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Upcoming free mobile microchipping clinics include Walk for Animals at the Sparks Marina

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Sparks, NV… Washoe County Regional Animal Services plans to offer free microchipping services at several locations during the month of May, including this year’s Walk for Animals event on Saturday, May 18, at the Sparks Marina. The following mobile microchipping clinics have been scheduled for May, 2013. Pet owners are asked to bring their dogs [...]

Armed Suspect Arrested After Strangling Mother to Unconciousness

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South Lake Tahoe, CA…On Wednesday, April17th, 2013 at around 0630 am police dispatch received a report at 899 Tahoe Island Drive that an intoxicated adult man, identified as 21 year old Skylor Klisch, had battered and strangled his 45 year old mother to the point of her losing consciousness. The son fled their shared residence [...]

Mixed Weather Week Ahead in Tahoe Area

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Incline Village, NV…The NWS Office in Reno is forecasting a mixed bag of weather for the Easter Break week. Whatever weather you like you will no doubt find a bit of it in the forecast. 7-DAY FORECAST Today Rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. Snow level 7400 feet lowering to 6800 feet. High near [...]

Hunter Creek Hazardous Fuels Project to Continue Week of April 1st

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Incline Village, NV….North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District’s fuels crew will continue the hazardous fuels reduction project in the Hunter Creek area the first week of April, weather permitting. This project is a cooperative effort between North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, Reno Fire Department, Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and Washoe County Parks Department. [...]

North Lake Tahoe Fire Receives Grant Funds to Purchase Vehicle Extrication Tools

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Incline Village, NV…The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District recently purchased new vehicle extrication tools through grant funds awarded to the fire district through the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety’s Zero Fatalities Program. The Zero Fatalities Program utilizes the Nevada Strategic Highway Safety Plan http://zerofatalitiesnevada.com to educate citizens and increase awareness regarding safe driving practices [...]

Prescribed Fire Operations Begin on West Shore

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Meeks Bay, CA…U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations near the Meeks Bay area Wednesday, March 27, 2013.  Crews expect to burn approximately 30 acres near Meeks Meadow.  Operations may continue through the week, weather and conditions permitting. Residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from this prescribed fire project [...]

Ligety Caps Record Season with SL Title at Squaw

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SQUAW VALLEY, CA (March 23) – Triple World Champion Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) capped a career best season Saturday with massive 1.48 second wire-to-wire slalom victory to close men’s competition at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships in Squaw Valley. A week ago, Ligety won the final Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom [...]

Mancuso Notches Record 16th U.S. Title On Home Turf

Julia Mancuso ripped to a record 16th U.S. title with giant slalom victory at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships in Squaw Valley (Mark Epstein/USSA)

Squaw Valley, CA…On Thursday, Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) took full advantage of home snow to win the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships giant slalom for a record 16th U.S. title. The Olympic gold medalist from Squaw Valley finished .88 in front of a red-hot Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO), 18, who had [...]

Traffic Update….Bicyclist into Back of Car in Tahoe Vista

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Tahoe Vista, CA…Emergency crews are working the injuries of a bicyclist that rode into the back of a parked car on SR-28. Please use caution in the area…

Thanks to a microchip, Regional Animal Services reunites Merced County family with a dog that may have been stolen over two years ago

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Reno, NV… More than two years after Buddy disappeared from the yard of his Merced County home, the little Yorkshire Terrier was back in the arms of his loving family thanks to the microchip he received as a puppy. Buddy was over two hundred miles from home when he was found by a resident in [...]

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