By Ari LeVaux, Outdoor Walmart, already one of the country’s largest distributors of organic foods, will gobble up additional market share this summer, thanks to a deal it struck with Wild Oats to carry more than 100 of the natural-food chain’s house-branded products. The agreement, coming on the heels of Target’s Simply Balanced line, which […]
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La Casona Restaurant in Incline Village sustained minor damage from a fire on July 16. The blaze started about 7:50pm. North Lake Tahoe firefighters are still investigating the cause. Monitoring and mop up are occurring today. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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Three 5-month-old black bears were captured and released July 16 on Kingsbury Grade. Nevada Department of Wildlife personnel captured the three cubs in a trap, but their mother eluded capture. The cubs, a female and two males, were tranquilized and processed by a NDOW biologist with the female bear never more than about 40 yards […]
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The Clear Creek Fire burning in the sagebrush above the Carson Valley grew to 300 acres overnight. It is 25 percent contained. About 40 residences along Jacks Valley Road in the Clear Creek subdivision are on voluntary evacuation. Clear Creek Road is closed from Lower Clear Creek to Clubhouse Road to all but homeowners. The […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – It’s 7am Monday and there’s as much bustling around as a New York City subway station. But this is Edgewood Tahoe – home of the 25th American Century Championship golf tournament. Work crews are not only busy preparing the grounds for the South Shore’s premier event of the summer, but […]
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By Marc Kenyon California’s wildlife is one of its greatest treasures, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife is committed to protecting and conserving this important resource. As the drought continues into the summer months, CDFW reminds residents to be mindful of their actions in the outdoors and to take measures to discourage wildlife […]
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Smoke was drifting into Truckee on Wednesday from the Evans Fire. It is burning near Hallelujah Junction on Highway 395, north of Reno. It had burned more than 700 acres as of 6pm July 16.
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Jamie Anderson was named Best Female U.S. Olympian, Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the 22nd annual ESPYS in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Anderson, who rides for Sierra-at-Tahoe and lives in Meyers, scored a near-perfect 95.25 on her final run to win the inaugural women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Sochi Olympics. Fellow Olympian and Meyers […]
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Updated 9:40pm A fire is burning out of control in the Jacks Valley area of the Carson Valley. As of 9 Wednesday night it had burned approximately 150 acres. “A subdivision is threatened,” Capt. Troy Valenzuela with East Fork Fire told Lake Tahoe News. Some residents in the Clear Creek neighborhood were on voluntary evacuation. […]
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Placer County is getting hit hard by phone scams. Savvy scammers are making money by using new tactics. Victims have reported to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office that they were contacted by someone saying they are from PG&E or another utility service. The victim is told that their service will be shut off if there […]
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