Join us on Thursday, July 4th beginning at 6pm (Note NEW starting time) for Open Mic Night at Polecat Tavern. Bring your instruments and your voices plus friends and family along to cheer you on!

Sports fan, occasional local columnist and one-time announcer for Western Nevada College Wildcat baseball, Chris Graham of Carson City made his first professional play-by-play debut Friday night for the Ogden Raptors.

The South Lake Tahoe man who shot a bear that had entered his home on May 27, 2024, will not be charged with a crime after a comprehensive independent review of the evidence, according to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office.

I’ve been looking forward to Independence Day. I have been hoping for independence from voles, rabbits, ground squirrels, mice, cottonwood seeds, falling leaves (in summer!) and weedy grasses. Now the newest test of my gardening perseverance are grasshoppers.

The June primary elections are over. Nominees have been picked, and a few non-partisan races decided. Turnout was relatively low, though not at all outside the norm. In Lyon County, 18.7% of registered voters participated; 32.5 % in Douglas County.

On July 4, 5, 6, and 7, history docents DebiLynn Smith and Rob Barron offer guided tours in the Territorial Enterprise Mark Twain Museum in Virginia City.

At approximately 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Communications Division received a 911 call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon and possible abduction at gunpoint occurring in the 8500 block of Santa Fe trail in Stagecoach.

Overnight lane closures will take place on southbound Interstate 580 in Carson City Monday, July 1 as the Nevada Department of Transportation installs an overhead traffic sign.

Bees, bats, and butterflies oh, my! All found at the Pollinator Parade in McFadden Plaza on Saturday. Carson City is an official Bee City USA town, which means the city has committed to sustain pollinators by providing them with healthy habitats. The city’s Bee committee also sponsors educational events for the public. Saturday's parade celebrated June as Pollinator Month.

August tours at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City are filling up for the summer, and tours are opening soon for the fall.

Classic car shows highlight summers for chrome buffs throughout northern Nevada. A new show has been added to the mix, arriving Saturday, June 29 at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.

Hello fellow anglers. Yes, I have been missing for a few weeks. Renee and I just returned from a trip up to Oregon. Now boy did we have perfect timing, as we arrived the salmon bite shut down on the Rogue River.

Ace Hardware is coming to Topsy Lane according to signage posted. The popular hardware store chain, which has locations in both Douglas County as well as Reno, will be taking over the vacant Pier One.

March 25, 1949 – June 25, 2024
Jeanne Stevens Denison, age 75, unexpectedly went to meet her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 25, 2024. Jeanne was born in Fallon, Nevada to Glen and Wilma Stevens. She grew up in Carson City and graduated from Carson High School in 1967. Like her father before her, she dedicated her professional career to the State of Nevada.

Last week at the Board of County Commissioners meeting the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) presented on the speed reduction project in the Mound House area of Lyon County. NDOT will reduce the speed limit to 35 MPH (Please see attached photographs of that presentation)

Inyo National Forest will be in Stage 1 Fire Restrictions starting Monday, July 1 to protect natural resources and provide for public safety.

The suspect in the shooting of two Silver Springs, NV residents on June 26, 2024 has been positively identified as 53 year old Silver Springs resident Stephen Thomas Shytle. At this time, Shytle’s whereabouts are unknown.

Our Pet of the Week is Rascal! A charming and fun-loving 9-year-old pup who defies his name “Rascal" with his gentle demeanor and playful spirit.

Kids & Horses is excited to welcome back a valley event for car enthusiasts and appreciators called Friendship Day. Friendship Day was a valley event that happened for years within the local car community. Unfortunately, when the original host moved, the group was left without a place to hold the gathering.

Carson City will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, July 2 to hear presentations from applicants for the Fiscal Year 2025, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, Community Development Block Grant.

The Pony Express returned to the capital city Wednesday, making its annual re-ride across the West. 
This year, as an even-numbered year, the re-ride began in St. Joseph Missouri on June 17 and will continue east into California.

If you missed out on our free BMX week held a couple of Sundays ago, here is another opportunity for those individuals who want to give it a try.

You can obtain a 1-day promo (free) membership. Carson City BMX hosting the annual Race for Life.

This Sunday, bring your acoustic instruments for a “sit-around-the-tavern” jam session. Just like singing & playing around a camp fire. We even have the camp fire. Come check it out. Anyone can play & sing or not, and can join in at anytime.

Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies made four misdemeanor arrests since Monday.