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The Carson City School District will receive $1.38 million in funding for third phase of the Read by Grade 3 program, also known as RBG3, the Nevada Department of Education announced Friday. Lyon County School District is on tap to receive $671,825 in funding, and Douglas County School District, $655,182.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Wednesday that he will convene the Governor’s Opioid State Action Accountability Taskforce this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017.

Multiple law enforcement agencies throughout the state carried out sex offender compliance checks of 430 individuals in Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, Churchill and portions of of Washoe County last week, the largest collaborative effort of its kind for sex offender checks, according to Nevada Parole and Probation.

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, along with researchers at Utah State University and University of Idaho, are assisting rural communities across the West by applying economic, environmental and social factors to community economic development planning.

After a 35 mile bike ride from Lake Tahoe, the Journey of Hope made a brief stop Friday at Western Nevada College in Carson City. A group of 29 cyclists from Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity were welcomed by dozens of volunteer organizations throughout the community.

The Journey of Hope team will be arriving in Carson City on Friday June 16th for a visit with the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada and The Nevada Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities.

This overnight stop comes after a 35-mile ride from Lake Tahoe, Calif., the sixth day of a 3,720-mile cycling event across the country. The team will dedicate their summer to enhancing the lives of people with disabilities through grant funding and community engagement.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that the Northern Nevada Development Authority and the Nye County Coalition will receive a total of $1.2 million in federal grant funds for brownfield site revitalization efforts.

A Lakeview community project headed up by a Carson City woman is among five in Northern Nevada to receive funding awards from State Farm in support of activities aimed at reducing potential loss of life, property and natural resources to wildfire in their communities.

CARSON CITY — Governor Brian Sandoval announced Thursday that Nevada will receive a $5,663,328 grant to combat opioid addiction. The funding, which is the first of two rounds provided for the 21st Century Cures Act, will be provided through the State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Governor Brian Sandoval and the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology (OSIT) today announced $1,000,000 in STEM Workforce Challenge Grants to Nevada training providers throughout the state.

Soroptimist International of Carson City welcomes members of the community to its lunch meeting Wednesday, March 22. The club meets from noon until 1 pm in the north room of Glen Eagles Restaurant.

A public meeting for residents, property owners and businesses along the South Carson Street corridor between Fifth and Roland streets is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 1 inside the Sierra Room at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street in Carson City.

The Nevada Health Centers Mammovan is going to be making stops in the coming days to Gardnerville, Carson City, Reno, Smith Valley and Hawthorne.

Affordable. High student success rates. Supplemental Instruction. Students mature. Now in its third year, Western Nevada College’s Jump Start College has evolved into a highly successful, dynamic program that is providing a variety of higher education benefits to Nevada high school students.

CARSON CITY, NV – In the wake of national issues involving lead in drinking water, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection secured U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant funding to begin a voluntary testing program for Nevada elementary schools.

Nevada Health Centers’ Mammovan will make stops this week in Carson City, Dayton and Lake Tahoe areas in its recently renovated and remodeled mobile care center.

President Barack Obama was cheered enthusiastically Wednesday at the 20th Lake Tahoe Summit, an annual gathering of federal and state leaders from California and Nevada who are dedicated to protecting the Sierra's crown jewel.

"I've never been here," President Obama told the crowd Wednesday at Harvey's Outdoor Arena in Stateline. "Its not that I didn't want to come, but nobody invited me."

The President quipped he's sure to return, "though my transportation won't be as nice."

The Carson Tahoe Health Foundation is pleased to recognize the generous support and $10,000 grant funding recently announced by the Safeway Foundation.

A recent check of 186 sex offenders in Lyon County and Fallon resulted in one arrest and 26 people found to not be in compliance with registration requirements, the Nevada Department of Public Safety and Parole and Probation announced Tuesday.

The multi-agency collaborative effort, called "Operation Vigilance" was done to verify sex offender registration compliance and was conducted in Dayton, Silver Springs, Yerington, Fernley, Stagecoach and Fallon.

Carson City Soroptimist seeks players, tee or green sponsors, and raffle prize donors for its 15th Stroke to Help Golf Tournament. Scheduling conflicts have moved the annual fundraiser a month ahead of its usual date, and at a new venue as well.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office along with other law enforcement agencies throughout Nevada will be participating in Joining Forces through the remainder of July.

The focus of the event will be distracted drivers. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office reminds motorists to “Keep your eyes on the road, and put away cell phones and other items that cause distractions.”

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office, along with other law enforcement agencies throughout Nevada, are participating in Joining Forces through the month of June with a special emphasis on speeding drivers.

About $2.8 million in federal competitive grants is now available to increase the quality of public charter school education in Nevada.

There were 62 citations given Thursday by Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies as part of the Joining Forces pedestrian safety event held at various crosswalks, said Sgt. Scott McDaniel.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office along with other law enforcement agencies throughout Nevada will be stepping up pedestrian safety patrol efforts throughout June, specifically in areas where there are crosswalks.

Drivers around Carson City have been buckled up for the most part as law enforcement agencies across Nevada wind down the "Click it or Ticket" campaign that began May 16 and ends Wednesday.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office participation in the Joining Forces Seat Belt “Click it or Ticket” event resulted in the following:

Operation Vigilance, a multi-agency collaborative effort to verify sex offender registration compliance, recently conducted a two-day compliance check of 315 sex offenders in Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Washoe and Lyon county areas.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office along with other law enforcement agencies throughout the state will be participating in Joining Forces through the month of May with a focus on seat belts.

Troopers, deputies, and officers will be stopping drivers for different traffic offenses and issuing citations for seatbelt violations beginning Monday and lasting through June 1 throughout Northern Nevada.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office participation in the Joining Forces Distracted Drivers event held from April 1 to April 20th resulted in the following:

1 arrest for DUI, 21 citations issued for cell phone use, 1 citation for an individual cutting their hair while driving, 2 citations for failure to yield to a pedestrian, 89 for speed, 19 stop sign and traffic light violations. In addition, 41 citations were issued for other traffic related violations.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office recently participated in the Joining Forces law enforcement effort to stop impaired drivers and riders. The operation was done between March 17 to March 31 and resulted in the following: