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Here is a video of the firework during halftime of the homecoming game between Carson Senators and Damonte Ranch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4L2Z8A-qAE

Top, Ali Thompson and Shea Bondi are crowned Carson High School homecoming queen and king during halftime.

First pic from the stadium. Game begins in 25 minutes. Go here for live updates.

Carson High Senators ran over the Damonte Ranch Mustangs in the first half, racking up 52 points on eight possessions, winning the game 52-20. Click here for the full game story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh4RKjqBKdY

Video: Trey Jensen scores a touchdown for Carson. You can read the full recap of the game on CarsonSports.com.

Carson Lanes Presents.. "3N1" This talented trio plays your favorite Southern Rock Classics along with some 80's, Country, and Classic Rock. NO COVER and no smoking. Must be 21.

Carson Mall presents Concerts at the Cove on Fridays and Saturdays starting at 6:30 p.m. Tonight enjoy Rustlers New Country. For more information, call 841-1199.

Sponsored by Carson Mall, Paradise Cove Cafe and Mom & Pop's Diner.

You can get live updates from the Carson High School Senators football game tonight here on Carson Now, and via Twitter @carsonnow.

After a summer that netted 15,000 marijuana plants on public lands that extended over four Nevada counties, the state's Department of Public Safety urges caution as hunters head for the woods and secluded places this fall.

Marijuana grows and other illegal enterprises are being encountered on public lands with increasing frequency, according to the department.

Bring the family to enjoy FREE treats, prizes, entertainment & more! Check out ALL the fun & FREE things that will be going on...The DARE car will be here to help promote a Drug Free Halloween, Kids costume contest 7pm - $15. gift card for Game Stop to winner, Sheriffs Dept. Juvenile Programs Coordinator distributing Children's ID Kits to parents, Hot Cider, Hot Cocoa & Halloween Candy, Music, Sword Fighters, Face Painter, Tarot Card & Palm Reader, Bring pet food for our local Animal Shelter to be entered in a drawing to win a wine gift basket

Nevada's statewide gaming win shot up 11.51 percent in August compared to the prior year, according to the Gaming Control Board report out today.

The Las Vegas Strip — the state's most profitable gaming area — did great business in August, with a 21 percent increase over prior year. That offset loses in other areas of the state, such as Washoe and Elko counties.

The Carson Valley area that includes Carson City saw an increase of 7.73 percent. South Lake Tahoe's win increased by 7.2 percent.

Coming off its closest call of the season to date, the undefeated Carson High football team will be looking to continue the momentum into homecoming tonight.

Carson (5-0 overall, 4-0 Northern 4A conference) will host Damonte Ranch (0-5, 0-4) in a 7:30 p.m. conference contest. The Senators picked off a dramatic 16-13 overtime win over arch rival Douglas last week in Minden and have carried that momentum over to this week, according to coach Blair Roman.

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
Taxes, the state budget and a looming revenue shortfall in 2011 took center stage Thursday in the second debate between the two major party candidates for Nevada governor.

CARSON CITY – State Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, today announced he is supporting Democrat Harry Reid in his U.S. Senate race against GOP challenger Sharron Angle.

CARSON CITY – Members of the Republican Assembly Caucus today called on state Labor Commissioner Michael Tanchek to delay implementation of a new prevailing wage rate in Nevada until the Legislature has an opportunity to review the methodology.
The caucus is concerned a flawed process resulted in the new prevailing wage rate that took effect Oct. 1. There is a 30-day period to file an objection.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors voted to delay a decision on funding the downtown ice rink to give staff the time to work out details for having the funding come from redevelopment funds instead of the general fund.

At today's Board meeting, Supervisor Shelly Aldean made the motion to send the issue back to staff, commenting earlier that, "It gives me heartburn to fund this out of the general fund."

You can see the live video here, and the agenda here. Join in the discussion on Twitter @carsonnow.

CARSON CITY – An investigation into the conduct of the former executive director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, sought by a state lawmaker after questions were raised about salary increases he awarded himself on the job, remains unresolved after more than two years.
A Nevada News Bureau public records request sent to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office generated a brief response saying the matter regarding Bob Loux was still under investigation and no information was available for release.

An accident about 7:45 this morning had traffic tied up along Fairview and 5th Street in Carson City. Care Flight transported one patient to Renown Medical Center in Reno.
Traffic along Edmonds, Fairview and 5th Street was halted as Care Flight landed near the Nevada State Prison.
The vehicles involved in the accident received major damage, according to authorities at the scene.

LAKE TAHOE — The 2011 Amgen Tour of California, the largest cycling event in America, will start at Lake Tahoe, officials announced today.

Lake Tahoe’s first-ever involvement in the race will feature more than a lap and a half around the Lake beginning at the California/Nevada border in South Lake Tahoe with the Stage 1 finish at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in North Lake Tahoe. North Lake Tahoe also hosts the Stage 2 start at Squaw Valley USA, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics.

CARSON CITY – State Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio said today he will make an endorsement in the neck-and-neck U.S. Senate race within the next few days.

CARSON CITY – Republican state treasurer candidate Steve Martin said today the Democratic incumbent is playing politics by delaying a discussion involving an unprecedented $50 million investment loss until after the Nov. 2 general election.

Rick Oshinski has resigned at CEO of P3 Development Inc. of Sacramento, the firm picked to develop the Nugget Project. But he will still be close by.

In a letter to his colleagues, Oshinski said he was leaving the company to return to his former home of Carson City to join the law firm of Scarpello & Huss, Ltd.

During the month of October a donation will be made to the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center every time a player's card is used at the Carson Valley Inn, 1627 US 395 South, Minden or Bodines, 5650 S. Carson Street, Carson City. Call 775-782-9711 or 775-885-7777.

Sign up for the Pink Ball Bash Golf Tournament. Four-person scramble. $55 per person includes golf, champagne continental breakfast, light lunch and silent auction. Call 775-267-3181

Enjoy some hors d'oeuvres and bring your sisters, mothers, daughters and friends and learn from the experts including how breast cancer affects family statistics, how to do self breast exams, the emotional effects of breast cancer, treatment options, and more. Sponsored by the Safeway Foundation. Call 775-445-7500

Grab your frilly skirt and join us for an entertaining game of Bunco. Activities inclue a "girls just wanna have fun" costume contest, action, raffle and group game of Bunco. Call 775-447500 or email kathy1.johnson@ge.com

Educational symposium on breast cancer awareness.

Sponsored by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce the annual Quality of Life luncheon will be Monday, Oct. 11. Keeping Vigilant is the topic of the meeting addressing the gang issues in our city and how our law enforcement and community is working to curb this problem together. The program will feture District Attorney Neil Rombardo, Sheriff Kenny Furlong and the Tri-County Gang Task Force. $25 per person. Reservations are required and payment in advance is appreciated. Call 775-882-1565

Offsite Data Depot Adds Secure, Climate-Controlled Vault Storage to Roster of Services for Northern Nevada Businesses

A reader emailed that Doppler radar had picked up the signature of a tornado in Washoe Valley last night at about 7:30 p.m. Being originally from Kansas and enduring years of Wizard of Oz jokes, of course I was interested. Here is the video he sent of the radar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVSVkhjh3ck

Update: We received the following from Shane Snyder from the National Weather Service:

Cortney Bloomer from the Carson City Department of Health and Human Services talks about free flu vaccinations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw6qwT2HhL4

A statement released Tuesday by Indian Hills General Improvement District officials reports its system was in violation of safe drinking water standards after twice the level — that which exceeds the maximum level of arsenic — was discovered, according to KRNV Channel 4 Reno. Click here to read the story.

Carsonweather.com reports the National Weather Service in Reno has issued a flood advisory through 8:45 tonight for Carson City, Northwestern Douglas County, West Lyon County and Southern Storey County including Virginia City.

Check out this and other news and photos from aroundcarson.com.

Click on photo or go to aroundcarson.com for more images and news.

This is one of those jobs that’s taking all year, but at least it’s good to see because it means that work is being done on the third phase of the freeway. Koontz Street is closed while they excavate for the freeway and build this bridge.

The information on your computers is vital to your business.  That’s why you back it up, right?  So, where do you store those backups so that they are protected but are still accessible when you need them?
Offsite Data Depot introduces Northern Nevada’s newest climate-controlled vault for affordable storage and protection of your electronic media and other sensitive materials.

Nevada News Bureau staff
CARSON CITY – The number of active registered voters in Nevada grew by 14,770 in September, nearly double the new registrations added in August, the secretary of state’s office reported today.

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – A Fallon attorney who has won two public records cases against Storey County is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to require the local government to pay his requested fees and costs for bringing the actions.

Dave Dawley talks about his reelection campaign for Carson City Assessor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBWY3-rMadc

A woman faces felony charges after allegedly twice stabbing another woman in a Carson City fight.

Lynsey Kieffer, 21, was arrested Monday at 1 p.m. for felony battery with a deadly weapon, felony possession of methamphetamine, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

She is accused of stabbing another woman in the arm and back outside a downtown Carson City casino. Security cameras captured the scuffle between the two women, and showed the victim walking back to the casino covered in blood.

A Carson City man faces felony charges after being accused of abusing his estranged wife, breaking into her Airport Road home and stealing a television and jewelry.

Timothy David Harris, 54, was arrested on Saturday for felony elder abuse, misdemeanor violation of a protection order and misdemeanor domestic battery. Bail for those charges was set at $24,264.

We are bringing mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends together to learn from the experts about how breast cancer effects family risk factors. Sponsored by The Safeway Foundation, PROJECT PINK 2010 is designed to target women who have had breast cancer or who have an immediate family member with breast cancer.

Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare is working with Carson City to turn the region pink for breast cancer awareness. This is the 9th year of ThiNK PiNK. We will be lighting up the capital grounds with pink lights to bring awareness to breast cancer.

When P3 Development presented an update on the Nugget Project on Sept. 27, they included a range of estimates for annual lease payments that Carson City would have to pay for the public portion of the project.

Those payments ranged from $946,000 to $2.2 million per year.

But it wasn't clear then was how much of those lease payments was for the land owned by the Hop & Mae Adams Foundation, and how much would go to P3 for the lease-to-own deal for the buildings.

Some photos from the Meet the Candidates night at the Casino Fandango.

Saturday, Oct. 16 is Carson City Community Flu Vaccination Day, with vaccines offered to the community at no cost.
It is the seventh year for the program. Last year, there were 8,000 seasonal flu shots given and 21,000 H1N1 shots administered, health officials said.
Approximately 5,000 of the doses have been ordered and will be ready to administer on Oct. 16, said Susan Pintar, county health officer.
There will be three locations for the free community vaccination day, which will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. They are:
— Walk-through at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive

An Amber Alert issued this morning out of Fresno, Calif., which included Nevada, has been canceled. A missing 8-year old girl has been found safe, authorities said.

Heavenly Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe, whose parent company is Vail Resorts, announced today that it has acquired Accommodation Station, the third largest property management company in the South Lake Tahoe market.

The 34-year-old Accommodation Station was owned by Greta and Mike Hambsch, who grew the business to become one of South Lake Tahoe's premier, full-service property management companies for condos, mountain chalets, cabins and luxury homes for short- and long-term rentals.

The east side of Carson City got hit with quite the big rainstorm this afternoon. It was coming down so hard that at one point I spent about half and hour diverting water from around my garage. Afterward, I drove over to the west side where it floods anytime there is heavy rain, but it didn't look like they got too much over there.

CarsonWeather.com is reporting almost an inch of rain has fallen today, with more expected tonight.

A Carson City woman was arrested Friday afternoon after deputies found her high-school-aged son had been left alone for 12 days in a home filled with trash and pet waste, but little food.

Kelly Pray, 34, was arrested for gross misdemeanor child neglect.

Deputies were alerted by school officials who were suspicious of the boy being absent from class. What they found at the home in the 3000 block of Sunrise Drive left them fighting for air to keep from vomiting.

Minor street flooding has been reported on the east side of Carson City this afternoon as a band of thunderstorms went through town.

A series of about three storm bursts went through town and have since tapered off. Road crews are now clearing debris from storm drains along Saliman Road and Fairview. About a half inch of rain fell during the course of the latest thunderstorm, according to www.carsonweather.com. Nearly one inch has fallen throughout the day.

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