July 2021
Carson City weekend events include outdoor concerts, movie at Mills Park, live ballet and more
Submitted by Arianna Schmidt on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 5:41pmEvent Date:
July 23, 2021 (All day)
July 24, 2021 (All day)
July 25, 2021 (All day)
Outdoor activities and concerts are plentiful this weekend as July flashes by and smoke-filled skies enter the Carson City area. As of Thursday, all events below are happening as scheduled but are subject to last minute changes.
Carson City Republican Party hosts ice cream social
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 5:13pm
Event Date:
August 6, 2021 - 6:00pm Come support your local Republican Party. Meet candidates running for office. Click on the flier for more information.
Carson City, Quad County COVID-19 weekly update: 3 deaths, 99 new cases
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 4:30pm
Carson City Health and Human Services reports in its weekly update Thursday that there are three deaths, 99 new cases and 57 recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad County region from July 15 through July 21, 2021.
Douglas, Carson City authorities ask for public's help locating runaway teen
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 2:52pm
Douglas County and Carson City law enforcement are asking the public's assistance in locating a missing runaway teen.
Carson City firefighters called to structure fire at Baker Drive residence
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 2:19pm
UPDATE: The fire was declared extinguished as of 2:37 p.m., according to a Carson City Fire Department battalion chief. The cause is under investigation.
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Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies responded Thursday afternoon to a structure fire in the 3100 block of Baker Drive.
NHP identifies Reno man in fatal Carson City rollover at Goni Road
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 10:52am
On Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at approximately 11:31 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol troopers responded to a fatal crash at Goni Road at Fermi Road in Carson City per a memorandum of understanding with the Carson City Sheriff’s Office.
Tamarack Fire explodes to 50,000 acres, 4 percent contained; 395 in south Douglas remains closed
Submitted by Arianna Schmidt on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 10:43am
UPDATE 2:44PM: Guided escorts on Highway 395 in south Douglas County were allowed to happen briefly this afternoon before being stopped completely as gusty winds picked up, pushing the fire closer to Highway 395 and homes in the Topaz Ranch Estate area. The residences threatened are in the evacuation zone.
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The Tamarack Fire has expanded to 50,129 acres as of approximately 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 22, according to updates from InciWeb. The fire now has four percent containment with a total of 1,219 personnel working on the scene.
Carson City arrests: Man accused of taking cell phone away from woman he allegedly hit
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 9:56am
A 58-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of felony preventing a victim from reporting a crime and misdemeanor domestic battery, according to a Carson City sheriff's booking report.
Wildfire smoke continues to cause poor air quality, health concerns around Carson City region
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 7:50am
Smoke from the Tamarack, Dixie, and Bootleg wildfires around the region continue to bring hazy skies and poor air quality to the Carson City area, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. The worst conditions remain immediately downwind of fires.
Tamarack Fire threatens Toxic Superfund Site (opinion)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 07/21/2021 - 9:15pm
Why is nobody sounding the alarm? The raging Tamarack Fire is quickly approaching the Leviathan Mine Toxic Superfund Site. As of writing the fire is within 1 mile of the EPA toxic site. In the foothills above Holbrook Junction sits the open pit mine. It was described in the Reno Gazette-Journal as "a toxic stew of acid and dissolved heavy metals [that have]collected at the 250-acre site for half a century and polluted streams in the upper Carson River basin." "making the Superfund list of the country’s most polluted sites".
