The Feb. 4, 2022, R-C Morning Report

Genoa, Nev. — Douglas County declared $9.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds as lost revenue on Thursday, which gives the county the ability to spend the money in a variety of ways, including infrastructure.

The U.S. Postal Service is conducting some infrastructure improvements itself, with Ruhenstroth residents notified that new cluster boxes will be installed starting Monday. That means they’ll have to go to the Gardnerville Post Office for their mail in the meantime. The front of the Genoa Post Office is fenced off as workers install another 300-some boxes there.

It appears that the coronavirus surge is subsiding a bit. At its peak, Douglas High School had 85 active cases on Jan. 21 with 204 across the Douglas County School District. As of Wednesday, the district reported seven cases at the high school with 30 across the district.

Douglas is at 31 new daily confirmed cases with seven confirmed and suspected hospitalizations and one person in the ICU. That’s down from 40 on Sunday. The county has seen two deaths attributed to the virus since Sunday, bringing the total to 81 since August 2020.

An icy Quaking Aspen Lane near Heavenly Stagecoach resulted in a vehicle flipping on its side 9:30 a.m. Thursday and first responders sliding around. At one point a Tahoe-Douglas engine was described as sideways on the road. No one was hurt, but it consumed a lot of resources. The Nevada State Police are investigating.

Apparently, the state left up 45 mph speed limit signs on Muller Lane during the last time the road was maintained. I’m told the state will be replacing those signs with the proper 55 mph signs sometime soon.

Weather certainly won’t be a factor in getting those new signs up with sunny skies in the forecast over the next week. Expect today to hit a high temperature of 48 degrees, with highs climbing to almost 60 degrees by Monday.

Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122.