Carson Now News (edition 222)

Monday, September 23, 2024 - 7:15am

Wednesday, Sept. 25, will be a minimum, early release day for all schools in the Carson City School District. Educators utilize this time for professional learning while students have the remainder of the day off. If you normally pick up your child after school, please be there promptly at the below dismissal times.

Monday, September 23, 2024 - 5:37am

On Sept. 22 at approximately 8 a.m. Carson City Sheriff's Office dispatch received a call reference an Instagram post. A patrol deputy responded to the reporting party and viewed a “screen shot” of the post saying, “School shooting October 10th Eagle Valley Middle School” with 2 gun emojis following the post. The account had on it, “I like to do shootings every single year” with a gun emoji.

Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 4:55pm

Yesterday, a great friend of mine invited me to join the Stanford Club on a five-mile hike to Galena Falls, led by geologist emeritus, Dave. I have always been fond of rocks, ever since I overheard a geologist uncle of mine assure my aunt while pointing to an eight-year-old me, “That boy’s got rocks in his head.”

Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 2:52pm

Documentary artist Valery Lyman spent four years photographing and recording audio in the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota, documenting the rise of the oil industry there and the large American migration that went along with it.
Breaking Ground is a photo-phonic mediation on the tale of dreams, sought and abandoned, that wends its way through the American psyche and landscape.

Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 2:02pm

Join Heather Nicole, Oct. 13, 9 a.m. to noon at Nevada Artists Association Gallery, 449 W. King St, Carson City for an immersive photography workshop. You will learn how to use your camera to create beautiful images of the fall foliage and much more.

Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 11:55am

A fun ride along the historic Virginia & Truckee Trail is planned for Saturday, Oct. 12. The unsupported fun ride will follow the Historic Virginia & Truckee Trail from Fuji Park in Carson City to City Plaza in Reno. It is 41.3 miles one way.

Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 11:16am

UPDATE: Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called early Sunday afternoon to a vehicle crash involving a bicycle rider in the 200 block of South Carson Street.

Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 10:55am

Nevada utility regulators have unanimously denied a request by NV Energy to raise the basic service charge for its Northern Nevada customers by 175 percent, instead on Tuesday awarding the utility just a fraction of its requested amount.

Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 9:55am

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called late Sunday morning to a crash reportedly involving three vehicles near the intersection of Fifth and Curry streets.

Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 8:17am

Sierra Nevada Realtors on Wednesday released its August 2024 report on existing home sales in Carson City along with Lyon, Douglas, Washoe, Storey and Churchill counties. The report includes the median sales price and number of home sales in the region. SNR obtains its information from the Northern Nevada Regional Multiple Listing Service.