The moon sets over the Carson Range on Monday morning.
Photo by Kurt Hildebrand.
Genoa, Nev. — Our deepest condolences to County Commissioner Danny Tarkanian, whose mother Lois died on Sunday at the age of 90. The lifelong educator served as a university regent and Las Vegas City council woman where she made a significant contribution to the Silver State’s largest city.
East Fork Fire Protection District trustees are scheduled to discuss $1.97 million in insurance contracts for medical coverage at their meeting 1 p.m. today in their offices, 1694 County Road in Minden.
East Fork firefighters responded to a fire in the front yard of a Ruhenstroth home around 3:40 p.m. Monday. When they arrived they found a 20 by 20 foot fire that was mostly out and were able to douse it in good order.
It sounds like the Big Chicken across from McDonald’s is preparing to open in the coming days. Meanwhile, work on what has been advertised as a Chipotle is underway next to the Minden Subway.
A Chambers Field woman is hoping someone has come across her 6-foot inflatable turkey that took off in the weekend’s wind. There’s a note on Next Door and likely one on the Minden-Gardnerville Facebook page.
A lake wind advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service Reno 10 p.m. today through 7 p.m. Wednesday at Tahoe for possible 40 mph southwest wind gusts and waves of 1-4 feet.
There’s a winter storm warning for the Sierra west slope starts 4 p.m. today. There’s a possibility of 1-2 feet of Sierra cement above 7,000 feet this weekend as an atmospheric river makes landfall.
We might see up to a half inch of rain in the Valley over Wednesday and Thursday, but the weekend’s totals could double that with the National Weather Service predicting the possibility of more than an inch of rain.
Today will be a good day to do any hatch battening that’s required. Expect partly sunny skies and a high temperature near 49 degrees. The wind will pick up out of the west at 5 mph.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Contact him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122.
