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The project called The Vintage At Kings Canyon was presented by the managers in an open meeting at the Fritsch School on April 7th to a crowd estimated at 250-400 people.

On April 25 it was again the topic of another public meeting at the school. This time the meeting was called by the neighbors, and drew over 200 highly interested people, along with the mayor, two candidates for mayor, a supervisor, a candidate for supervisor, a reporter, a retired reporter, and other retired reporter also a candidate for supervisor.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of April 25 through May 1, 2016: Work continues on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. Motorists can expect the following traffic impacts this week:

Are you a job seeker? Do you know anyone who is looking? At least 38 employers from around Carson City, Carson Valley and Stateline will meet Wednesday for interviewing and hiring on the spot during a job fair in Gardnerville.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will host a public hearing on Tuesday, April 26 to provide information on an upcoming project to construct a shared-use path and enhance safety, accessibility and water quality on State Route 28.

Carson City Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating two separate burglaries at local businesses within the past two days and are asking for the public's help in providing any information on the suspects caught on video surveillance.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of April 18-24, 2016. Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. Motorists can expect the following closures this week:

Carson City has been selected by the Nevada Recreation and Parks Society to receive the Elmer H. Anderson Park Excellence Project of the Year for the Carson City MAC project. This award recognizes excellence in park planning, design, construction, and environmental best practices throughout the State of Nevada.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of April 11-17, 2016. Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. This week: Traffic on North Carson Street will remain one lane in each direction, from William to 5th Street.

Hello, Carson City. Don’t let the fact that it’s Monday get you down, there are still fun ways to kick off the work week. The Firkin and Fox hosts karaoke tonight; just remember to use the east or south entrances while construction continues on their new patio. Go searching for ghosts at the Gold Hill Hotel. Get your boogie on with the High Sierra Swing Dance Club at El Charro Avita. Their Spring Ball, Dinner, and Dance is this coming Saturday, and you can go here for ticket information.

MONDAY:

Miles Construction’s president Bill Miles is the Northern Nevada Development Authority’s Pioneer of the Year, awarded at the Authority’s annual Pioneer Awards banquet last night in Carson City, Nevada, to recognize his efforts in improving the entire Sierra Nevada region. Miles Construction also received the Golden Hammer Award, in partnership with the Nevada Builder’s Alliance, for their work on the Multipurpose Athletic Center (MAC) in Carson City.

The dictionary defines "fixture" as something that remains in place, an established part of something else.

In downtown Carson City, there are a number of businesses that can make a case for being fixtures, storied parts of the Nevada state capital.

But few are as endearing to so many as Mom and Pop's Diner.

North Sunridge Park in the Indian Hills area of Carson City, Miner's Park in Virginia City, Fallon Pauite Shosone Tribe Park and Nevada State Parks are among a handful of publicly maintained sites to receive federal grant money to make improvements, Sen. Harry Reid announced Thursday.

Hope Sullivan has left her Planning Manager position in Douglas County and stepped into the Planning Manager position for the Carson City Planning Division. Sullivan served as the Planning Manager in Douglas County for the past two years.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Miles Construction’s work as contractor for the historic Farmer’s Bank Building in downtown Minden was recognized as Bently Enterprises received two awards celebrating the work done converting the building to the company’s headquarters office.

Bently Enterprises was awarded the USGBC Nevada Chapter 2015 LEED Project of the Year award and the AIA Nevada 2015 Merit Award in the Built Category, with J.P. Copoulos as the Architect of Record and NicholsBooth as the Design Architect for the project.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of April 4-10, 2016. Work continues on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. For this week, traffic on North Carson Street will be one lane in each direction between William and 5th Street on the north bound side of the street.

Congratulations to Scott Vickrey, the 2016 CHS Teacher of the Year, and Tami Burgoon, the CHS Classified Employee of the Year for 2016. Becoming Teacher of the Year is no easy task at Carson High School. With 104 teachers, not including other staff members, the CHS Teacher of the Year Award is an accomplishment most teachers will never receive, so winning an award like this required a great many people to say a great thing or two about Scott Vickrey.

The Cavalry is coming to Carson City this Saturday, April 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. Nevada Day Inc. Presents, History Alive Street Theatre. Come and enjoy a "Sneak Peek" into Nevada Day Inc.'s History Alive Street Theatre Shows. The shows will be held on the first Saturday of each month during Wine Walk.

The Downtown Business Association’s wine walk has always been rain, snow, or shine. Now they can add construction to the list of things that won’t get in the way of this fun monthly event. Saturday, April 2, go see for yourself what new things are breaking ground in the downtown corridor and enjoy some wine, nibbles, and entertainment while you’re there.

Construction of the downtown corridor of North Carson Street is now in full swing since the March 7 groundbreaking, and already changes have begun taking shape.

Periodic lane and ramp closures will take place on southbound Interstate 580 and Alternate U.S. 395 in southern Washoe Valley as the Nevada Department of Transportation begins construction of a concrete barrier rail. The work is part of a larger ongoing project to enhance Interstate 580 in Washoe Valley.

Dennis Cassinelli, a Nevada historian and author, will offer a presentation on “Petroglyphs” and “The Dayton Petrified Forest” that Mark Twain wrote about in his book, Roughing It at the Thursday Night Presentations at the historic Gold Hill Hotel on Thursday, April 7.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of March 28 to April 3, 2016: Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street with one lane each direction for travel.

I should not have done it, but old habits, and common sense, die hard. Carson Street is the main drag through town, always was, always will be, for going between the north and south sides of town. Just look on the map. There are no through-street alternatives that run the length of town, from College Parkway to Clearview Drive; only fragments, most of which are residential.

Carson High School students are not only given myriad opportunities in which to participate, they are afforded these privileges by parents, teachers, and local and national non-profit organizations whose sole purpose is to give elementary, middle, and high school students the freedom to shine like the sun.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Hearings Officer will hold a public hearing Thursday, March 31 for Nevada Department of Transportation’s proposed project to install a 60-foot-long tunnel extension and rock fall shelter on the north side of the westbound Cave Rock tunnel to better protect the traveling public.

Nevada’s unemployment rate fell in February to a seasonally adjusted 5.9 percent, the first time in eight years that the rate has fallen below 6 percent, according to figures released Wednesday by the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

A vehicle pursuit that began in Washoe Valley ended Tuesday night with one man in custody after the vehicle was stopped at the Maverik gas station in the 1400 block of College Parkway in Carson City, according to dispatch.

Construction of the Black Bear Diner at Max Casino on South Carson Street is in full swing, and is estimated for completion by early May, Max Casino General Manager Lee Kennedy said Tuesday.

“We’re going to push hard to get to that date,” he said. “The community has really become attached to this project. Everybody’s talking about it.”

There's still time to get your living piece of downtown Carson City. Public Works and Q&D Construction held its first of a two-day plant salvage on Monday. Citizens interested in transplanting the plants can head to the intersection of 3rd and Curry Street after 5 p.m. today, Tuesday, March 22. Plants will be available for pick up on a first come first serve basis.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of March 21-27: Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street in the following locations: