by carsoncityjournal | Oct 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Portrait of happy school kids talking while walking to school.
Students in Carson City are invited to participate in various Walk to School Day events Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Many parents, teachers and administrators plan to join students in organized walks to promote safely walking or bicycling to school.
International Walk to School Day is a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries walking and biking to school on the same day. It began in 1997 as a one-day event. Over time, it has become part of a movement for year-round safe routes to school and a celebration each October. Today, thousands of schools across the country – from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico – participate every October.
In conjunction with Nevada Moves Day, a statewide event held in March each year, the day celebrates the fun and benefits of walking and bicycling to school. It also encourages K-8 students, school staff and families to get physically active.
During International Walk to School Day and every day, drivers should watch for children walking and bicycling to school and be mindful of school zone speed reductions, as well as varying school start times. Motorists should also only pass bicyclists when it is safe with at least three feet of space between the bicycle and vehicle and never overtake a vehicle that has stopped at a crosswalk.
Pedestrians and bicyclists should only cross streets when safe and always look for vehicles before and while crossing. Per state law, no U-turns or passing are allowed in active school zones or school crossing zones.
For more information about Wednesday’s Walk to School Day, please contact Carson City’s Transportation Planner & Western Nevada Safe Routes to School Coordinator Kelly Norman, knorman@carson.org, 775-283-7525.
Principals and/or staff will meet at the following locations and walk to the school with the students. All students who walk to or at school will be recognized.
Wednesday, Oct. 6:
Eagle Valley Middle School, 4151 E. 5th St. (7:00-7:40 a.m.)
Meeting place at the entrance to the basketball courts near the new drop-off zone above the school. Students who walk to school will be recognized with prizes and hot chocolate.
Empire Elementary School, 1260 Monte Rosa
No meeting place. Students who walk to school will be recognized.
Fremont Elementary School, 1511 Firebox Road (7:45 a.m.)
Start: U.S. Post Office, 1111 S. Roop St., to the school
Start: Gas Station, 1615 E. 5th St., to the school
Thursday, Oct. 7:
Fritsch Elementary School, 504 Bath St. (7:45 a.m.)
Start: Corner of N. Ormsby Blvd. and W. Winnie Ln. to the school
by carsoncityjournal | Oct 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Pedestrian Safety is a Two-Way Street
The Nevada Highway Patrol has partnered with other participating Nevada law enforcement agencies in the Joining Forces program and is urging pedestrians and drivers to be aware of each other and to share the road responsibly. From October 12th through the 18th, 2021, the Joining Forces law enforcement team will be issuing citations to pedestrians and motorists who are violating traffic safety laws.
Most people are a pedestrian at least once a day. Between 2015 and 2019, 378 pedestrians lost their lives in pedestrian crashes on Nevada’s roadways. This represents a 23.6% increase in pedestrian traffic fatalities from previous years. In an effort to reverse this trend, Troopers will be looking for traffic offenses made by pedestrians and drivers alike.
The Nevada Highway Patrol remains dedicated to bringing the number of fatalities on our roadways to zero through promoting safe pedestrian and motorist behavior. Whether you are in a vehicle or on foot, stay alert and safely share the road.
by carsoncityjournal | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
11:10 am Car fire near Goni Water Tower. Fire Department on scene.
Vehicle was burned inside and out. Driver on a joy ride was not hurt.
11:18am Car on scene is burning up. Not much spread from point of ignition. Driver of the car still on scene.
11:45am Firefighters knocked the fire down rather quickly. Fire started soon-after a cross-county Jeep started climbing a small incline. Suddenly flames erupted from under the vehicle. Fortunately the driver got out of the Jeep and started putting out the fire. No winds to make things complicated. Arriving fire fighters threw water around the vehicle and a ways outward to give no head start to any renegade spark that managed to escape the immediate area, Driver said he was just out having some cross-country fun. The Jeep was totally destroyed.
by carsoncityjournal | Oct 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
1:56pm Traffic crash at South Carson and Fairview. Law Enforcement and Fire-Rescue units are enroute.
by carsoncityjournal | Oct 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
17 Quad-County Residents died this week from COVID-19; 4,000 cases remain active while tabulating those who didn’t make it…
Carson City Health and Human Services
For the week of September 23 we are reporting 17 deaths, 384 new cases, and 225 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 18,861, with 14,564 recoveries and 297 deaths; 4,000 cases remain active.
Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-8,315 Total Cases (+127 from 9/22)
-1,216 Active (+70 from 9/22)
-6,951 Recovered (+52 from 9/22)
-148 Deaths (+5 from 9/22)Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-4,385 Total (+70 from 9/22)
-972 Active (+29 from 9/22)
-3,364 Recovered (+39 from 9/22)
-49 Deaths (+2 from 9/22)
Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-5,973 Total (+175 from 9/22)
-1,763 Active (+35 from 9/22)
-4,114 Recovered (+130 from 9/22)
-96 Deaths (+10 from 9/22)
Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-188 Total (+12 from 9/22)
-49 Active (+8 from 9/22)
-135 Recoveries (+4 from 9/22)
-4 Deaths (+0 from 9/22)
TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-18,861 Total Cases (+384 from 9/22)
– 4,000 Active (+142 from 9/22)
-14,564 Recovered (+225 from 9/22)
-297 Deaths (+17 from 9/22)
*Population information taken from the Nevada Health Response Dashboard found at https://nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/
More at: https://gethealthycarsoncity.org/
