Thanks to loving care, historic Carson City clock keeps ticking

Every 15 minutes, the chimes in the Laxalt Building ring through downtown Carson City, marking the passage of time with a classical tune or a Beatles melody, even the state’s song, “Home Means Nevada.”But it hasn’t always been that way. When Bill Hartman moved to Carson City in 1996, it seemed in a way that time stood still. “I noticed there was all this construction at the Laxalt Building,” he said. “But every time I drove by the clock, it was always th