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Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Sept. 14-20, 2015: The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue bridge maintenance on the I-580 Carson City Freeway with nightly lane closures and intermittent on and off ramp closures during weeknights from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Today, being hungry can be helpful. A benefit for fallen Deputy Carl Howell takes place today at Betsy’s Café inside Slot World with all café proceeds going to his family. This afternoon you can beat the heat and support the Western Nevada College Foundation at Yogurt Beach. If you're hungry for something a little different, try the Improv Workshop at the Brewery Arts Center. You'll be thinking outside the box in no time.

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Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Sept. 9, 2015 and beyond. Note: Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included as their most current reports have not been updated.

The University of Nevada, Reno welcomed 20,898 undergraduate and graduate students to campus for the fall 2015 semester, representing a 4.8 percent increase over the fall 2014 enrollment of 19,934 students.

Undergraduate student enrollment increased 5.9 percent this year, from 16,330 in fall 2014 to 17,295 in 2015. Graduate student enrollment increased 1 percent, from last year’s 2,820 students to 2,851 in 2015.

Beginning Wednesday drivers will see temporary lane reductions on Highway 50 through Cave Rock, Lake Tahoe, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation. Also, work begins Tuesday on a pedestrian safety project on State Route 28 in Incline Village.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Sept. 7-13, 2015: Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8, through Friday Sep. 11, Race Track Road will be closed between Bigelow Drive and Saddlehorn Road due to utility work. Saddlehorn Road will be open to local traffic only and there will be limited access during night hours. Detours will be signed.

For America's young men 70 years ago, their thoughts weren't on college and careers. They were focused on survival and a battle bigger than any of them individually during World War II.

David Gaskin has been named deputy director overseeing department environmental and stormwater management programs for the Nevada Department of Transportation, officials announced Thursday.

Gaskin will work out of the Carson City headquarters and oversee NDOT environmental programs, including policy, regulatory and educational efforts to manage stormwater involving state roads and transportation facilities in accordance with state and federal laws.

Last week I wrote about root weevils eating leaves. This week’s pests are the elm leaf beetles. While elms are hardy drought tolerant trees for arid Nevada, they are plagued by elm leaf beetles every year. By this time of year, the trees look half-dead with white to brown ragged leaves.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — RDM Infinity, a full service software development provider that creates custom software solutions for businesses, has released Infinity Signature Capture and Infinity Cloud, its newest software products designed to capture and securely store electronic signatures via mobile devices.

The Nevada Department of Agriculture and Return to Freedom, under a cooperative agreement, are working with the Nevada Department of Transportation as they install livestock fencing on sections of Highway 50 in Silver Springs. The project is expected to be completed in late August.

Christmas comes but once annually, and this year Carson City’s multi-purpose athletic center is likely to come with it.

The Carson Tahoe Health Foundation held its 5th annual HopeFest on Friday, August 21 at the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center. More than $120,000 was raised through sponsorships, and sale of raffle tickets, food and beverage with 100 percent of the proceeds benefit cancer patient support and no-cost lodging at Carson Tahoe’s Merriner Cottages.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Aug. 26, 2015 and beyond. Please note that in this report, the Nevada Department of Wildlife has not provided recent updates of Nevada's fishing waters.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of August 24-30, 2015. Crews will continue re-striping pavement markings on roadways throughout the city Sunday through Thursday each night from 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning. There will be a moving traffic control at locations where the striping occurs, with minor delays expected.

Motorists traveling along Highway 89 on the west shore this weekend can expect delays during the Lake Tahoe Triathlon.

The California Department of Transportation said the highway will not close during events but California Highway Patrol officers will be conducting traffic control at several locations along the courses, including several turnaround spots for the cyclists.

Nevada’s unemployment rate fell slightly to a seasonally adjusted 6.8 percent in July, the lowest since July 2008 and the 53rd consecutive month of year-over-year declines in the rate, according to figures released Wednesday by the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Aug. 17-23, 2015: Beginning Sunday through Thursday, August 20, crews will be re-striping pavement markings on roadways throughout the city each night from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning. There will be a moving traffic control at locations where the striping occurs, with minor delays expected.

Peavine Hall, predicted to be the University’s first LEED Gold certified building, opened for a public viewing during its grand-opening ceremony Thursday and will open to students for fall 2015 semester Aug. 20.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will begin overnight work to apply a top sealant coating to Highway 395 between south Carson City and Gardnerville.

Overnight single lane closures will take place on Highway 395 between the Highway 50 junction in south Carson City and Mono Avenue in Gardnerville Monday, Aug. 10 through Thursday, Aug. 14, as well as Monday, Aug. 17.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Aug. 10-16, 2015: Minnesota Street is now closed to through traffic between King and Second streets. The area will be used as a public space for special events.

There are many definitions of the word “pest,” and personal perceptions of pests can often be very different. A pest might be annoying (ants), damaging to plants (rabbits), a health concern (ticks) or a cause for fear (black widow spiders). However, relatively few pests cause significant injury to plants, so pesticides are rarely needed.

The Churchill County Commissioners approved at their Thursday morning meeting a construction grant agreement (CGA) with the William N. Pennington Foundation for a new senior center that will be located at 8...

UPDATE THURSDAY: NV Energy reports power was fully restored by 11:50 p.m. Wednesday. And that it has narrowed down the cause of the outage to faulty ground cables. Go here for the update.

UPDATE: As of 10:03 p.m. NV Energy reports 1,168 customers were without power in Lyon County, in three outage areas around Dayton. The cause of the outage remains under investigation. Power should be fully restored by 12:45 a.m.
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UPDATE: There are 1,939 customers without power in Lyon County, mostly in the Dayton area, as of 9:10 p.m. according to NV Energy. The cause of the outage remains under investigation.
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More than 2,400 NV Energy customers in the Dayton area are without power on this Wednesday night. The outage struck the area just after 8 p.m.

A gas leak late Wednesday morning forced the evacuation of some homes and businesses in the area of Occidental and Riverboat in the Dayton area.

The incident happened at around 11:50 a.m. when a piece of construction equipment cut a 2-inch high pressure gas line at the intersection of Occidental and Riverboat.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Aug. 5, 2015 and beyond. As of Aug 4, Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included as their most current reports are dated June 4.

Late last year, Congress finally passed various tax law extensions. That did not give much time for individuals and business owners to react. By waiting until the last few days of the year, it did show Congress does not understand the importance of having tax laws that are consistent and easily understood.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will enhance traffic safety with a new project that began Monday by installing livestock fencing on sections of Highway 50 in Silver Springs.

The project will fence approximately four and a half miles of U.S. 50 between Boyer Lane and Pinto Street and from Onyx Street to the U.S. 95 Alternate intersection in Silver Springs. The four-strand, smooth wire fencing will stand four feet high to help prevent wild horses and cattle from entering the highway.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of August 3-9, 2015: Beginning Tuesday, August 4, Minnesota Street will be closed to through traffic between King and Second Streets. The area will be used as a public space for special events.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue construction of drainage improvements on U.S. Highway 50 West between the two truck ramps, just west of Highway 395 to Sierra Highlands Drive. There will be lane closures Monday through Friday, but the roadway will remain open to traffic in both directions.

The keel of the future joint high-speed vessel USNS Carson City (JHSV 7) was authenticated during a July 31 ceremony at the Austal USA shipyard, Naval Sea Systems Command announced in a release.

The keel was authenticated by the mayor of Carson City and retired Navy Captain Robert Crowell. By etching his initials into the keel plate, Crowell confirmed that the "keel" of the ship had been "truly and fairly laid." The ceremony serves to recognize the joining together of a ship's components, representing a major milestone in the ship's construction.