Stories for December 2020

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Thursday, December 31

Amy Roby

The sun sets over Lake Tahoe, much as it will set tonight on 2020.

Business Council announces award winners

Business Council announces award winners

Special to The R-C

Minden-Tahoe Airport Manager Bobbi Thompson and East Fork Fire Chief Tod Carlini.

Trio faces felonies in Walmart raid

Trio faces felonies in Walmart raid

2020 … and then the toilet paper ran out

2020 … and then the toilet paper ran out

Dec. 31, 2020, Letters to the Editor

Dec. 31, 2020, Letters to the Editor

John Flaherty/Special to The R-C

The good news about 2020 is that the sun continues to rise.

Nevada Department of Transportation

Traffic camera stills downloaded at 4:30 a.m.

Wednesday, December 30

Couple buys Gardnerville trucking company

Couple buys Gardnerville trucking company

Kurt Hildebrand

A motorcade escorts Sgt. John Lenz home through Washoe Valley from the hospital on Tuesday.

Tuesday, December 29

Tim Berube/Special to The R-C

Topaz Lake was quiet on Monday, but it will be significantly more busy for Opening Day of fishing on Friday.

Monday, December 28

Kurt Hildebrand

Jobs Peak in profile on Saturday morning.

Sunday, December 27

Saturday, December 26

Nevada Department of Transportation

A montage of traffic cameras at Lake Tahoe from this morning.

Friday, December 25

Thursday, December 24

Special to The R-C

The Spooner sledding hill is both popular and hazardous, first responders say.

Douglas County Photo

Undersheriff Ron Elges conducts server training on Tuesday.

Scott McAfee/Special to The R-C

Jupiter and Saturn above the Carson Range.

Dec. 24, 2020, Letters to the Editor

Dec. 24, 2020, Letters to the Editor

Special to The R-C

Santa rides a motorcycle in Carson Valley.

Kurt Hildebrand

This is my entry into the Holiday Space Lighting Contest of the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn over Carson Valley.

Wednesday, December 23

East Fork Fire Protection District

The flames from an attic fire in Genoa cast an orange glow on Monday night.

Figures show Douglas labor pool continues to drain

Figures show Douglas labor pool continues to drain

Kurt Hildebrand

Nevada National Guardsmen work a coronavirus testing event on Tuesday in the Gardnerville Ranchos.

Kurt Hildebrand

Even gingerbread people are stocking up on toilet paper in this creation at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center on Monday.

Tuesday, December 22

Mono County Sheriff's Office

Home security footage of an armed man who robbed a home south of Chalfant.

Kurt Hildebrand

Sgt. John Lenz at last year's Sheriff's Open House. Lenz is recovering after a shooting late Sunday night.

Kurt Hildebrand

Santa has a chat with a child on Monday at the drive-through Cookies with Santa event in Gardnerville.

Monday, December 21

Carson City Sheriff's Office

Nicholas Berreman

Kurt Hildebrand

A van turns around on Douglas Avenue after seeing Gillman is closed.

Kurt Hildebrand

Gilman Avenue was closed on Dec. 20 while crime scene investigators worked.

Kurt Hildebrand

Investigators work the scene of an officer-involved shooting early Monday morning.

Saturday, December 19

Kurt Hildebrand

Sailors in uniform attend Eastside Memorial Park's Wreaths Across America ceremony

Friday, December 18

Nevada Health and Human Services

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Western Nevada College

Western Nevada College students prepare a high altitude balloon for its launch on Dec. 4 at Jack C. Davis Observatory.

Northcutt to continue softball career at Bethel College

Northcutt to continue softball career at Bethel College

Carter Eckl

Anna Northcutt signs her Letter of Intent to play softball at Bethel College next year in North Newton, Kansas. Pictured alongside Anna is her mother Jennifer, front left, and father Brian. In back are Anna’s siblings Jackson, left, and Kira.

Kurt Hildebrand

Jakota Waas performs on the Support Our Seniors float last weekend.

Tim Berube

Clouds wreath Jobs Peak and the Carson Range on Thursday.

Thursday, December 17

Kurt Hildebrand

Santa waves to passers by on Main Street in Gardnerville in front of Big Daddy's Bikes and Brews.

Amy Roby

Dave Anderson stands in front of the Lee Snyder Observatory he constructed in his yard of his Ranchos home.

Kurt Hildebrand

Linda Rigdon's home on Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville.

Tips for battling those holiday blues

Tips for battling those holiday blues

Sorry to see clerk-treasurer go

Sorry to see clerk-treasurer go

Dec. 17, 2020, Letters to the Editor

Dec. 17, 2020, Letters to the Editor

Wednesday, December 16

Carson Tahoe Health

ICU Charge Nurse Kathy Merrill, RN gets a vaccination.

John Flaherty/Special to The R-C

Tuesday saw another beautiful sunrise this time from Topaz Ranch Estates.

Tuesday, December 15

Sierra Lutheran High School

Sierra Lutheran High School students Kaitlyn Plummer, left, and Emma Riley deliver a tree to one of the servicemen based at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Coleville.

RO Anderson

A site diagram showing the Buckeye Farms specific plan. Up is east in this document.

Washoe Tribe receives grant to restore Meeks Meadow

The Washoe Tribe has been awarded $380,454 to restore Meeks Meadow at Lake Tahoe.

California Tahoe Conservancy

Workers at Meeks Meadow on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe.

Sharon Calvert/Special to The R-C

A layer of new snow visible from Stephanie in northern Douglas County.

Monday, December 14

Sarah Drinkwine/R-C File Photo

Fish Springs horses take a drink from a trough set up in 2017.

Kurt Hildebrand

The Chichester Bear House was attracting visitors on Saturday.

Kurt Hildebrand

Snow sticks to a dirt road on Sunday morning. Carson Valley residents awoke on Monday to a similar sight.

Sunday, December 13

Nevada Department of Transportation

Kingsbury Grade has a coat of snow on Sunday morning.

Saturday, December 12

Kurt Hildebrand

Volunteers help unload a vehicle on Friday afternoon.

Friday, December 11

Kurt Hildebrand

The Settelmeyer silos are silhouetted in the dawn on Friday morning as a new storm is anticipated to arrive tonight.

Kelli Harris/Special to The R-C

A bobcat enjoys the sun in a Gardnerville Ranchos back yard on Thursday.

Kurt HIldebrand

A Citizens Emergency Response Team member and National Guardsman guide traffic at a Dec. 8 community coronavirus test.

Kurt Hildebrand

The Share Your Holiday Food Drive is open in Minden.

Thursday, December 10

Special to The R-C

Ginger Easley, donated hundreds of pounds of food to the Carson Valley Food Closet through the KTVN Share Your Holiday food drive event last year. Easley is collecting online donations this year for the food closet.

Dallas Harmon/Special to The R-C

Dallas Harmon's float will be part of a light parade through Minden and Gardnerville on Saturday evening.

Dec. 10, 2020, Letters to the Editor

Dec. 10, 2020, Letters to the Editor

Biff Martel

Greening up Nevada businesses is the goal of a partnership.

Kurt Hildebrand

A tester from the Nevada Air Guard talks to a participant in coronavirus testing at the Sunridge Fire Station.

Kurt Hildebrand

The east side of Minden-Tahoe Airport is being developed for gliders.

Kurt Hildebrand

The Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center is hosting the Gallery of Trees in the main hall.

Wednesday, December 9

Lucky Beaver photo

Santa and Mrs. Claus at Sunday's toy drive at the Lucky Beaver in Stateline.

Lucky Beaver photo

Santa and Mrs. Claus at Sunday's toy drive at the Lucky Beaver in Stateline.

Douglas County Clerk-Treasurer's Office

Tahoe Township Justice of the Peace Richard Glasson and Clerk-Treasurer Kathy Lewis prepare for a card draw on Wednesday morning.

Kurt Hildebrand

At least the sagebrush off Jacks Valley Road is getting some water as the new hydrants are flow tested on Tuesday.

Tuesday, December 8

Kurt Hildebrand

The Heritage Park lights are working in Gardnerville.

Monday, December 7

Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Devin Andrew Choate

Ken Bezich/Special to The R-C

Saturday's sunset showed all the colors.

Sunday, December 6

Ray Silva/University of Nevada, Reno

The University of Nevada, Reno’s choir sings in masks on the Nightingale Concert Hall stage while recording the Alma Mater for the upcoming virtual Commencement ceremonies.

Kurt Hildebrand

Minden residents Kevin and Sandra Bailey’s light and music show is a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Saturday, December 5

Kurt Hildebrand

Land looking east along Buckeye Road north of Minden is planned for an agrihood.

Friday, December 4

Rachel Van Horne/U.S. Forest Service

California Department of Fish & Wildlife Biologist John Hanson released Paiute cutthroat trout into Silver King Creek.

U.S. Forest Service

Newly released Paiute cutthroat trout swimming in Silver King Creek, the fish’s historic home.

Rachel Van Horne/U.S. Forest Service

Aerial photo of the upper part of Corral Valley after the Slink Fire burned through.

Kurt Hildebrand

A smoke plume was visible from around Carson Valley as a shed burned near Mottsville Lane on Friday afternoon.

Vail Resorts Photo

Skier enjoys deep powder in Kirkwood.

Kurt Hildebrand

Gardnerville Public Works Superintendent Geoff LaCost works on the town's Christmas tree Thursday night.

Thursday, December 3

Kurt Hildebrand

No major storms are anticipated through the middle of December.

Kurt Hildebrand

Trump merchandise on sale in Gardnerville on Nov. 2. Douglas County voted for the President.

Kurt Hildebrand/R-C File Photo

Santa rode Care Flight into Minden during the 2019 Share Your Holiday Food Drive

John Flaherty/Special to The R-C

What's known as a beaver moon above Topaz Ranch Estates.

Kurt Hildebrand

Minden workers help Genoa string the lights on Hope Falcke's tree back in October. All three towns' lights will be turned on, though with less fanfare than usual.

Wednesday, December 2

John Flaherty/Special to The R-C

Whatever else is going on the sun will still rise, in this case over Topaz Ranch Estates on Monday.

Tuesday, December 1

R.O. Anderson Engineering

A drawing of one of the maps showing the Buckeye Farms Agrihood.

Tim Berube/Special to The R-C

A snow angel in Hope Valley the day after Thanksgiving in a foot of snow.