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CARSON CITY — With the start of fall, the Nevada Department of Transportation is preparing to keep state roads clear when winter snow flies. NDOT is hiring temporary highway maintenance workers, including snow plow and anti-icing operations and assisting in highway emergency response, among other duties.

A 24-year-old Texas man was arrested in the Carson City Jail for escape by a felony prisoner and damage to jail property. He is accused of climbing into the ceiling after making a phone call and threatening a jail deputy.

Due to increased horse activity on U.S Highway 50 and Alternate U.S. 395, Nevada Department of Agriculture and Nevada Department of Transportation officials urge motorists to use extreme caution when driving in the Virginia Range area.

Beginning Sept. 8, Lyon and Storey counties will begin accepting applications for a small business grant program designed to help businesses deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Board of County Commissioners acting as the County Board of Health received a briefing from Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) on the status of COVID -19 in Lyon County and the Quad County region. CCHHS Representative, Jeanne Freeman, provide the following:

Lyon County August 2 – 15, 2020

Quad-County Area

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Thursday, August 20, 2020 that there are six new cases and 10 recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 912, with 801 recoveries and fifteen deaths, 96 cases remain active.

Western Nevada College is proud to announce that 93 students have qualified for the 2020 Summer Dean’s List.
To earn this recognition during the summer session, students attained a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and completed six units of classes or more.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Wednesday, August 19, 2020 that there are 12 new cases and 39 recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 906, with 791 recoveries and 15 deaths, 100 cases remain active.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Tuesday, August 18, 2020 that there are eight new cases and 20 recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 894, with 752 recoveries and 15 deaths, 127 cases remain active.

Carson City Health and Human Services reports Monday, August 17, 2020 that there are five new cases and 22 recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 886, with 732 recoveries, and fifteen deaths, 139 cases remain active.

A 66-year-old Bristol Bay, NV man was arrested in the 3200 block of South Carson Street for grand larceny and possession of stolen property after stealing a car from a car dealership.

Nevada lawmakers are convening for a special session to address a long list of policy topics ahead of their regularly scheduled session early next year.

To help readers understand where bills stand in the sometimes chaotic world of the Legislature, The Nevada Independent is maintaining this viewer’s guide with brief overviews and status updates on the measures.

CARSON CITY — The Western Nevada Development District, which assists communities in public and private partnerships, has been awarded $400,000 in CARES Act Recovery assistance to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and drive economic development planning going forward.

Western Nevada College’s 2020 graduates were honored by the school, their families, friends and community in a drive-through commencement ceremony on Friday in Carson City.

WNC graduated a record 650 students, including 94 students from the Jump Start College Program.

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Dust Storm Warning until 8:30 p.m. Thursday for eastern Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County, Storey County, southern Washoe County, western Churchill County, northeast Mineral and southwestern Pershing County.

A series of small earthquakes shook east of Fernley in Lyon County on Sunday afternoon, with the largest thus far being 2.9 in magnitude, according to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory.

Western Nevada College has named 433 students to the Spring 2020 Dean’s List. For consideration to WNC’s Dean’s List, students must complete at least 12 units during the semester and accumulate a grade point average of 3.50 or higher. Honorees and their home towns are:

Carson City is set to receive $10.2 million, Lyon County, $10.5 million and Douglas County, $8.9 million in federal CARES Act funding to assist local governments with unanticipated expenditures created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced.

UPDATE 11:14AM: The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning from noon to 8 p.m. Friday for the following areas: Southern Mono County, Southern Sierra Front including Alpine, Northern Mono, Southern Lyon, and Western Mineral Counties, West Humboldt Basin in Pershing County and Lahontan Basin including Churchill and Eastern Mineral counties. The Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Mono County, Mineral and Southern Lyon counties, Hawthorne, Yerington, Smith Valley, Mina, Schurz, Fernley, Fallon, Lovelock, Silver Springs, Nixon, and Imlay. Carson City, and Carson Valley are not in the Wind Advisory area.
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Strong winds expected Friday has prompted the National Weather Service to issue high wind and fire weather watches for portions of Northern Nevada.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting an eighth death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. The individual was a female Lyon County resident in her 70’s. It is unknown at this time if she had underlying conditions.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Monday, June 8 that there are three new positive cases and one additional recovery of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 237 with 162 recoveries and six deaths, 69 cases remain active.

Beginning on March 16, 2020, Lyon County School District students and the students of all Nevada schools were asked to stay home — a measure taken by our government leadership in response to the world health crisis surrounding the COVID-19.

With the uncertainty surrounding how long the stay-at-home distance learning would be in place, LCSD Nutrition Services and LCSD Transportation quickly devised a plan to keep the children of the Lyon County community fed —this included any child under the age of 18, even if they were not a student of LCSD.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Sunday, June 7 that there are four new positive cases and two additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 234 with 161 recoveries and six deaths, 67 cases remain active.

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting three new positive cases and four additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region.

This brings the total number of cases to 230 with 159 recoveries and six deaths, 65 cases remain active.

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting seven new positive cases and no additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region.

This brings the total number of cases to 227 with 155 recoveries and six deaths, 66 cases remain active.

The Lyon County School District is celebrating graduation this week through a series of ceremonies Thursday in Dayton and Silver Springs, Friday in Smith Valley and Fernley and Saturday in Yerington.

In April, Carson City lost 3,800 jobs at a rate of 12.4 percent, giving the capital city an unemployment rate of 21.4 percent for the month compared to March’s rate of 7.1 percent and 4 percent in April 2019, according to figures released Wednesday by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Western Nevada College’s 2020 Jump Start graduating class includes 94 students representing Carson, Churchill County, Dayton, Douglas, Fernley, Pioneer, Silver Stage, Smith and Virginia City high schools; Oasis Academy and Nevada Virtual Academy; and through homeschooling.

The Lyon County Sheriffs Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect in a potential hit and run.

Although Western Nevada College has delayed its commencement ceremony to honor its 2020 graduation class because of COVID-19, the college is proud to announce and congratulate its list of graduates.