John Flaherty's cat Little Max lies in front of the swamp cooler on Sunday as the mercury in Topaz Ranch Estates hit 105.
Genoa, Nev. — The Douglas County School District will have a $501,583 shortfall under the new Nevada funding plan, which is an improvement over the $1.2 million they were anticipating. School Board trustees meet 4 p.m. today at the Airport Training Center, 1126 Airport Road, Building G-1. You can find out how to watch virtually by going to www.dcsd.k12.nv.us, clicking on board meetings.
Planning commissioners will discuss a special use permit for a meat processing plant on Park property off Buckeye Road north of Minden 1 p.m. today at the historic Douglas County Courthouse. You can watch meetings at home by going to douglascountynv.gov and clicking “Watch Board Meetings.”
There’s a whiff of smoke in the air this morning and some haze. The Beckwourth Complex northwest of Reno is at 91,000 acres and a fire burning in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness has grown to 300 acres. Air quality remained in the good range through the morning.
The high hit 102 in Minden on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The local climate function is down on the NWS Reno web site, so I’ll have to wait to find out if the record fell, but I doubt it.
The excessive heat warning expires at 9 p.m. The forecast calls for widespread haze with a high today of 100 degrees. The wind will pick up out of the southwest at 10-15 mph, gusting to 30 mph. Thunderstorms could develop south of here and affect us this afternoon.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com
