A Pine Nut wild horse runs in a snowstorm on Saturday.
JT Humphrey | Special to The R-C
Genoa, Nev. — Douglas County Commission Vice Chairman Mark Gardner is the speaker at today’s Good Governance Group meeting where he’ll be talking about the Legislature. The meeting is noon at the COD Casino in downtown Minden. Bring $5 for the room.
A late amendment to Senate Bill 426 that would establish a Basin Scenic Byway Corridor Recreation Safety Zone resulted in Lake Tahoe residents sending a stack of letters to county commissioners asking that they oppose it.
Monitor Pass has reopened after Saturday’s storm, which prompted California Department of Transportation crews to move the closure for Highway 4 back to the junction of Highway 89. Having a couple of inches more snow may have slowed down reopening Ebbetts Pass a bit.
Gardnerville residents are taking to social media to warn folks that a bear is dining at chez trash can along Hussman Avenue. The bears are well aware of the trash schedule.
The Girl Scouts helped Gardnerville plant fruit trees along the trail that passes by the Martin Slough ponds on Friday for Arbor Day. A lot of news broke on Monday, so my plan is to include that and the spring expo in Saturday’s edition.
Gardnerville’s Borda Land and Sheep Co. is monitoring around 900 sheep who are eating their way to fire safety in the Thomas Creek and Whites Creek watersheds up in Reno, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
It might rain tonight, but the forecast calls for sunny skies and a high temperature near 72 degrees in the meantime. There won’t be much in the way of wind today with it calming this afternoon before picking up again tonight.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Contact him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122.