The first Candy Dance was held in Genoa in 1919, and came about as a fundraiser to purchase street lights for the tiny town tucked away against the Sierra mountains in the Carson Valley. Now, over 100 years later, the annual Arts and Crafts Fair is still being held.
Bridge inspectors are donning dry suits to check for erosion from high water in Carson Valley this week. They were below Genoa Lane where it crosses the Carson River on Wednesday morning and have checked.
Firefighters are mopping up a blaze that threatened the Genoa Cemetery and prompted voluntary evacuations on Friday afternoon. The fire started below Centennial and burned along the norther edge of the cemetery driven by northwest.
GENOA, Nev. - Three parcels of land at Lake Tahoe that belonged to a long-time Genoa family have been acquired by the U.S. Forest Service, it was announced on Thursday.