“It is my heart-warm and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us-the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage-may-eventually be gathered together in heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss-except the inventor of the telephone.”
— Mark Twain, Hardford, Ct. Dec. 23, 1890

June Joplin, owner of Comma Coffee, says revitalizing downtown Carson City means making it into a destination.
“We need to change it to a place to go instead of a place to go through,” she said, echoing comments Jim Phalen, who runs Firkin-Fox and High Sierra Brewing, made at a recent open house sponsored by city planners.

Gusty winds should arrive in Carson City and the valleys of western Nevada Sunday night prompting the National Weather Service in Reno to issue a High Wind Watch.

Winds will increase with a period of strong winds possible through the night and early Monday morning.

Southwest winds are expected to be 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph to 70 mph or more in the foothills and wind prone areas along Highway 395 from Carson City to Susanville and Surprise Valley, according to the weather service.

Here is the Carson City road construction and maintenance report for the week of Dec. 17-23. A sidewalk project will continue on Silver Sage Drive in the vicinity of Sean Drive and Stafford Way. The work will primarily be on the side of the road, but minor delays are possible.

There will be sidewalk maintenance at the intersection of Carson Street and College Parkway. No delays are expected.