The National Weather Service has forecast a series of storms that will continue to bring snow and rain to our region into next week. Washoe County Community Services Department (CSD) has been preparing for winter weather by inspecting drainages and ditches and staging equipment throughout the county.
Washoe County Emergency Management is opening a County-managed and Red Cross-supported warming center at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center located at 4590 S Virginia St. in Reno for residents without power, as the region faces a continued period of cold temperatures. While NV Energy hopes to have a large number of customers’ power restored by the end of today, full restoration could take until Tuesday, January 3.
About half the CSD on-call crew was called in this morning to manage water of the roadway at Sierra Manor and Monte Vista. With the rain turning to snow at higher elevations, crews are switching to plowing as needed. Additionally, Incline Village received 3”-5” of snow early this morning and there is a full crew plowing in the north Lake Tahoe area.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for the coming week, with five wet storm systems bringing significant rain (1”-4") to lower elevations and snow to the mountains. Washoe County Community Services Department (CSD) developed an operations plan for the storm events and is prepared to mitigate localized flooding.
Washoe County Treasurer Linda Jacobs would like to remind property owners that Monday, January 2, is the due date for the third installment of 2022/23 property taxes.
Most Washoe County offices will be closed Monday, Dec. 26, and Monday, Jan. 2, in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day. The new year will begin with a Board of County Commissioners meeting on Jan. 3.
The Board of County Commissioners accepted grants to support the Nevada Cares Campus and approved additional ARPA funding for continued improvements and construction on the campus.
Washoe County is seeking public input on development code amendments related to: Article 302 Allowed Uses, Article 304 Use Classification System, Article 406 Building Placement Standards and Article 902 Definitions, in order to: Provide clarity on single-family...
