Dogs enjoy running in the snow above Topaz Ranch Estates in this photo taken Thursday by John Flaherty. The hike was slow going, Flaherty said. 'If you break through the crust you're stuck in a hole about 2 1/2 feet deep, which happened about 100 times hiking to the top.'
Genoa, Nev. — One lane of Highway 208 through Wilson Canyon is open for a couple of hours this morning and a couple of more this evening for commuters.
The real score of the Super Bowl will be how the sports books fared as a result of the Kansas City Chiefs beating the spread with their 38-35 victory over the Eagles. The Gaming Control Board is usually pretty quick with that report.
As we get into the year, more and more of the public conversation will be focused on budgets. This morning Senior Services and Public Transit Advisory Board’s entire meeting is election of officers and a budget update.
The owners of Super Burrito are seeking approval of an onsite beer and wine license in preparation of opening a sit-down restaurant. Work has been progressing on the site for the last couple of months, including giving the place a new coat of paint.
Work is underway on what’s reported to be a five-unit apartment building at County Road and Second Street in Minden. I can’t tell that .36-acre site has ever had a structure on it.
Saturday’s storm was more similar to our typical February weather with light snow melting off from most places that didn’t already have any with the arrival of the sun.
I haven’t seen the top of my deck table since Dec. 28 thanks to the giant snow muffin that has been taking its sweet time melting off. That puts us at six weeks with snow on the ground in Genoa. I don’t know if that’s a record, but it sure seems like it ought to be.
Whatever snow melts under 49-degree weather will turn to ice tonight as the temperature drops. The north wind is forecast to pick up to 20 mph, gusting to 32 mph around 4 p.m. today as the storm arrives. By Valentine’s Day morning the temperature is forecast to be 15 degrees with a wind chill of 3.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122.
