Community Pulse
What residents are talking about in Douglas County public meetings, ranked by community engagement.
16 topics in development
Affordable housing and Ranchos GID
Development & housing
Proposed Verizon Cell Tower
Pinion Ridge / Sheep Camp drainage
Painted Rock Mine Agreement
Painted Rock Mine Operating Agreement and Notice of Termination
Talaz Glamping Project Design Review Appeal
24-Month Review of Development Agreements
Airport Community Engagement
Sustainable Growth
Genoa Fire Station Museum Addition
1558 First Street Major Variance
Cell tower
Verizon Wireless Telecommunications Facility Appeal (DP 24-0169)
Tahoe Prosperity Center and declining population data
Ethics
In the News
12 articlesRecent coverage of Douglas County from local and regional media.
County rethinking multi-family ordinance
An example of modern mixed use commercial in Gardnerville across Main Street from Raley's. There are shops on the bottom floor and apartments on the top floor. Photo by Kurt Hildebrand. A plan to require the ...
The Oct. 28, 2026, R-C Morning Report
Monday's sunrise turned the clouds red in this photo by Pat Griffin. We might see another one of those Friday or Saturday, depending on when a front arrives. Genoa, Nev. — Douglas County voters returned 11,14...
School board trustee urged to resign
Multiple calls for Douglas County School Board Trustee Erinn Miller to resign were made during Thursday’s school board meeting on Thursday.Despite the calls, the school board took no action regarding Miller’s l...
Minden wraps up 2026’s only Northern Nevada airshow
The Patriots Jet Team leaves red, white and blue smoke trails behind them at the Minden SkyFest on Saturday. Photo by Kurt Hildebrand. Around 7,000 people attended Minden-Tahoe Airport’s first SkyFest mostly ...
The Oct. 21, 2026, R-C Morning Report
An elaborate Halloween display at a home on Long Valley Road in the Gardnerville Ranchos featured all the skeletons on Tuesday. Photo by Kurt Hildebrand. According to the Nevada Secretary of State’s ballot tr...
Main Street, Arts Council receive USDA grants
The 100-year-old trusses predate the Copeland Building, having been salvaged from a structure in Reno and brought down when the building was constructed in the 1950s. Carson Valley Arts Council photo Main Str...
Replaced ballots may be tip of iceberg
More than 150 mailed ballots were replaced before Tuesday’s deadline, but Clerk-Treasurer Amy Burgans said that likely doesn’t include everyone who contacted her office about not receiving one.
School Board trustee Erinn Miller in custody on California charges
School Board trustee Erinn Miller was arrested Thursday for embezzlement on a nationwide warrant issued from South Lake Tahoe at her Dora Court office in Zephyr Cove.Douglas County deputies took her into custod...
2026 General Election: Douglas County improvement districts
Indian Hills General Improvement DistrictLynn DementAddress: 1020 Mica DriveOccupation: RetiredAge: RetiredContact information. [email protected] I am running for the Indian Hills GID Board of Trustees be...
School district human resources director on leave
The human resources director for the Douglas County School District is on leave, the district confirmed.Jeanne Dwyer has been in charge of human resources for the district since Aug. 2, 2024, shortly after Supe...
Early voting wraps up ahead of Election Day
A sign at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center on Friday afternoon encourages people to visit the polls inside. Early in-person voting had a big finish on Friday with 706 Douglas County voters vis...
Prescribed fires will send smoke into air above forests
A November 2022 prescribed burn on Kingsbury Grade. Smoke plumes will be rising over the forests in the Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts as they begin prescribed burning.Forest Service officials estimat...