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Here is the Carson City area road report, provided by the city's public works department, for the week of May 5-11, 2014.
 The center lanes only of South Carson Street Highway 395 between Koontz Lane and Clearview Drive will be closed from 8 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. on the nights of Tuesday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 7.
 

Here is the Carson City area road report provided by the public works department for the week of April 28 through May 4, 2014. Beginning Monday, a project to provide utility and street improvements will begin on Vista Grande Boulevard.

The street will be closed between Topsy Lane and Old Clear Creek Road to vehicles until project completion estimated to be in June. Motorist will need to use other routes.

Road construction projects around Carson City and Lake Tahoe are underway. Carson City Public Works reports the following projects for the week: There will be lane closures and traffic control on Fairview Drive at the intersection with Carson Street from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Monday, April 21, and Tuesday, April 22.

Lyon County Manager Jeff Page presented a State of the County report to the Lyon County Board of Commissioners at its Thursday meeting. Public safety tops the list of where 2014 general fund money is being spent, making up 42 percent, followed by general government expenditures, Lyon County judicial courts, culture and recreation and public works.

Two people were injured Tuesday afternoon after their SUV rolled about 200 feet off the edge of a cliff around the snow line at Ash Canyon, Carson City Fire Department Chief Stacey Giomi confirmed.

A NAS helicopter from Fallon arrived to the scene and successfully airlifted the two out of the canyon and placed them on awaiting Care Flight helicopters. NAS was called as the helicopters it operates are able to navigate tight spaces. The NAS helicopter rappelled two rescuers from the air to get to the victims, Assistant Fire Chief Tom Tarulli said.

Here is the Carson City area road report, courtesy of the public works department, for the week of April 14-20, 2014. There will be a single lane closure on N. Carson Street northbound approaching the intersection with Hot Springs Road on Monday, April 14, from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Only the left turn lane of the intersection will be affected.

Here is the Carson City road report provided by the Public Works department for the week of April 7-13, 2014: The Nevada Department of Transportation will be performing road maintenance on Highway 50 between Lompa Lane and Deer Run Road.

After years of cuts and layoffs Lyon County has seen an increase in funding and balanced a budget with no cuts of employees. In the past several years the County has eliminated 120 positions, a 30 percent workforce reduction.

A seamless transition between outgoing Douglas County Manager Steve Mokrohisky and newly appointed Interim County Manager Larry Werner is now underway after the Douglas County Board of Commissioners approved a six month contract with Werner at its Thursday meeting.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. today in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center. Go here for the agenda, see the agenda below and go here to watch it live.

Among items up for discussion:

Here's the Carson City Public Works road report for the week of March 24-30, 2014. There will be intermittent closures of the outside northbound and southbound lanes on South Carson Street / Highway 395 between Highway 50 and Snyder Avenue related to the current freeway construction project.

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners approved moving forward with approaching Larry Werner, retired Carson City Manager and resident of Douglas County, as a possible Interim County Manager. The Interim County Manager will serve over the next several months during the recruitment process for a new County Manager.

The Board discussed several options for interim management at its meeting at Lake Tahoe on Thursday, March 20, 2014, including appointment of qualified individuals from within and outside the organization.

Here is the Carson City road report for the week of March 17-23, 2014 provided by Carson City Public Works. There will be intermittent closures of the outside northbound and southbound lanes on South Carson Street and Highway 395 between Highway 50 and Snyder Avenue related to the current freeway construction project.

Here is the Carson City road report from the Public Works Department for the week of March 10-16:

There will be intermittent closures of the outside lane northbound on S. Carson Street/US 395 between US 50 and Snyder Avenue related to the current freeway construction project.

Carson City Public Works Director Andrew Burnham announced his retirement effective June 2. Burnham has served as Public Works Director since 2000.

To facilitate an easy transition, Burnham will step down and serve as the Deputy Public Works Director until his retirement date.

One of Lake Tahoe's biggest funding mechanisms for clarity and restoration efforts, as well as millions for parks, trails and firefighting efforts in the state, money drawn from the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, is under threat by members of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee.

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid on Wednesday denounced House efforts to gut the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act as part of the Tule Springs legislation mark-up to take place Thursday morning.

Carson City Public Works provides this road report weekly. The following information applies to the period of Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, 2014.

Utility work will continue in the shoulder of the east side of Silver Sage Drive between Raven Circle and Nona Drive. There will be a lane shift during sidewalk construction, but traffic control will be in place and minimal delays are expected.

Carson City Public Works reports the following road maintenance report for the week of Jan. 20-26. West Fifth Street will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 21, between Nevada Street and Division Street during the mid-day. Detours will be signed.

On Monday, Jan. 20, there will be a lane closure on the south side of Northridge Drive between Eastridge Drive and Russell Way due to utility work. There will be flagger-controlled traffic. For the remainder of the work week, activity will move to the shoulder and no delays are expected.

The Carson City Public Works Department has a handful of road projects for the coming week, Jan. 13-19.

West Fifth Street will be closed Monday, January 13, through Friday, January 17, between Nevada Street and Division Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Detours will be signed.

This story has been updated. Go here for the followup story.

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UPDATE: Here's the latest update from Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong: At approximately 5:15 p.m., the Carson City Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Butti Way and Airport Road on a report of an adult male in the area bleeding heavily. 

Drivers of electric vehicles now have a free charging station at the Carson City Community Center, thanks to a partnership between the Governor’s Office of Energy, NV Energy and Carson City Public Works.

The newly-installed electric vehicle charging station can be found at Carson City’s Mills Park, in the parking lot between the Community Center and Aquatics Center.

Carson City will provide Christmas tree recycling in cooperation with public works and Capital Sanitation and Waste Management Inc.

As in previous years, Christmas trees can be placed curbside on your regular trash collection day or taken to one of the dropoff locations. Trees will be chipped in the springtime and used as mulch. The program continues to be a success. Last year the effort redirected 59 tons of wood waste from the city's landfill.

Road projects will be minimal over the Christmas week, Dec. 23-29, according to Carson City Public Works.

There will be tree removal Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 23-24, that will close the roads on Division Street between West John and West William streets from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Detours will be marked.

Inching closer to the Christmas holidays, the Carson City Public Works department has a number of projects it will be working on now through Dec. 22.

There will be lane closures at the following locations Monday through Friday. Traffic control measures will be in effect. There will also be sidewalk closures and detours will be signed.

The closures will be at the following places:
Westbound Long Street between Roop Street and Marian Street.
Northbound Roop Street between Adams Street and Beverly Drive.

The Carson City Public Works department will be conducting high flow testing of its water system over the next few weeks, a requirement as part of bringing online the new regional water line.

At times water customers may experience some discolored water. This is a result of existing minor sedimentation of very fine particles in the existing water system, not the new water lines, according to a news release.

A vandal spray painted at least eight homes, vehicles, businesses, two churches, the Brewery Arts Center and the Carson City School District's Gleason Building on West Musser Street sometime Thursday morning.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office was alerted to the graffiti at around 7 a.m. Given the words, phrases and profanity used, the vandalism doesn't appear to be gang-related, officials said.

"By the nature of it it looks like someone was upset and began walking along Musser Street with a can of spray paint," said Carson City Sheriff's Office Sgt. Mike Cullen.

With all the deferred infrastructure maintenance in our city, you would expect key projects to receive priority funding. Not so with the relatively new sidewalk in front of city public works facilities on the south side of Butti Way between Fairview and Airport.

This sidewalk serves virtually no one in a given day, probably cost taxpayers upwards of $200,000, and diverted funds from repairing crumbling sidewalks that serve many people.

Here is the Carson City road construction and maintenance report, provided by the public works department, for the week of Nov. 4-10. There will be intermittent one-way flagger controlled traffic on Fifth Street between Saliman Road and the freeway overpass.

Even the wise, kind and responsible Disney nanny character would face a daunting task were she presented with the continuing public policy fiascos in our troubled town. Mary handled her unbridled charges with aplomb and urgency. Many of our elected and appointed officials need to employ these traits.

State Fair

Carson City Manager Larry Werner will retire effective Dec. 19, city officials announced Tuesday. Werner has served in the role of city manager since February 2008.

“For me, this has been a wonderful experience and I would not have traded it for anything,” said Werner in a letter to the Carson City Board of Supervisors. “Although I do feel some regret in making this decision at this time, I have no concerns about the management of the City because you have the best staff, department directors and elected officials that I’ve ever had the opportunity to work with.”