El Dorado County will host a grant development program informational meeting Sept. 29, 6pm at 2850 Fairlane Court, Building C, Placerville. All county nonprofits are invited to attend. Seating is limited and additional meetings can be arranged if needed to accommodate all interested organizations. The county has contracted with Grant Management Associates to assist local […]
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South Tahoe Public Utility District is organizing a board candidate forum for Oct. 8 at 6pm in the district board room. The forum is open to the public and is an opportunity for the community to come and hear statements from each of the five candidates running for a seat in November. Chris Cefalu is […]
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El Dorado County Connections-One Stop has programs and services to help individuals return to work. Through the Dislocated Worker Program, unemployed and underemployed residents who are unlikely to return to their previous industry or occupation can receive assistance. Displaced homemakers and self-employed individuals may also qualify. Applicants do not need to be low income to […]
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The King Fire outside of Pollock Pines has swelled to 70,944 acres. It remains at 5 percent containment. Highway 50 is closed from Pollock Pines to Riverton. Because of the steep terrain it has been difficult for firefighters to get a handle on the blaze that is now in its sixth day of raging through […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the two Lake Tahoe Community College District 5 candidates a series of questions. The responses are being run in the order LTN received them. Name: Robert “Bob” Grant Profession/work experience: Educator, professional director and conductor. I have taught 25 years with Lake Tahoe Unified School District at the high […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Sept. 12, 2014, Salt Lake Tribune. Just like that, more than half the economic muscle in Utah’s ski industry falls under one corporation, and it’s from Colorado. To anyone who has followed the ski industry in the American West, Vail Resorts’ purchase of Park City Mountain Resort is […]
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By George Warren, KXTV A Sacramento man taken into custody last week on drug charges faces a second arrest stemming from the same raid on a motel he owns in the Nevada desert. Raghvendra “Raj” Singh, 52, posted $50,000 bail early Thursday, 12 hours after being picked up at his midtown Sacramento fourplex on a […]
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By Michael Tarm, AP CHICAGO — Editors and reporters meeting in Chicago raised concerns Wednesday about what they described as a lack of access and transparency undermining journalists’ work, several blaming the current White House for setting standards for secrecy that are spreading nationwide. Criticism of President Obama’s administration on the issue of openness in government […]
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Updated Sept. 17 7:05pm: The King Fire burning northeast of Pollock Pines is at 27,930 acres and remains at 5 percent containment as of Wednesday night. It is burning in steep, rugged terrain at a rapid rate north. Highway 50 in the American River Canyon was opened Wednesday afternoon. However, it is one lane traffic from […]
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By Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown signed a trio of bills Tuesday establishing a framework for statewide regulation of California’s underground water sources, marking the first time in the state’s history that groundwater will be managed on a large scale. “This is a big deal,” Brown said at a signing ceremony in the […]
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