May 2020
Northern Nevada outdoors with JoAnne Skelly: I'm a grass warrior, are you?
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 05/17/2020 - 8:35am
I have been a grass warrior lately. Grass persists in exploring and establishing in areas I don’t want it: under shrubs, twined in flowers, out of the edges of the lawn, under the trees, in the field and so on. As a grass warrior, I have employed various attack strategies from hand-digging, weed-whacking and mowing with three different mowers — a riding mower, a small area electric mower, a rough area mower and finally, a tractor.
Senator Square: Carson High School Class of 2020 yearbook has arrived
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 05/17/2020 - 8:03am
Editor’s Note: Patt Quinn-Davis is adviser for the Carneta yearbook. She wrote this letter to CHS staff members to share the challenges she and her student staff faced in finishing this year’s carneta. Quinn-Davis also teaches Honors American Literature and English IV.
Demonstrators at Governor's Mansion protest shutdown, call for Sisolak's removal
Submitted by editor on Sun, 05/17/2020 - 7:38amAbout 150 demonstrators returned Saturday to the Governor's Mansion in Carson City to protest his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
A Red Tail Hawk moves in for a close up
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 05/17/2020 - 7:29am
A red Tail Hawk moves in slow toward the camera Saturday morning at Silver Saddle Ranch.
Quad-County COVID-19 Update: Six New Cases and Two Recoveries bring totals to 143
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 6:48pm
Quad-County Emergency Operations Center (Quad EOC) is reporting six new positive cases and two recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 143, with 92 recoveries and two deaths, 49 cases remain active.
Careflight called to motorcycle accident with injury reported at Fairview and I-580 off ramp
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 1:31pm
At 1:29 p.m. Saturday afternoon a vehicle accident involving a motorcycle was reported at Northbound Fairview and I-580.
Missing elderly woman located by Lyon and Washoe County Sheriff's deputies using infrared technology
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 1:27pm
A 74-year-old woman is back home with her family after an extensive search which began Friday, May 15, 2020 and lasted into the overnight hours.
Deer, peacocks spotted roaming Curry Street in Carson City
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 1:00pm
Reader Jeff Moses submitted these photos of a wildlife menagerie roaming Curry Street in Carson City on Friday afternoon. Moses snapped photos of both deer and a peacock strutting their stuff!
Carson City fire department, sheriff's office respond to smoking, hot-wired vehicle near Goni
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 11:29am
Just before 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning Carson City firefighters and sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the Goni pits on a report of a smoking vehicle.
State Unemployment Site Down Temporarily to Improve System Performance and Access DETR says, Users Must Be Logged Off System by 1 PM
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 11:14am
CARSON CITY, NV – The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) has announced their unemployment insurance (UInv) website (http://ui.nv.gov) will be down TODAY, Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 1 p.m. until 7 p.m., the period of lowest traffic, in order to improve system performance and access expansion for filers.
