On Friday December 24 at 1pm, join us for an “Old Fashioned Christmas Celebration.” Listen to a reading of a collection of your favorite Holiday stories and lend your vocals to a singalong of popular Christmas Carols. The Celebration will be held at the Wylder Hope Valley General Store, located 300 yds. East of Wylder Resort on Hwy 88. Due to possible adverse weather conditions, call 530 694-2203 a few hours before to confirm.

Thanks to Testa Motorsports and our incredible community, Family Support Council of Douglas County is able to help many families again this Christmas season.

Read the entries from this year's Letters to Santa, turned in by local children at the Homestead Holidays event at Silver Saddle Ranch, put on by Carson City Parks and Rec.

Click on the links below to read the letters.

The first reported case of Omicron in Northern Nevada has been confirmed in Washoe County according to the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory. Omicron was first detected in Nov. 2021 in South Africa and quickly spread across the world.

Cold water turning to ice formed by nature on the Carson River.

Carson City has been buzzing since the announcement of the Nashville Social Club’s spring opening. Owned by Carson City residents John Procaccini and Kitty McKay, the restaurant, lounge and music venue is a culmination of his experience in the rock and roll industry, and hers as a restaurant owner and customer experience professional.

Members of Knights of Columbus Council 4781 in Carson City presented a check for $1123.44 to Donna Clark, Executive Director of Eagle Valley Children's Home, on Thursday, Dec. 16.

The Knights raised the money with donations from their Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Members of St. Teresa of Avila Catholic church gave the donation to support Eagle Valley Children's Home and Nevada Special Olympics.

This is the hardiest lot in the country today. They are the whole-hearted few that see winter through up on the Comstock Lode, the squirrels that wear dusters. They make their money in the summer, then squirrel it away to see them through a cold Comstock winter.

CARSON CITY — The Carson High School Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program raised more than $5,000 for the local Angel Tree gift program. The number was significantly higher than last year’s total of $3,300. CHS NJROTC has raised money for the charity for the past five years.

With visibility less than a quarter mile in some areas around Reno, a freezing fog advisory is in effect for the Reno, Carson City, Carson Valley areas through 10 a.m. Monday morning.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Wednesday, Dec. 15 approved an update to a regional mitigation fee for new projects. The updated mobility mitigation fee will help offset new, in-basin vehicle trips with investments in traffic-reducing projects, the agency said. The update replaces an air quality mitigation fee that has been in place for decades without annual updates for inflation.

Hindus have sent greetings to Christian communities world over for Christmas. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a release in Reno today, expressed warmest greetings on the Christmas; wishing that it brought joy, happiness, blessings and cheer to all.

Join us to celebrate the 2022 Giant Red Wave on January 15th from 5:30PM to 8:30PM at the Carson City Casino Fandango. We are kicking off the new year with our special guest speaker, Michael McDonald, Nevada Republican Party Chairman, to discuss our great plans for winning in 2022. We are looking forward to having great conversations with other fellow conservatives and Republican candidates for US, State and Local Carson City Races. Follow us on Facebook.com/carsoncityrepublicans for more information about speakers.

A chilly Sunday morning brought freezing fog and a freezing fog advisory, which has now expired. Carson Now reader Janis Brandenburg Lee submitted photos of David Walley’s Resort and River Fork Ranch near Genoa.

Hammer and Stain Carson, a new locally owned and operated business in Carson City, will be having a winter break program for kids. Each day your child will get to go make a fun craft that they can be proud of for years to come.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Dec. 20-26, 2021. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

On December 17, 2021 at approximately 2:23 p.m., Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies conducted a traffic enforcement stop on a wanted subject in the area of Ironwood Dr and Pinewood Dr located in Minden, NV.

The suspect, Thomas James Meagher, a 24-year-old Gardnerville resident, was wanted by the Nevada Department of Parolee and Probation and considered “armed and dangerous.”

A 38-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday morning in the 3400 block of Champion St. for felony possession of stolen property, felony possession of a stolen vehicle, eluding a peace officer, failure to obey a traffic control device, and a warrant for a suspended sentence.

Hello fellow anglers. An early Merry Fishmas to you all. Just a week away from Christmas and two weeks from (I still call opening day) at Topaz Lake.

Carson Now Reader Katie Farr snapped these beautiful photos of Washoe Lake on a blue-sky winter's day.

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The iconic wintertime wonderland, Placer County, a 1,400-square-mile destination in Northern California, has plenty to offer all visitors this season to celebrate the festivities.

Nevada added 2,600 jobs over the month as the state continues to recover from the COVID pandemic, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) November 2021 economic report.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Investigations Division Special Enforcement Team has arrested Francisco Javier Canales-Ruiz during a fugitive apprehension operation in Henderson, Nevada on December 13th, 2021.

A 29-year-old Carson City woman and a 36-year-old Carson City man were arrested Thursday for felony possession of a stolen vehicle after patrol deputies located the stolen vehicle in the parking lot of a motel.