September 2019
Carson City Fire Department respond to injured motorcycle rider in Brunswick Canyon
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 4:11pm
UPDATE: The injured motorcycle rider was treated by Carson City Fire Department personnel and flown via Care Flight to the trauma ward at Renown Medical Center in Reno, said battalion Chief Jason Danen. His condition is unknown at this time.
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Carson City Fire Department was called Sunday afternoon to the Brunswick Canyon area for an injured motorcycle rider in the backcountry. A CareFlight helicopter was ordered and landed in the area near the patient.
Keep Tahoe Bears Wild: Agencies launch website to reduce human-bear conflicts
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 3:35pm
The Tahoe Basin is bear country and natural resource and law enforcement agencies are working diligently to remind residents and visitors to practice proper food storage and trash disposal when living in or visiting bear country. To help spread our message, we’ve launched a new website, TahoeBears.org, where residents and visitors can go to learn everything they need to know about living, visiting and playing responsibly in bear country.
JoAnne Skelly column: A healthy lawn has fewer weeds
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 2:03pm
Do you struggle to eliminate weeds from your lawn each year? The best defense against lawn weeds is a healthy lawn. Healthy lawns are thick with deep roots and enough resilience to handle summer heat. Thin, patchy lawns are stressed and easily invaded by weeds.
Sierra Lutheran High School teens from Gardnerville earn national equestrian honors
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 12:29pm
Their shared ancestry to the rich equestrian tradition found in the United Kingdom offers natural synergy to the horsemanship tradition they have in common, but that’s where the trail and spoils split for Kailey Fitzpatrick and Riley McHenry.
11th Carson City Interfaith Picnic featured Monday at St. Peter's Episcopal
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 11:12amEvent Date:
September 2, 2019 - 4:00pm
Congregations are invited to join in a potluck picnic with music, fellowship and fun activities Monday at the 11th Annual Interfaith Picnic at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Carson City.
Carson City area road report for the week of Sept. 1-8
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 9:38am
Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Sept. 1-8, 2019. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:
Carson City arrests: Jail inmate booked after video shows him punching man
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 9:26am
An 18-year-old Carson City man and an inmate in the Carson City Sheriff's Detention Facility was booked Friday for suspicion of felony battery by a prisoner, a sheriff's deputy report said.
Events around Carson City for Sunday, Sept. 1
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 6:47am
Good day Carson City and welcome to Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Sunny skies, warm temperatures and things to do are the orders of the day with a bike ride, train rides, a Street Vibrations rally in Virginia City and a Rolling Stones tribute concert at Carson Nugget. Enjoy the day.
Senator Square: Carson High School seniors rise with the sun
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 6:36am
Watching them gather, wearing pajamas, wrapped in blankets, and celebrating the beginning of their senior year, the Class of 2019-2020 gathered together at 6:00 a.m. Aug. 30 on the bleachers of the Carson High School football field to watch the sun rise; it is the beginning of their last year at CHS, and, for some of them, their last year as students who were raised within the Carson City School District, students who went from kindergarten at Mark Twain Elementary to Carson Middle School and have spent the last three years at CHS.
