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This year marks the 50th year of the World Championship Single Jack Rock Drill Competition which takes place every year during the Nevada Day Parade in Carson City.

The summer ended and fall began in September. While we remain extremely busy throughout Lyon County, our response times have remained steady since restructuring the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. I am attaching our response times, which include through September.

Throughout October, Carson City's Michael Hohl Motor Company is collecting pet food donations in hopes of filling a pickup truck with food to support Feeding Pets of the Homeless.

With the holiday season quickly approaching, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office wants to remind everyone to be wary of deals that seem too good to be true and how to avoid becoming a scammer’s next victim. Following are several tips to practice while making online purchases for gifts this year.

A University of Nevada, Reno mechanical engineering professor, Feifei Fan, recently filed a 49-page document full of allegations of “sexual slavery”, assault, abuse and misconduct.

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As a salute to the creativity of the Great Basin Native Artists, the Capital City Arts Initiative is excited to present "It Started with Willows", an assemblage of working baskets and contemporary art.

The Gold Hill Hotel (as seen on Ghost Adventures and proclaimed the 8th most haunted location in Nevada) is hosting one night only an evening of fun, thrills, and chills celebrating our favorite holiday!

There’s a mushroom sprouting in the Lake Tahoe Basin that’s poisonous and may cause health issues for both humans and pets.

Mark your calendars for a significant community event as Partnership Carson City proudly presents its bi-annual Drug Round-up on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event aims to raise awareness about the critical impact of keeping unused and expired prescription drugs within households.

Western Nevada College is part of a group of Nevada System of Higher Education community colleges that is continuing to offer the Nevada Promise Scholarship funded by the Nevada State Legislature.

The Nevada Guard’s 92nd Civil Support Team used the unique features of the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City on Thursday to prepare for its upcoming proficiency evaluations.

Mark your calendar for an unforgettable night of blues music as the 2022 Blues Music Award and Band of the Year winners, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers make their way to Carson City for a live performance at the Nashville Social Club.

CARSON CITY — Author and photographer Stephen H. Provost, founder of the online bookshop hub ACES of Northern Nevada, is proud to present The ACES Anthology, a collection featuring 25 short stories and poems from some of the region’s outstanding writers.

Nevada Day, Inc. and Briton Publishing have partnered to host featured author Julie Rogers Pomilia, granddaughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, who has published a book about her upbringing in the shadow of one of the most famous and popular western couples of all time.

CARSON CITY — Xquisite, a nonprofit organization committed to raising awareness and providing support to combat human trafficking, sexual assault, and domestic abuse, recently hosted its third annual Golf Tournament. This year's golf tournament demonstrated the power of community partnerships and garnered tremendous support from local businesses, volunteers, and sponsors.

Happy Thursday, Carson City! Let's take a look to see what the weekend has in store for us.

With local directors and actors having taken on spine-chilling visions of the paranormal and macabre, their storytelling creativity will be unveiled this Saturday at the Carson Creepy Short Horror Film Competition at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City.

In September, 2023, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officers in conjunction with Partnership Carson City conducted multiple alcohol compliance checks.

Come and support your local roller derby team, The Carson Victory Rollers as they host their biggest event of the year. The Battle for the Silver Skate will be held on Oct. 21-22 and will consist of six teams spread out from here and California battling it out to win it all.

Carson City’s Rice Street Tattoo will be hosting a fundraiser at their shop this Friday, Oct. 13 to help Gardnerville resident Shannon Brown in her fight against breast cancer.

Only a few months ago, Brown was living life as normal when she found a small lump, about the size of a dime, in her left breast.

A recently escaped inmate and fugitive were arrested Wednesday in a Fernley apartment complex, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office. Two nearby schools were placed in a brief lockdown during the incident.

In an audacious venture, the Proscenium Players, Inc. are set to defy the conventional with a groundbreaking black-and-white play, bringing to life the trials, tribulations and triumphs of creating an entirely grayscale spectacle. As the curtains prepare to rise on Oct. 13, 2023, at the Brewery Arts Center's The Maizie in Carson City, theater enthusiasts are in for a treat.

A 52-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for two counts alleged assault with a deadly weapon, commercial burglary and being a prohibited person possessing pepper spray, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Dany Bill, a 7-time Muay Thai world champion with an impressive record of 115 wins and 11 losses, is set to bring his unparalleled expertise to the Wild West Training Center in Carson City.

Muay Thai, known as one of the most effective striking systems in Mixed Martial Arts, will take center stage as Dany Bill imparts his knowledge to aspiring fighters and enthusiasts alike.

The Day of Days, the largest celebration of Nevada within the Silver State, returns for its 85th consecutive year Oct. 28, 2023 in Carson City.

This year, the theme is “Home Means Nevada,” courtesy of our beloved state song.

The first group of students incarcerated at Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City stepped into the prison's auto bay Monday, Aug. 28, for their first day of Auto 101, Introduction to General Mechanics offered by Western Nevada College. It has taken four years and the sustained effort and partnership of Campagni Auto Group, Nevada Department of Corrections, and WNC to reach this point.

Carson City Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a vehicle burglary that occurred recently at a Carson City residence around E. Nye Lane and Concord Drive.

Happy Thursday, Carson City, and say hello to our pet of the week, Mamas!

Mamas is a 5-year-old gal who has been at Carson City Nevada Humane Society for a few weeks. She has been pretty shy in the shelter environment and could use a little love.

The Carson High School Boys 5A Varsity Cross Country Team was named 2023 FALL season State Academic Team Champions, by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association the non-profit governing body of high school athletics in the Silver State. The team will be recognized at the NIAA State Cross Country Championships set for Saturday, Nov. 4, at Rancho San Rafael, in Reno.

Clouds form over Carson City on Tuesday.

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