives for several months” and called a proxy fight by a group of shareholders “inappropriate and disruptive.” The company said in a statement it was exploring options, such as “potential merger or sale of […]
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By Kathryn Reed On a good day maybe three dozen of the nearly 800 students at South Tahoe Middle School ride their bike to school. Some walk, even more get a ride either from their parents, friends’ parents or via the school bus. For anyone who has been by the school in the morning or […]
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Placer County LAFCo unanimously voted last week to award RSG of Santa Ana a contract to develop a comprehensive fiscal analysis of the possibility of incorporating Olympic Valley. The $85,360 fee will be paid for by Incorporate Olympic Valley. “A comprehensive fiscal analysis is required for any incorporation proposal. It shows us whether the proposed town will […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee The on-again, off-again debate between 4th Congressional District incumbent Tom McClintock and challenger Art Moore is back on. A day after McClintock backed away from a one-hour debate that would have been hosted by the League of Women Voters next week, the Elk Grove Republican’s camp issued a press release […]
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By Sam Cohen, Fox 40 SACRAMENTO — CalFire’s tanker fleet can fly again, following a deadly crash last week while fighting a fire near Yosemite National Park. The National Transportation Safety Board released their initial findings, saying they found “no structural failures or aging aircraft issues involved in the crash”. CalFire then decided to resume normal […]
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Updated Oct. 12 12:13pm: The man killed in Friday’s car crash in Stateline has been identified as Larry Dean Wells, 71, of Oregon. His passenger, Roxane Jean Freeman, 68, of Oregon was taken to Renown Medical Center in Reno with non-life threatening injuries. “He went off the right shoulder for unknown reasons, up a tree […]
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