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Friday, June 28, 2013 - 12:44pm

With a heat wave developing throughout the region, the Carson City Fire Department has now implemented fire restrictions on city and privately owned lands within Carson City, according to the city's website.

Friday, June 28, 2013 - 11:41am

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This report is for the week ending June 28, 2013.
Inspections include: retail grocery store meat, bakery and deli departments; a bakery, a restaurant and take-out restaurant, convenience store, fast food restaurants and a mobile food vehicle.
See the full report below:

Friday, June 28, 2013 - 9:54am

This week's Women to Women Nevada interview is with Kame Masterson of Carson City who is owner of a home-based anti-aging business.

During the interview, in which Masterson explains her background, she also shares some of her family's story of how her parents, both Japanese, were put into internment camps during World War II.

Friday, June 28, 2013 - 9:23am
Nevada Media Alliance’s Alex Pompliano talks with Assembly Majority Leader William C. Horne about a decade in the Nevada Legislature and leaving a legacy.
Friday, June 28, 2013 - 8:28am

Tinder-dry vegetation, lingering drought conditions, increasing daytime temperatures and several human-caused fires have prompted the Bureau of Land Management Carson City District Office, the Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Nevada Division of Forestry’s to announce the implementation of fire restrictions today, Friday, June 28.

Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 3:06pm

A small fire Thursday afternoon near the Carson City and Douglas County line has been contained but caused a power outage in the Indian Hills area and around Sundridge Road.

East Fork Fire and Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 2 p.m. fire on the corner of Highway 395 and Sunridge Road, said Douglas County Sheriff's Sgt. Pat Brooks.

The fire was quickly contained, however it has caused a power outage in the area that include the traffic lights at the intersection of Highway 395 and Sunridge.

Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 1:34pm

A 53-year-old Carson City man faces a felony drug charge after being arrested early Thursday morning in the 1500 block of North Carson Street.

Tony Cervantes is being held in Carson City Jail on $2,854 bail. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of failure to appear on a traffic warrant and not having bicycle reflectors and lamp while operating at night.

Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 11:39am

Is your child a budding young scientist who enjoys experiments? The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada in Carson City is offering a Science Camp this summer with the inquisitive in mind.

Geared for children ages 4 and up, this is an ideal camp for those kids seeking answers as to the how, what and why things work in their surrounding environment.

See the flier below for details. Sign-ups have begun and space is limited. You can also go to the Children's Museum website here.

Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 11:11am

Local residents gathered at the Bureau of Land Management field office in Carson City Wednesday, amid concerns over pending action that may include removal of wild horses.

The area known as Fish Springs, three miles southeast of Gardnerville, is home to scattered bands of wild horses that have become part of the landscape to property owners over the past 20 years. The situation came to a head recently, when residents provided supplemental watering tanks for the horses.

Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 8:24am

As Northern Nevada braces for a heat wave through the weekend, the Lyon County Office of Emergency Management has been advised by the National Weather Service to expect high temperatures 100 degrees or more.

Lyon County urges residents to prepare for the weekend with this comprehensive list: