A white lane leads to white mountains in this photo taken Monday by Fredericksburg resident Jeff Garvin.
Genoa, Nev. — Lake Tahoe is down to 50 NV Energy customers without electricity this morning with estimated times to restore power at 10 a.m. for most. Meanwhile, over the state line 4,485 Liberty Utilities customers in the Tahoe Basin and Alpine County remain without power.
Zephyr Cove Elementary and Whittell High schools are on a 90-minute delay this morning. The rest of the school district will be running on time today.
Four-wheel drive and snow tires is the ticket to avoiding chaining up around Lake Tahoe this morning. Kingsbury and Highway 50 have road controls for what I believe is the fourth day in a row. Even down in the Valley, the snow isn’t melting off very much.
Douglas High School posed a 91.69 percent graduation rate, according to a presentation scheduled at today’s school board meeting. Whittell had 89.47 percent, while ASPIRE dropped to 44 percent. School Board trustees meet 4 p.m. at the Airport Training Center, 1126 Airport Road, Building G-1.
Douglas County Community Development issued 19 permits to rebuild single family dwellings and 207 to build new ones during the first 11 months of 2022. Permits peaked in August with 34. Planning commissioners are doing their own year in review 1 p.m. today at the Douglas County Courthouse, 1616 Eighth St., Minden.
It's 23 degrees at Minden-Tahoe Airport this morning and it’s forecast to get a bit colder over the next few days. Today’s high temperature is expected to hit 38 degrees, with the wind calm.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122.
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