Soda Springs News

The Donner Summit Area Association would like to thank everyone involved for working so hard to make this one of the best "Summit Clean Up Days" ever.

Caltrans announces the following road work schedule for the week of June 14 to 20: Detour schedule Interstate 80 from Colfax to Secret Town: Work is set to begin on the $70 million Gold Run III construction project to repair Interstate 80.

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As promised, the California Department of Transportation has started construction work on Interstate 80 between Nevada County and the Nevada state line.

A Porterville woman who was injured when her car struck a horse in the roadway and then crashed into a rock wall Wednesday night has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, the California Highway Patrol reported.

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Caltrans work schedule this week: I-80 from South Yuba River to Nevada County line: Westbound No.

California Highway Patrol Chief Stan Perez said the suspect is a wanted felon whose car was stopped near Soda Springs.

The man who spent hours in a standoff with law enforcement last Wednesday on Interstate 80 is being arraigned today in Truckee.

KFBK continues to follow a possible hostage situation in Placer County. Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Sac County sheriff's officials say the incident began near Watt and Manlove around 2 pm.

The armed standoff between law enforcement and a wanted felon ended near Donner Summit shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday, about 8 hours after starting as a high speed chase in Sacramento.

The California Highway Patrol says a man who had been holding his wife and three children hostage on I-80 has released them.

Interstate 80 from Kingvale to Soda Springs was shut down in both directions after a driver led authorities on a high-speed chase Wednesday afternoon, resulting in a standoff.

A spring storm dropped up to 3 inches of snow Friday in the Sierra Nevada, and prompted chain controls on highways.

When California Department of Transportation traffic manager John Holzhauser presented upcoming road projects at an area transit meeting Thursday morning at the Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City, it prompted a quip from the audience.

The search for two Oakland men, missing since Feb. 28, ended Thursday with the discovery of their bodies near Soda Springs.

It's going to be another big summer for construction work on Interstate 80, which prompted some concern at a transit meeting Thursday morning about it discouraging visitors from making the trek to Tahoe.

Spring is off to a snowy start as a storm is snarling traffic in the Sierra Nevada.

A week's worth of heavy snow in the mountains has relieved pressure on local water agencies, but statewide reserves remain below adequate, officials said.

Snow in the mountains is making for slippery driving and prompting chain controls on area highways this morning.