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Stories from the last 60 days:

On the Spot: News

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Radon

March print edition

Did you know the Sierra Nevada has some of the highest levels of the radioactive gas radon in California and Nevada?

Turner

Poet Brian Turner Joins SNC English Program

March print edition

Poet Brian Turner joins Sierra Nevada College falculty.

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Dealing With the "Grittier Surface" of Life

March print edition

An interview with news anchor Bob Woodruff and his wife, Lee.

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Spot News Briefs: Placer/ Washoe County

March print edition

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Spot News Briefs: Nevada County

March print edition

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marketplace

Spot News Briefs: Business

March print edition

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school

Iconic Tahoe City School Fights for Its Survival

March print edition

Tahoe Community Nursery School faces tough decisions.

AMC

There's a New BOSS in Town

March print edition

Jeff Ridgel left the corporate world to run Bradbury's, an office supply store in Truckee.

Wailing Wall

A Sense of Place Gone

March print edition

A visit to Israel prompts reflections on change.

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Food for Thought Tamale Dinner

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Tamales & So Much More! Adventure Risk Challenge (ARC) will celebrate the voices of local youth at the 2nd annual Food for Thought Tamale Dinner, at the Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe

Civic Calendar

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Your guide to civic participation for March!

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Mail Back, Move Forward

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Have you become a fan of the 2010 Census on Facebook yet? Did you know you can follow the Census Bureau on Twitter? Times have certainly changed since 2000, when the last nationwide push to count every citizen and non-citizen in America was undertaken

Athletes

Special Olympics Celebrity Winterfest 2010 Comes to Incline Village

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Weekend event to raise funds for the Special Olympics athletes in Nevada and Northern California.

Students

SNC Students Return from Habitat Trip to El Salvador

February print edition

SNC students build house with Habitat for Humanity in El Salvador.

Tips

A Piece of the Pie

February print edition

Employees at Fireside Pizza donate portion of tips to local charity.

Wine Walk

Spot News Briefs: Business

February print edition

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Rotary Youth Exchange Ski Days

February print edition

Foreign students hit the slopes.

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Spot New Briefs: Placer County

February print edition

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Sutton

Spot News Briefs: Nevada County

February print edition

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No Pot For You

February print edition

Placer County Planning Commission votes to restrict medical marijuana.

Kings Beach

Kings Beach Improvements Approved

February print edition

Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project approved by TRPA.

FIngerprinting

Know Your Rights?

February print edition

If you get pulled over, here's a primer to your rights

Haiti boy

Cultivating Patience in an Instant World

February print edition

Building a better world takes time

Sierra Expeditionary Learning School Ventures Out

February print edition

A new charter school based on an “expeditionary learning” model could become a reality in Truckee by next fall.

Shelter box

How to Help Haiti

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A guide to local events and efforts to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Lodge

Pollard Station Application Withdrawn

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FNC Communities has withdrawn its application from the Town of Truckee Planning Commission for the Pollard Station development.

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Is Your C-Note a Sourdough?

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The Placer County Sheriff's office is asking local businesses to be aware of counterfeit bills being passed to local merchants.