Genoa News

An old walnut tree in Genoa carries a burden of more snow this morning. Road controls are in effect for all the routes over the Sierra and several highways down in the Valley.

Snow started falling in Genoa before nightfall. Road controls are in effect around Lake Tahoe and over the passes as a winter storm started dropping snow in Carson Valley at about 3:30 p.m. today.

Nine inches of snow fell in Genoa overnight. Road controls are in effect for every major highway in Western Nevada after 9 inches of snow fell in parts of Carson Valley overnight.

A firefighter was injured while working a structure fire structure fire at 450 Foothill Road.

Minden Town Board members will discuss an agreement between the town and the Carson Water Subconservancy District to provide funding to assist in the engineering of the North Valley pipeline project from Minden to Carson City.

The Gardnerville pavilion lit up for the holidays at last year's Christmas kickoff.

The Thanksgiving leftovers are still in the fridge, yet today we are already talking about Christmas.

CARSON CITY - The Carson Valley Trails Association has been awarded a $40,000 grant to support the Genoa Foothill Trail System project.

Winds are blamed for scattered power outages in the area, including possibly the Washoe County courthouse in downtown Reno, as the National Weather Service warns stronger winds are still on their way.

20, 1914 David R. Jones, the oldest pioneer in Nevada, died at his home in this Valley after an illness lasting several weeks.

Gardnerville assemblyman James Settelmeyer will be seeking the Capital District Senate seat being vacated by Carson City's Mark Amodei.

This story originally appeared March 30, 2006. The case is still unsolved. The fatal shooting of a retired couple in their gated golf and country club community remained a mystery Wednesday.

Kathy Port's 'Winter Reflections' was the first-place winner in the Carson Valley Photo Club's photo show.

Editor's Note: This letter was sent to Gov. Jim Gibbons and Nevada Department of Transportation Director Susan Martinovich.

PRADO-SUAREZ: To Adriana Prado and Jesus Suarez of Carson City, a son, Oct. 29, 2009.

Douglas County is accepting applications for eight volunteer advisory committees from the planning commission to the wildlife board.

Carson City officials gave the Office of Business Development the nod Tuesday to participate with the Carson Nugget in developing a detailed plan for nearly nine acres of downtown property as a civic and business city center.

Genoa is anticipating that Candy Dance will show a $20,000 shortfall this year. Town Manager Sheryl Gonzales asked Tuesday that members table a discussion of the accounting until a later date.

Genoans may learn the preliminary results of Candy Dance at their regular meeting tonight.

Genoa had a wonderful craft event just recently . Thank you to many private owners too, who used their acreage to let vendors show their wares.