Carson City area road report for week of Oct. 11-17

Aspiring and current firefighters can count on Western Nevada College to make their career choice more rewarding.

WNC is fast becoming a higher learning institution where individuals pursuing firefighting as their profession or firefighters looking to advance their career can receive the necessary education to make it happen.

Cara Tirado, K-12 Curriculum & Assessment Science Coordinator for the Carson City School District, has been chosen by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council as one of only five individuals nationally to receive a Leader in Sustainability Fellowship for the coming 2022-2023 school year.

More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in Nevada than all other cancers combined, according to the American Cancer Society. This year it’s estimated 770 Nevadans will be diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, and thousands more will be told they have basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas.

Veterans Healing Camp will celebrate the theme “Holding Out For A Hero” at the 6th Annual Nowruz “New Year” Celebration Feast on Saturday, May 7 in Carson City.

The Nevada Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training is pleased to announce 30 graduates, from 19 Nevada agencies, will accept their peace officers’ oath as POST Academy Class 2022-01.

A 32-year-old man was arrested late Friday for suspicion of felony residential burglary, attempted home invasion and a lesser offense, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

As part of an ongoing commitment to support law enforcement and help build safer communities, CVS Health announced Friday it has completed installation of time delay safe technology in all 97 Nevada CVS Pharmacy locations, including those in Target stores.

A question came up at The Greenhouse Project, a nonprofit raising food for the food insecure in Carson City, “Would plantable biodegradable planting pots work to reduce transplant shock, labor and petroleum-based container waste?” These type of planting containers have been around for more than 40 years, starting with peat pots.

CARSON CITY — Governor Steve Sisolak named Fred Wagar to serve as the next Director for the Nevada Department of Veterans Services. He will replace outgoing Director Katherine “Kat” Miller, who retired April 30, 2022.

Gusty winds expected to arrive Monday has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a wind advisory for much of the Carson City region, including Carson Valley and at Lake Tahoe.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team continues to enhance its capabilities for supporting critical needs within Douglas County. On April 24, 2022 seven members of the DCSAR team became qualified as Swift Water Rescue Technicians.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of May 2-8, 2022. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Donor Network West, the federally designated nonprofit organ procurement organization (OPO) for northern Nevada and northern California, and Renown Health Spiritual Care hosted a candle lighting ceremony in remembrance of organ donors in front of the LOVE sculpture at Renown Regional Medical Center. To close out National Donate Life Month, the ceremony included a moment of silence, a poem-reading and the chance for attendees to write notes of gratitude to honor organ donors.

The United States Air Force busy this week at the Minden Nevada Airport according to Carson Now reader John Green Jr. who snapped these photos of USAF aircraft earlier this week.