The R-C Morning Report: The buses are running

Douglas school buses are running this morning, which means the high school bus should be passing my house in about 15 minutes. They're chained up and on the road, according to Barbara at the bus yard.

With five separate 5-0 votes in less than an hour last night, Indian Hills General Improvement District trustees approved two agreements, two loan and grant requests and a financing statement to be submitted to the debt commission that will result in their receiving water from the Town of Minden.

This afternoon, Douglas County commissioners take up their part of the agreement. With their approval, work on the infrastructure to bring Minden water to Indian Hills and Carson City can begin. Commissioners are also discussing putting a 3 cent increase in room tax on the ballot and a 14 percent increase for water rates at the Zephyr Water Utility District. Commissioners meet 1:30 p.m. at the Tahoe Transportation Center in Stateline.

Two inches of snow fell northwest of Gardnerville in the hour between 6:16 and 7:16 p.m., according to a National Weather Service spotter. Minden reported 1.5 inches. Carson City reported 6 inches at 5,300 feet west of the capital.

There are road controls this morning on Highway 395 from north of Reno all the way to just short of Bridgeport. Same goes for any road north of 5,500 feet.

Highway 395 between Mammoth and Bridgeport was closed at 1 p.m. Wednesday due to snowy and windy conditions. The road is back open now with a high wind advisory from the Inyo County line north. Chains are being required from 16 miles north of Bishop to 7 miles south of Bridgeport.

Look for more snow after 10 a.m. with a possible accumulation of 2-4 inches. Winds are expected to be 15 mph with gusts of up to 30 mph. The high could get up to 30 degrees.