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Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 7:24pm

Join Muscle Powered on a hike or two this week in Carson City.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 5:04pm

Isn’t it interesting that in this year’s happiest place in the world, Finland, half the Finns are taking anti-depressants. But why? My guess is they are suffering from a deficiency of music and humor, just like the rest of us.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 3:23pm

UPDATE: Dispatch lines are back in service.
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The Lyon County Sheriff's Office reports in a social media message Sunday that its dispatch center phone lines are down due to possibly fire and a dust devil in the county.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 3:08pm

UPDATE: The fire has been extinguished, according to a battalion chief on scene.
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Carson City Fire Department, sheriff's deputies and Nevada Highway Patrol were called Sunday afternoon to a vehicle fire in on I-580 northbound near South Carson Street.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 2:35pm

I had a question about how to get rid of roots naturally. Doing things without inorganic chemical inputs usually requires physical work and diligence.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 12:36pm

Chautauquas of Titanic survivor Violet Jessop, and Carson City teacher Hannah Clapp, as well as a talk on the 1960 Winter Olympics are featured as the first events of July, during the Dangberg Summer Festival.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 11:10am

With pandemic-era public benefits ending and high prices on groceries, officials are sounding the alarm about a growing number of Nevada seniors going hungry.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 7:55am

Using seldom seen photographs and extensive research, local historians and authors David and Gayle Woodruff recount the impressive and fascinating efforts promoted by boosters in Eastern California and Western Nevada to get a modern roadway (Highway 395) built in their region in the 1900s.

Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 7:23am

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of July 8-14, 2024. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Saturday, July 6, 2024 - 6:25pm

A long duration heatwave has brought a moderate to major heat risk across the Sierra, Lake Tahoe, Carson City and surrounding prompting the National Weather Service to extend its Excessive Heat Warning through Friday.