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In recognition of the last day of school Wednesday, June 3, the Transportation Department with the Carson City School District hosted a school bus parade where drivers displayed banners to provide recognition for all the student efforts in completing Remote Learning school work and assignments.

The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will be held Thursday, June 4 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Sierra Room of the Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street.

On the docket for discussion includes approving contracts of new and current employees, a wastewater agreement with Lyon County, a diesel tax and more.

The Carson Educational Support Association would like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring and donating to our educational support staff banquet. Although the banquet was canceled due to the Covid 19 pandemic, prizes have been given to the CESA members who won Classified of the Year.

RENO — With wildland fires eating up the forests and rangelands of Nevada each summer, and fire season now upon us, University of Nevada, Reno scientists are examining how drought, climate change and land management will affect future fire activity and how fires can in turn influence plant, soil and hydrologic processes.

Silver State Industries, the industrial arm of the Nevada Department of Corrections, has launched a manufacturing program to produce medical gowns and masks to help protect Nevadans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced Thursday a $3.7 million grant award to the Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization in Carson City as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed by President Donald Trump on March 27.

The Carson City Sheriffs Office will be joining forces with other law enforcement agencies statewide focusing on impaired drivers from Friday, May 1 through May 8.

CARSON CITY — There is good news for Nevada drivers as many will receive premium refunds for their auto insurance policies as a result of less claims being paid as Nevadans continue to “Stay Home for Nevada."

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Department of Transportation is reminding families to take part in “Walk and Roll Wednesdays” to give socially-distanced Nevadans opportunity for healthy and fun outdoor activity.

Lane closures will take place beginning Monday, April 20 as the Nevada Department of Transportation changes exit numbers on Interstate 580 between northern Carson City and the Reno spaghetti bowl.

Well before dawn, a kitchen crew arrives. Ovens are turned on; food is pulled for today’s meal. Sheet pans are lined, steam pans are filled. Hundreds of disposable cups, trays and lids line the countertops ready to be filled. The crew preps intuitively – they’ve done this many times before. The crew is the Carson City Senior Center. It’s just another morning at the Carson City Senior Center.

CARSON CITY — During the week of April 13, a short detour will be in place for northbound Ramsey Weeks Cutoff traffic accessing U.S. 50 near Silver Springs as part of a Nevada Department of Transportation project to widen the highway.

MINDEN — The Douglas County Roads Department installed six new road signs last week that will be activated with a radar detection system once some final preparation is done in the coming days. The new signs will provide drivers a higher level of visual guidance when approaching the curves and improves safety for all drivers.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation is launching “Walk and Roll Wednesdays” to give socially-distanced Nevada families opportunity for healthy and fun outdoor activity.

The Nevada Department of Transportation is alerting drivers and organizations to prepare for an upcoming change to exit numbers on Interstate 580 between the Reno spaghetti bowl and northern Carson City.

CARSON CITY — In an effort to bring relief to Nevada motorists affected by the closures related to COVID-19, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles have issued an automatic 90-day extension for expiring driver’s licenses, vehicle registrations and other DMV documents. Governor Sisolak signed a Declaration of Emergency authorizing the extension March 20.

Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space announced March 18 its update on office and staffing changes, facility closures and program cancelations and postponements due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier this month, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation issued a press release with a jubilant headline: “Nevada’s Unemployment Rate Hits an All-Time Low.”

The Carson City Sheriff's Office will be joining forces with other law enforcement agencies statewide focusing on speeding violations from March 20-30.

Gov. Steve Sisolak’s request Tuesday night for all non-essential businesses in the state, including casinos, to close their doors for 30 days in order to avoid further spread of the novel coronavirus has been met with some confusion over what is and isn’t an “essential” business.

UPDATE: The press conference is available by going here.
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Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday ordered a sweeping shutdown of nonessential businesses, including casinos and retail stores, for 30 days, a move that would have been unthinkable weeks ago before the novel coronavirus wreaked its havoc around the world.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Departments of Transportation and Wildlife and the Nevada Highway Patrol are reminding motorists to drive safely in wildlife-prone areas with the onset of spring animal migration.

UPDATE: This event has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns.

***The Comstock will go nuts on Saturday, March 14 at its annual pre-St. Patrick’s Day warmup and festival like no other where the revelry is wild, the beer flows icy green and the food orders of the day pay homage to the parts of the male cow anatomy that usually wind up snipped.

March is here and that famous groundhog saw his shadow, a recent article on CNBC suggests spring will arrive early this year — at least when it comes to the housing market. In fact, some are speculating that January may very well be the new April.

What’s causing this already-busy buying season to kick off ahead of schedule? Low inventory and rising home prices are spurring house hunters to come out of hibernation months before they previously would have.

Trooper Hannah DeGoey guides her silver Charger through Reno traffic as the sun sets, flipping on her radar from time to time to check the speed of cars whizzing by.

A 20-year-old woman was arrested Sunday in the area of Koontz and Carson streets for suspicion of misdemeanor threats and harassment, and violation of alternative sentencing conditions following an incident involving a ride sharing service driver, a Carson City sheriff's deputy report states.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office will be joining forces with other law enforcement agencies statewide focusing on pedestrian safety through March 15.

The Carson City Sheriffs Office will be continuing to enforce speeding laws and educate drivers stopped for speeding. Simply stated in Nevada Revised Statute 484B.600, basic rule for speeding: It is unlawful for any person to drive or operate a vehicle of any kind at a rate of speed greater than that posted by a public authority.

A Go Fund Me account has been established for a Dayton man who was fatally struck in a pedestrian crash as he was returning home on an ATV on Highway 50. The incident is currently being investigated by the Nevada Highway Patrol.

The Go Fund Me page is for John Jones and can be found here.

Beginning Monday, Jan. 27 through early February, drivers will see brief overnight lane closures on U.S. 395 through downtown Gardnerville as the Nevada Department of Transportation begins preliminary utility surveying in advance of a future project to repave the highway.