Carson City School District to discuss $12 million in new bonds to improve school facilities

The Nevada Republican Party Central Committee has voted to censure the state’s GOP secretary of state, Barbara Cegavske, over claims that her office failed to do its job and “put the reliability of our elections in Nevada in question.”

The next Carson City Board of Supervisor’s meeting will take place Thursday, April 15 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Robert ‘Bob’ Crowell Board Room in the Carson City Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street.

Items up for discussion include affordable housing, potential closure of a motel, new sidewalks for Colorado St., an appeal from the recently-closed asphalt plant, and more.

April 15 is usually a safe date to prune roses. The worst of the freezes are probably behind us, so any new growth generated by pruning should survive whatever cold snaps occur before summer. This may vary by microclimate with some areas more likely to freeze harder than others.

RENO — Vaccine passports, digital records of an individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status, are on their way. This is likely to be a QR code on your phone, which you scan to enter a flight or event. As with any major new initiative, scammers always find ways to take advantage of the confusion and anxiety surrounding the change. Be on the lookout for vaccine passport cons.

She does so much! Congratulations to Carson High School’s Lavon Sollberger on being awarded Certified Employee of the Year. Lavon, an Administrative Specialist, upon the receiving of her award said “I have no need for a web cam or microphone on my computer; at a recent virtual staff meeting, my speakers experienced a case of the hiccups, and I lost the sound, so off to a co-worker’s office I went observing social distancing rules and sitting on the far side of the office just to listen to the staff meeting.”

The Carson Fly Fishing Club is offering an Introduction to Fly Tying on April 24, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ormsby Room, Carson City Sheriff's Office, at 911 E. Musser St., Carson City.

Katie Farr submitted these beautiful photos she snapped on Saturday!

Carson City Elks Lodge #2177 installed their officer corps on April 3. Al Bye, past State President was on hand to help with the installation of officers. Jim Smolenski, who was the Exalted Ruler, relinquished the reigns to Martha Reynolds, the new lodge’s incoming Exalted Ruler.

On April 3rd, Carson City Elks Lodge No. 2177 raised $440 for the Elks State Major Project.

Members donated to this project to watch the outgoing Exalted Ruler, Jim Smolenski, get dunked with ice.

We are reporting 13 new cases and 30 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,053, with 11,454 recoveries and 222 deaths; 377 cases remain active.

The Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space Department will be coordinating the annual Fuel Reduction Program using sheep starting next week. This project is also in coordination with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada Division of State Lands, the Washoe Tribe and Carson Community Council and private property owners.

Traffic going to and from the south shore over US50 is cut off Friday morning due to a rock slide.

At 5:46 a.m. the report of a slide was received by the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

A Toyota 4runner collided into the boulders after the slide occurred. No injuries were reported.

There is no estimated time of opening and no detour. Road crews are going to look at opening Johnson Pass Road but that is still covered in snow and ice. Travelers will have to use north shore routes or SR89/88.

Expect long delay.

This story will be updated as more information is available.

The Carson City School District would like to reassure employees there has not been a data breach or leak of information within the school district. There is, however, since the start of the pandemic last year, an ongoing issue of false unemployment claims being filed among numerous employers throughout the state of Nevada and across the nation. This is not a circumstance specifically isolated to the Carson City School District. It appears no employer, business, industry or public agency has been spared.

The University of Nevada, Reno Extension Office is hosting a Grow Your Own, Nevada! workshop series covering the basics of gardening in the Silver State with a variety of topics.