The Sierra Stargazer: Northern Nevada horoscopes Oct. 12-18

Good day, star seekers. After the sharper turns of early October, this week offers a little more road beneath the tires. The Sun in Libra reaches toward generous Jupiter in…

Monday, October 12, 2026 – 11:25amMonday, October 12, 2026 – 11:25am

Birth Announcements: Six babies born at Carson Tahoe Hospital Oct. 4-11

Monday, October 12, 2026 – 10:00amMonday, October 12, 2026 – 10:00am

Carson City Fire Department called to report of fire at Florentine Drive residence

Monday, October 12, 2026 – 9:20amMonday, October 12, 2026 – 10:10am

What’s happening Monday around Carson City and beyond

Monday, October 12, 2026 – 7:50amMonday, October 12, 2026 – 8:05am

Carson City emergency crews respond to collision at Fairview and Saliman

Monday, October 12, 2026 – 7:26amMonday, October 12, 2026 – 7:54am

Pine Nuts: Our Dads

Monday, October 12, 2026 – 6:45amMonday, October 12, 2026 – 7:13am

Rotary Club Senior Spotlight: Baylee Finch, Carson High School — Silver Campus

Sunday, October 11, 2026 – 5:20pmSunday, October 11, 2026 – 5:20pm

Outdoors

Northern Nevada gardens: Fall goal to transplant iris for more sunlight

Sunday, October 11, 2026 – 3:30pmSunday, October 11, 2026 – 3:30pm

News

Secret Witness offers reward for persons responsible for Goni Fire in Carson City

Sunday, October 11, 2026 – 1:30pmSunday, October 11, 2026 – 1:30pm

Community

Empty Bowls filled with Carson City care at fundraiser for local hunger relief

Sunday, October 11, 2026 – 11:10amMonday, October 12, 2026 – 10:29am

Community

Nevada Day wants your family’s tall tales for America 250 Time Capsule

Sunday, October 11, 2026 – 9:18amSunday, October 11, 2026 – 9:20am

Announcements

Carson City road report for the week of Oct. 12-18

Sunday, October 11, 2026 – 8:02amSunday, October 11, 2026 – 8:04am

News

Carson City landfill fire contained inside dump perimeter

Saturday, October 10, 2026 – 4:08pmSunday, October 11, 2026 – 7:47am

Community

Carson City volunteers pitch in for fall community cleanup at Lone Mountain Cemetery

Saturday, October 10, 2026 – 3:10pmSaturday, October 10, 2026 – 4:40pm

Nevada Politics and Government

Big premium hikes possible for retirees in Nevada worker health insurance program

Saturday, October 10, 2026 – 12:35pmSaturday, October 10, 2026 – 12:36pm

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News

Dogs and cats get free wellness checkups in Carson City thanks to Feeding Pets of the Homeless, Duffield Foundation and FISH

Saturday, October 10, 2026 – 11:00amSaturday, October 10, 2026 – 4:37pm

(Don’t) cut it out: New fees proposed for cutting into recently paved roads

Friday, October 9, 2026 – 3:34pmFriday, October 9, 2026 – 3:34pm

City says more time needed, questions answered in City Hall talks

Thursday, October 8, 2026 – 4:50pmThursday, October 8, 2026 – 4:50pm

Community

Who has Nevada’s best Picon Punch? Mark Twain Days Festival returns Oct. 13 with new ‘Picon Punch Off’

Friday, October 9, 2026 – 5:11pmFriday, October 9, 2026 – 5:11pm

Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser returns tomorrow, Saturday Oct. 10 to Carson City

Friday, October 9, 2026 – 1:30pm

Things That Go Bump in Nevada: An Afternoon of Ghost Stories with Janice Oberding

Friday, October 9, 2026 – 12:42pmFriday, October 9, 2026 – 12:42pm

Arts & Entertainment

Happening Tonight: ‘Fright At the Museum’ at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City

Saturday, October 10, 2026 – 8:55amSaturday, October 10, 2026 – 10:28am

Carson City writer releasing historical romance set in Nevada’s Capital

Saturday, October 10, 2026 – 6:35amSaturday, October 10, 2026 – 7:12am

The Sierra Stargazer: Astrological forecast for Northern Nevada, Oct. 5-11

Monday, October 5, 2026 – 3:10pmMonday, October 5, 2026 – 3:10pm

Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City to celebrate fall with annual Harvest Train

Sunday, October 4, 2026 – 11:00amSunday, October 4, 2026 – 11:00am

Business

Plumas Bank expands Treasury Management Team with Guissell Delavega

Saturday, October 10, 2026 – 7:15amSaturday, October 10, 2026 – 3:17pm

Obituary: South Carson Arby’s 1985 – 2026

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 – 12:01pmWednesday, October 7, 2026 – 12:01pm

Nevada Politics

Carson City School Board to discuss $15 million unnamed project request, more policy changes

Thursday, October 8, 2026 – 4:11pmThursday, October 8, 2026 – 4:18pm

Indy Explains: Nevada backcountry vulnerable to more off-roading, logging under federal rule changes

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 – 11:00amWednesday, October 7, 2026 – 11:00am

Opinion

Pine Nuts: The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Monday, October 5, 2026 – 8:36amMonday, October 5, 2026 – 8:36am

Double Halloween: Why Trick-or-Treating is not on Oct. 31 this year, and why that’s awesome

Friday, October 2, 2026 – 2:52pmFriday, October 2, 2026 – 2:52pm

Announcements

Local authors plan Halloween book launch party at Bub’s Bookstore in Carson City

Friday, October 9, 2026 – 5:22pmFriday, October 9, 2026 – 5:22pm

What’s happening this weekend in Carson City and beyond

Friday, October 9, 2026 – 7:00am

Health & Wellness

Children’s Mobile Dental Unit to visit Carson City Oct. 19-22

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 – 9:00am

Carson City Senior Center filled with talks, activities and presentations during October

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – 3:30pm

Mammovan returns Wednesday to Carson City and again Oct. 6 to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – 9:35am

ICYM: Carson City agencies host Preparedness Fair this Wednesday at community center

Sunday, September 27, 2026 – 12:00pm

Carson City shows support for loved ones at Walk/Run to Remember fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Association

Saturday, September 26, 2026 – 11:08am

Equine guided memory workshops hosted by Minden’s Kids & Horses offered this fall

Monday, September 21, 2026 – 9:24am

Carson Valley

Marlette Lake Dam project finished, access to Spooner Lake backcountry reopened

Monday, October 5, 2026 – 4:01pmMonday, October 5, 2026 – 4:01pm

Birth announcements: Four new Nevadans welcomed Sept. 28 – Oct. 4 at Carson Tahoe Hospital

Monday, October 5, 2026 – 11:07amMonday, October 5, 2026 – 11:07am

Forward progress stopped on brush fire off US-395 and Spring Valley in Douglas County

Sunday, October 4, 2026 – 3:56pmSunday, October 4, 2026 – 6:06pm

Local photographer captures Saturday’s action at the K9 Unit Challenge in Carson City

Sunday, October 4, 2026 – 3:15pmSunday, October 4, 2026 – 3:25pm

Dayton

Northern Nevada backyards: Warm autumn, leaves changing color and more

Sunday, October 4, 2026 – 1:08pmSunday, October 4, 2026 – 1:08pm

Region’s top law enforcement dogs compete at K9 Unit Challenge in Carson City

Saturday, October 3, 2026 – 5:30pmSaturday, October 3, 2026 – 5:30pm

LCSO makes three non-compliant sex offender arrests Tuesday

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 – 4:45pm

Nevada Day invites carvers of all ages to compete in Pumpkin Decorating, Carving Contest

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – 5:00pmTuesday, September 29, 2026 – 5:00pm

South Lake Tahoe

Fishing report: Anglers find good fall prospects on Carson River, Tahoe and Topaz

Thursday, October 8, 2026 – 10:00am

August gaming revenue up statewide, down in Carson area and Tahoe’s south shore

Sunday, October 4, 2026 – 9:46amSunday, October 4, 2026 – 9:46am

Earthquakes rattle South Lake Tahoe area Friday

Saturday, October 3, 2026 – 9:55amSaturday, October 3, 2026 – 9:55am

Coast Guard rescues kayaker on Lake Tahoe west of Glenbrook

Monday, September 28, 2026 – 11:00amMonday, September 28, 2026 – 11:00am

Virginia City

Pine Nuts: Thanks for the smiles

Sunday, September 27, 2026 – 6:45pmMonday, September 28, 2026 – 8:25am

Thousands of motorcycles in Carson City this weekend for Street Vibrations Fall Rally

Saturday, September 26, 2026 – 5:45pmSaturday, September 26, 2026 – 5:45pm

Pine Nuts: Two very different courtships

Sunday, September 20, 2026 – 4:10pmSunday, September 20, 2026 – 4:10pm

Virginia Truckee Railroad offers Sept. 26 murder mystery on the rails

Saturday, September 19, 2026 – 11:30amSaturday, September 19, 2026 – 11:30am

Washoe Valley

Wildfires keep hitting Northern Nevada. Why do developers keep building into harm’s way?

Monday, September 28, 2026 – 9:28amMonday, September 28, 2026 – 9:28am

Incoming gusty winds prompt Red Flag Warning for Carson City, surrounding counties

Friday, September 25, 2026 – 8:06amFriday, September 25, 2026 – 8:40am

Do you believe? The Polar Express Train Ride returns to Carson City for the holiday season

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 – 4:00pm

Inaugural Bird Fest coming to Washoe Lake State Park

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 – 3:00pm

Reno

Firefighters make progress overnight on Bull Fire north of Verdi

Saturday, October 3, 2026 – 10:36amSaturday, October 3, 2026 – 10:44am

Nevada DETR moves to reduce the average employer contribution tax rate for 2027

Sunday, September 27, 2026 – 3:30pmSunday, September 27, 2026 – 3:30pm

Reno resident wins 1884 Carson City Morgan Silver Dollar at Friends of the Nevada State Museum raffle

Sunday, September 27, 2026 – 9:31amSunday, September 27, 2026 – 9:31am

Patriots Jet Team to headline inaugural Minden-Tahoe SkyFest happening Oct. 16-18

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 – 12:00pmWednesday, September 23, 2026 – 12:00pm

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