On Feb. 27 the Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District approved a 2-acre site for the proposed library at Truckee Regional Park. Plans for the proposed building include areas for children, teens, and adults, along with a community room and browsing area. Design work for the project is currently underway. Submitted Friends of the Truckee Library gave a presentation at Tuesday’s Truckee Meet Our Team
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Sierra roadwork schedule through January 23
LONG-TERM PROJECTS State Route 49 (Placer County) from the I-80/SR 49 interchange to Dry Creek Road: Construction began June 17, 2019 on a $42.4 million project in Auburn. The project will rehabilitate existing pavement and drainage, improve operational features and upgrade pedestrian and bicycle facilities. No traffic-interfering work is scheduled this week. State Route 49 (Nevada County) from Meet Our Team
Newsom: Nevada County Open For Travel & Lodging
As of Jan. 12, 2021, the Sacramento Region (including Truckee and Lake Tahoe) met the four week forecast criteria to exit the Regional Stay Home Order and is now open for travel and lodging in the PURPLE tier. Please be advised there is still a state order to not travel beyond 120 miles for non-essential needs in addition to a 10-day quarantine for out of state travelers. Per Dr. Ghaly, "we are Meet Our Team
High school sports on hold
As a surge in COVID-19 cases sweeps through the region, the status of high school sports in the Truckee-Tahoe area remains on hiatus. Much remains uncertain regarding high school sports in 2021 due to the Truckee and North Tahoe High schools falling within the guidelines of governing bodies in California and Nevada. Both high schools contest winter sports under the umbrellas of the Nevada Meet Our Team
History of New Year’s Resolutions
The ancient Babylonians are said to have been the first people to make New Year’s resolutions, some 4,000 years ago. They were also the first to hold recorded celebrations in honor of the new year—though for them the year began not in January but in mid-March, when the crops were planted. During a massive 12-day religious festival known as Akitu, the Babylonians crowned a new king or reaffirmed Meet Our Team
Travel Update, December 2020
PLEASE STAY SAFE, STAY HOME. The Sacramento Region (including Truckee, North and South Lake Tahoe, California side) is under the Regional Stay Home order for three weeks, as of Dec. 11, 2020 until Jan. 1, 2020. Reopening will be contingent upon ICU forecast given Covid-19 new case rates. PLEASE READ & BOOKMARK TRUCKEE: COVID-19 & TRAVEL Meet Our Team
