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A 100-foot long, 8-foot-wide culvert has arrived in Alpine County, according to the California Department of Transportation. Workers were building the base required to shore up the culvert on Thursday where it will be installed...

ALPINE COUNTY, Calif. - It has been one week since two days of heavy rain fell over the Tamarack burn scar, causing a mountain of mud and debris to move through the town of Markleeville and creating a large hole under SR-89, closing the main artery for vehicle travel.

“Caltrans do you have a response?” was the quote of the morning as Alpine County supervisors ratified an emergency declaration on Wednesday. The real question is whether an emergency road completed Monday can be improved...

MARKLEEVILLE, Calif. - When rain fell over the Tamarack Fire burn scar last week, causing the mud to flow down roads and hills, it did much more than wash out SR-89, the main artery between Markleeville and the rest of Alpine County.

It has been a week since heavy rain and mud flowed through the Alpine County town of Markleeville, causing its main artery of SR-89 to close due to a large 20-foot hole under the road. The closure left no access to the Carson Pass thoroughfare, which most drivers used to travel to and from the town.

ALPINE COUNTY, Calif. - After flooding closed the main route into Markleeville this week, the county economic official is asking the public to visit and support their businesses as they need support.

It could be more than a month before Highway 89 reopens, Markleeville residents heard on Saturday morning. “That lane is undermined to the point where we have another event … it’s just not safe,” CalTrans...

MARKLEEVILLE, Calif. — A couple of old-timers were sitting at the bar in J Marklee Toll Station when a woman walked in and asked if they had food. They were out of onion rings, but they...

ALPINE COUNTY, Calif. - After flooding closed the main route into Markleeville this week, the county economic official is asking the public to visit and support their businesses as they need support.

August 4 UPDATE: Due to large-scale rain events in Eastern Alpine County, the Alpine County Unified Command was notified by the California Department of Transportation that Highway 89 will be closed to all traffic from Turtle Rock Park to Markleeville until further notice. Access to Markleeville will be through Monitor Pass for residents.