·      El Dorado County Auditor-Controller Joe Harn was presented the award for financial transaction reporting by state Controller Betty Yee.

·      Douglas County Sheriff’s Office’s latest deputies are Kendrick Ta, is a resident of the Carson Valley and a 2009 graduate from Douglas High School, and Jose Gutierrez, who immigrated from Honduras and graduated from Reno High School in 2007. Both served in the U.S. military.

·      Truckee is having a Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11 at 11am at Victory Plaza – Spring Street and Donner Pass Road.

·      Conservative Treatment for Neck and Back Pain is the title of Zachary Child’s Dec. 6 lecture. He is a physician with Barton Health’s Tahoe Center for Orthopedics. The free talk is from 6-7pm in the board room at Lake Tahoe Community College.

·      A $5,000 matching gift by Tahoe Blue Vodka has led to more than $10,000 raised to support the League to Save Lake Tahoe’s beach and community cleanups.