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The Nevada Department of Transportation has reached a milestone in construction of the final leg of the Carson City Freeway, with project work approximately 25 percent complete.

Owning Real Estate is a great long-term investment idea. It’s just about the only investment that you get to write off part of the cost every year rather than waiting until you sell it. Currently, it usually takes 39 years to get to write off the entire cost (other than land). For most of us, that is longer than we will live.

Go ahead and keep the Christmas tree up through the weekend but by Sunday night you may want remove the ornaments and take it down as curbside recycling in Carson City begins Monday.

What can you do with your Christmas tree once the decorations come down? Carson City is offering Christmas tree recycling in cooperation with Capital Sanitation and Waste Management Inc.
As in previous years, Christmas trees can be placed curbside on your regular trash collection day beginning Jan. 4 or taken to one of the drop-off locations.

Many believe that government is increasingly responding to the agenda of special interests and not acting for the common good. I am holding steadfast that our local government needs to be: of the people, by the people, and for the people.

The California Transportation Commission announced this week that it will award nearly $9 million in Active Transportation Program grant funding to help complete three major bike and pedestrian projects in the City of South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe City.

Members of the Lake Tahoe Bikeway Partnership applied for the grants. The partnership formed several years ago to secure funding for critical trail segments to improve bicyclist and pedestrian safety and complete the Lake Tahoe Bikeway, a comprehensive multi-use trail network for the Lake Tahoe Region.

Cooperative Extension’s Dr. Heidi Kratsch is a specialist in water efficient landscaping and has written a book on the subject – Water Efficient Landscaping in the Intermountain West. In a recent class, she provided techniques to conserve water without damaging the landscape.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency this week announced and recognized award recipients for its 25th annual Best in the Basin program. The agency created the recognition program to showcase projects that demonstrate exceptional planning, design, and compatibility with Lake Tahoe’s environment and communities.

Buying a home has long been the American dream, but it’s not always easy. While many can afford the monthly mortgage -which oftentimes is less than rent - coming up with the down payment can be daunting.

That’s where the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA) comes in. Founded in 1973, NRHA has a mission to put rural Nevadans into homes they can afford, which is the cornerstone for building healthy communities.

Based on that philosophy, NRHA created the Home At Last™ (HAL) Home Buyer program in 2006, providing qualified rural Nevada families with the help they need to purchase a home.


The public will have a chance to learn about sustainable landscaping in Lake Tahoe at the 8th Annual Conservation Landscape Tour on August 19. The tour will begin at the Lake Tahoe Community College Demonstration Garden and continue down Pioneer Trail towards Meyers Station.

The Nevada Department of Transportation encourages the public to comment on planned projects and improvements statewide and around Carson City including traffic signals, multi-use bicycle and pedestrian paths, JAC buses, landscaping, sidewalk and ADA improvements and Phase 3B reconstruction and expansion of the V&T Railroad Station.

A 48-year-old man was arrested Friday on felony charges of possession of a controlled substance for sale and drug trafficking after he was found concealing drugs in his underwear, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

The Downtown 2020 group initiated and promoted the Downtown Carson City Renovation plan. This took years of planning, relentless meetings with the Board of Supervisors and working with many different city agencies, City Planner, City Manager and engineers.

During this process there have been meetings with all the businesses and reaching out to the college and our high school to get them involved. We had public meetings where we listened and adapted your concerns to our plan for we understood that to be successful it takes a village.

The Tahoe Resource Conservation District in partnership with the South Tahoe Public Utility District is hosting FREE Tahoe Friendly Landscaping trainings for the month of July.

Celebrate smart irrigation month by joining in on these great opportunities to learn smart techniques and technology to conserve water. Whether you’re a landscaper, landscape manager or do-it-yourself gardener these trainings will present the knowledge you need to stay ahead of the drought.

Growing Your Business with Smart Irrigation Technology – July 8, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

The Carson City Historical Society's 2015 annual garden tour took place Saturday where guests were able to walk or drive through Carson City and view magnificent homes and gardens. It was clear along the tour that those participating put an extraordinary amount of time and creative effort into their gardens and homes.

UPDATE: From Douglas County's Facebook page:
Douglas County Emergency Management responded to flash flooding in the Ruhenstroth, Fish Springs, East Valley and Pine Nut areas after receiving several calls on Flash Flooding and heavy rainfall.

With a fourth year of drought and spring temperatures climbing, Carson City residents are urged to be fire safe. May is Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month and as conditions continue to dry, and the number of windy days begin to increase, the potential threat of wildfire grows.

Protecting your home starts with you. The wildfire season is here. This Saturday and Sunday, the Carson City Fire Department will hold two events designed for homeowners to prepare for the season.

There will be a Community Open House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Extreme drought in the West draws attention to what a precious resource water is. Of all the water on Earth, only a small amount is available for us to use. Since 97 percent is salt water, there is only three percent fresh water for the world to survive on. Of that, slightly over two percent is stuck in glaciers and icecaps.

Yet, even with such a small percentage of fresh water available, we put 50 percent of our home water into our landscapes, often wasting about 50 percent of that by applying it ineffectively or unnecessarily.

Roadside stations for inspections and decontaminations of motorized boats and watercraft entering Lake Tahoe are officially opening for the 2015 boating season beginning May 1, the Tahoe Resource Conservation District announced Thursday.

Are you preparing for this year’s wildfire fire season? Protecting your home starts with you. The wildfire season is here. The month of May is Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month and as conditions continue to dry, temperatures start to rise and the number of windy days begin to increase across our area, the potential threat of wildfire increases.

Lawmakers who say they're tired of deciding landscaping, parking and trash can disputes are trying to delegate homeowner association legislation to a more ......

Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in sight, California Gov. Jerry Brown announced actions on Wednesday he says will save water, increase enforcement to stop wasteful water use, streamline the state's drought response and invest in new technologies that will make California more drought resilient.

Oh, the vagaries of gardening, landscaping and predicting the weather in Northern Nevada! I recently wrote about trees needing water after months of little to no precipitation. Then, lo and behold, Mother Nature took charge providing a thorough soaking. It rained five inches at my house.

There’s a lot to be learned by studying others’ successes. At the Tahoe Talks Brown Bag Lunch this February, a design engineer for the Federal Highway Administration discussed how modern roundabouts are being used to improve traffic and make roads safer for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians, as well as where they would make the most sense at Lake Tahoe.

We wish to thank the public and the property owners of Carson City’s Historic District for their efforts and support in our cause to save the Integrity of the District.

Carson City Public Works Director Darren Schulz announced Wednesday that after reviewing proposals and finalist presentations, a city review and selection committee has selected Lumos & Associates to lead the Downtown Carson Street Urban Design Project.

The committee will enter into contract negotiations for a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors will then approve, disapprove or modify the contract. The contract is anticipated to begin February 5, 2015.

A woman was flown to Renown Medical Center Monday afternoon following an accident involving a landscaping vehicle and a pedestrian, a Lyon County sheriff’s sergeant said.

The vehicle was traveling westbound on Dayton Valley Road and apparently had a pipe that was hanging from the side, said Sgt. Dan Lynch. The female pedestrian was walking eastbound. The pipe struck the woman as it drove by, hitting her in the head. The landscaping vehicle didn't stop, said Lynch.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 13-19, 2014: Street sealing will continue between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Monday, Oct. 13, through Wednesday, Oct. 15, in an area bounded by Hells Bells and Carson River Roads on the north and west abd Marsh and Buzzys Ranch Roads on the south and east.

The 150th episode of Women to Women features Mary Fischer of Carson City. She and her husband are the owners of the Cottonwood RV Park and have lived in Carson City for many years.

Mary was the President of "Gardeners Reclaiming our Waysides" (G.R.O.W.) she was instrumental in planning the landscaping and artwork along Carson City's overpasses and coordinating the historic art work along the freeway corridor with a Colorado artist.

The Redevelopment Authority Citizens Committee meets tonight, Monday, at 5:30 p.m. p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center.

At the meeting committee members will discuss and give their recommendations to the Carson City Board of Supervisors regarding the conceptual design of the Refresh Carson downtown plan for Carson Street between William and Fifth streets. The committee will vote to recommend allowing city staff to continue to develop more detailed design elements of the plan.