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This duo does it all! They say "With our masterful incorporation of backing tracks, we recreate the classic sounds and vibes of legendary artists of the past seven decades. Ensuring an authentic experience for our audience in our WABAC time machine!"

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.

Nevada Humane Society, the nonprofit animal shelter that saves animal lives in northern Nevada, says dog counts at shelters in Carson City and Reno are nearly 90 percent and that cat counts have been operating at around 100 percent for the last few weeks.

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.

MidTown Marketplace is having its second Summer Parking Lot Sale coming up on Saturday July 13th from 9am-5pm. Location is 104 Corbett Street in Carson City. Lots of good buys on home decor, furniture, vintage items, collectables, kid items, something for him-her-and the pup, and so much more.

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.

A handful of new laws enacted during the 2023 legislative session go into effect on Monday, including measures related to Medicaid coverage of mental health care and the interrogation of children during custody hearings.

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.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of July 1-7, 2024. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

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.

The speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Michael Walker, who has held the District 5 seat on the Carson City School Board for the past eight years. He was named board president in 2020, and in 2024 became board clerk. He has served on several committees, and as a Director on the Nevada Association of School Boards.

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.

Dear RELIX Fans, We're back at the Great Basin Brewery on Hwy. 395 in Minden again this Sunday, June 30th from 6-8 PM.

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.

The first-ever Nashville Social Club Songwriter's Round is happening this Sunday inside Swan Hall from 4 to 6 p.m. bringing an incredible evening of music featuring amazing local and traveling songwriters.

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.

On Saturday morning, Nevada Division of State Parks Rangers located Stephen Shytle’s white Dodge truck at Lake Lahontan. Members of the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Central Command, Southern Command, Western Command, Northern Command, and Investigations Division responded to the location.

Prison Tours

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

The Levitt AMP Carson City outdoor concert series continues Saturday with Urban Renewal Project, a 16-piece collective that combines elements of jazz, hiphop and vintage soul that will bring genre-bending music to the Connections Central stage at the Brewery Arts Center.

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.

On Saturday, July 6, 2024, Capitol City Gun Club in Carson City, NV will host an Independence Day Fun Shoot. All facilities at the Club will be open to members and the public with discounted target fees all day. The Club is a shotgun only facility, offering Trap, Skeet, Five Stand, and Sporting Clays and is located at 3590 Arrowhead Drive. For more information call (775) 882-9904.

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.

On Friday, June 28, the Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team conducted a traffic stop that yielded more than 11 pounds of fentanyl.

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.

The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will be held Wednesday, July 3 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room of the Community Center located at 851 E. William St.

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.

The Miss Nevada Scholarship Organization is excited to announce the 75th Diamond Anniversary Title Holders, crowned on Friday, June 21 at Bally’s Lake Tahoe, in Stateline, 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)

People dressed as bees, butterflies

Carson's Bee City’s annual Pollinator Parade is Saturday June 29 beginning at 10 a.m. starting at the Visit Carson City Visitor Center, 716 N. Carson St.

Join in for a costumed 1.5 mile walk for adults and children celebrating our local pollinators and Carson City’s as a BeeCity USA town.

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

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office has received multiple reports and cases from citizens scammed during fraudulent business transactions.

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.

Load up your car with family and friends and treat them to a day of fun and nostalgia at one of the best Independence Day parties in Northern Nevada.

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.

UPDATE: Chief Slamon has confirmed the fire is out. BLM is handling the mop up and investigation.

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Just before noon a fire was reported on BLM land in Brunswick Canyon.

According to Fire Chief Sean Slamon, it is a vegetation fire in a remote part of Brunswick Canyon.

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.

At approximately 5:30 PM on June 26, 2024 the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Central Command Patrol Squad responded to the Lahontan State Park Ranger Station at Lake Lahontan for a report of an adult male subject who had been shot multiple times. Upon arrival, deputies learned that the shooting took place at a residence in the 3900 block of Birch Street in Silver Springs.

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.

MINDEN — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is preparing for the upcoming 4th of July celebration and would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Independence Day.

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.

The Douglas County Commissioners approved a special use permit for a Beer Garden at Zephyr Cove Resort over the 4th of July weekend. There has been a lot of concern about the event after the 2023 party at the adjacent Zephyr Shoals that left behind 8,000 pounds of trash, and videos of a massive party scene with drinking, including underage drinking.

USABMX annual Race for Life hosted by Carson City BMX

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.

Dollar Tree, a popular discount variety store, will open as the new tenant at the former 99 Cents Store on William Street in Carson City.

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.

Informative classes on Orthodox Christianity for inquirers are held weekly at St. Sebastian Orthodox Church: the next one is this evening, Wednesday June 26, at 7:00 p.m. at 1819 N. Carson Street.

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

Gusty winds and low humidity has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Red Flag Warning for Carson City and surrounding counties from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday.

Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is reminding residents that Prison Hill Off-Highway Vehicle Area and the trails and areas beyond the motorized trailhead/staging area located on Golden Eagle Lane will be closed during Red Flag Warning days.

Judy Dunn, Chaplain, Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association, Unit 137, Minden spoke about the History of the Viet Nam Moving Wall on Memorial Day Weekend at the Eastside Memorial Cemetery, Minden.

Keep Memory Alive’s annual Summer Festival & Rodeo at Shakespeare Ranch, a private Lake Tahoe estate in Glenbrook, Nev., returns on Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30 for another weekend of rodeo excitement to raise funds in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases and recognize local philanthropist and entrepreneur Kern Schumacher with the Community Leadership Award.

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