District to Host Meeting on Eagle Valley Middle School Construction

We are back to winter with temperatures well below freezing at night. I have seen
daffodils in bloom already and people are asking, “Will my flowers freeze?”

The answer is, “It depends.”

Carson City fourth grader Lilyan Montes Wungnema, 11, of Empire Elementary School, read and signed while Alina Edwards, DHH (deaf and hard of hearing) interpreter, voiced Henry Cole’s book “Unspoken” to Ms. Alicia Trujillo’s fourth grade class and other students Thursday afternoon for Reading Week.

A 37-year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday at 2:12 p.m. near the intersection of College Parkway and Market Street on suspicion of the following misdemeanor offenses: Driving under the influence, first offense, driving without a valid driver’s license, open container, no proof of insurance, failure to use due care, and violation of bail.

A downed power line reported around 10 a.m. Saturday morning in the area of U.S. Highway 50 East and Deer Run Road appears to be related to traffic back-up at the East College Parkway-Fairview Drive signal and a loss of electricity to more than 1,200 customers.

Multi-talented music industry entrepreneur David Victor, formerly of the classic rock band BOSTON, returns to Northern Nevada on Saturday, March 17 to perform with his tribute act Bostyx.

More snow is forecast for Western Nevada, including the greater Carson City area, with accumulations between two and four inches in the valleys and as much as six inches of localized accumulation, the National Weather Service in Reno reports.

A 25-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday, 8:30 a.m., in the 400 block of Winnie Lane on suspicion of felony attempt to prevent the reporting of a crime and misdemeanor domestic battery.

The cancellation of classes and activities at Carson High School Friday does not include the long-anticipated and carefully planned annual Mr. Carson High pageant scheduled for March 2 at 6:30 p.m. inside the Carson City Community Center, Carson City School District Public Information Officer Dan Davis said.

A special tax benefit to save future income taxes is known as the “Step Up in Tax Basis.”

This happens when someone dies and leaves stocks, bonds, personal property and real estate to the heirs.

A winter storm moving through the region has prompted Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to close state offices in Northern Nevada Friday, according to a statement from the Nevada Governor's Office.

"State offices in Northern Nevada will be closed all day due to the weather," Gov. Sandoval tweeted early Friday morning. "Please stay safe if you're on the roads and highways."

Although state offices in the north are closed today, the Carson City Courthouse is open for business, said Court Administrator Max Cortes.

A strong band of winter weather moving through the area Thursday night into Friday has placed travel restrictions on area highways and roadways in and around Carson City, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) said.

The staff of the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City is organizing a campaign to update the 43 year old campus and 150 year old buildings.

Carson City's Brugo’s Pizza Company and Bistro changed ownership recently and is now Vino’s Pizza, transitioning to completely homemade, organic ingredients and a mountain of new menu items.

A 35-year-old Carson City woman was arrested for 15 felony warrants, five alleging burglary, five alleging obtaining money under false pretenses and five alleging uttering a forged instrument, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said. A second woman was also arrested for single count felony warrants alleging the same crimes.