CARSON CITY — Northern Nevada Development Authority announced Wednesday that Philip “Phil” Cowee has been selected as the organization’s new Executive Director. Mr. Cowee replaces Robert Hooper who recently retired after leading NNDA for 12 years.

With rounds of 78 and 74, Jim Fuller edged John Owens to win the 2021 Sunday Men’s Club championship at Silver Oak Golf Course in Carson City.

The Lassen County Sheriff’s Office announced new evacuation orders Tuesday as fire crews work to keep the Dixie Fire from moving closer to Susanville. Officials say it is only about 8 miles from the community of about 18,000 people.

The Nevada State Immunization Program, in partnership with the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy, announced Tuesday the Pharmacy Depot Program to help providers statewide better serve their patients.

UPDATE: Air quality monitors through airnow.gov as of 1 p.m. Tuesday are showing a "hazardous" reading in Reno and "very unhealthy" in Carson City and South Lake Tahoe, "unhealthy" in Minden and Gardnerville. Earlier Carson City reports showed the AQI monitor was not functioning properly.
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Dense smoke that has settled in throughout Carson City, the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding communities is coming from the Caldor Fire burning in El Dorado County, according to a National Weather Service forecaster.

The Caldor Fire burning southwest of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County south of Pollock Pines has ballooned to 6,500 acres. There is no containment. The fire Is burning In the steep Middle Fork Cosumnes River Canyon East of the Omo Ranch area, four miles south of Grizzly Flats and is sending smoke and ash into the Lake Tahoe Basin and northern and western Nevada.

A 31-year-old man was arrested Monday for suspicion of domestic battery, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced Monday in a press conference he signed Emergency Directive 049, which creates a process for a mask exception for large indoor large events within counties that have “substantial” or “high” COVID-19 transmission.

Eagle Valley Children's Home in Carson City will host an on-site job fair on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 from 1 to 6 p.m.
Several positions are open including full and part time. Click on flier above for more information.

QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling flames in Northern California forests girded Monday for new bouts of windy weather, and a utility warned thousands of customers it might cut their electricity to prevent new fires from igniting if gusts damage power lines.

Mayor John Lee, from Las Vegas, is holding a "meet and greet" at the Carson City Casino Fandango on Tuesday, August 17th from 2:30PM to 4:30PM. Here is an opportunity for anyone in the community to come and ask the difficult questions and understand where he stands as the June 2022 elections is quickly approaching.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and Blockchains LLC’s ambitious dreams of a self-governing, high-tech “Innovation Zone” fizzled in the 2021 legislative session, and advocates of the concept are still facing skepticism from legislators across the political spectrum.

The Lyon County Board of Commissioners has a busy few months ahead of them. The Board, earlier this year, passed an ordinance to move the second Board meeting of the month around the County.

Having dedicated nearly a decade and a half to higher education in Northern Nevada, new Fallon campus director Jessica Rowe understands the needs of students and the importance of communities and rural areas that Western Nevada College serves.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit is hosting an introductory Barks & Bandages event intended to help prepare dog owners for pet emergencies.

The topics will include recognizing symptoms of internal bleeding, heatstroke, toxin ingestion, allergic reactions, rattlesnake bites, and gastric dilatation-volvulus or “bloat.” The fundamental purpose of the event is to train dog owners on what to do or not to do during a pet emergency.

A reader, Gwen, wrote to ask me why apples are dropping so much fruit this year. A “June drop” is normal and can continue for about eight weeks. Yet, trees are still dropping fruit. A tree that is stressed will often drop fruit to conserve energy. Stress factors can include too little or too much water, lack of nitrogen, too much nitrogen, and/or long dry hot spells.

Work has begun on Curry Street between Musser and 5th Street which includes the reconstruction of the 3rd Street parking lot in downtown Carson City.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of August 16-22, 2021. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Carson City Sheriff's Office Deputy Carl Howell, a nine-year veteran of the Carson City Sheriff's Office and a U.S. Marine veteran, was killed in the line of duty on this day, Aug. 15, 2015. He was 35 years old.

How does a nine-year-old boy who was abandoned, frightened and put “into the system” set himself on a path for becoming a top technology executive working with some of the globe’s most impactful corporations — Google, Apple, Nike, Linked In, Amazon? To hear Stephen Jon Thompson tell it, the answer is the warm embrace of community, the mighty hearts of Carson City, and the family who made him their own, gave him what he needed to triumph when he needed it most.

UPDATE 3:37 p.m.: According to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, the victim declined medical attention and was only a slight injury from what investigators are now suspecting was an airsoft gun.

The sheriff's office is still conducting interviews at and around the scene.

UPDATE 1:33 p.m.: Deputies are attempting to locate a suspect. It is possible the shot came from an air rifle. No description at this time.

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Just before 1:30 p.m., a man called Carson City dispatch to report he had possibly been shot while on the green at the Silver Oak Golf Course.

Wildlife Specialist Matt Maples will be the guest speaker at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. The meeting takes place Tuesday, August 17 at noon in the Grand Ballroom at the Brewery Arts Center.

The public is invited to attend the presentation and is also welcome to purchase lunch.

Washoe County Sheriff’s Office detectives and MAIT investigators arrested Paul Valdez, 45, of Incline Village in connection with a hit-and-run crash which occurred in early July in Incline Village.

Valdez self-surrendered in the arrest which occurred August 12, 2021.

After 18 months since its last excursion, V&T Railway and the historic Engine No. 18 return to the tracks for exciting and memorable roundtrip rides from Carson City to Virginia City starting Saturday, Aug. 28, departing at 10 a.m. The abbreviated season returns with ceremony and festivities at Eastgate Depot in Carson City, Nev., launching regular Saturday and Sunday trips through October 31, followed by the return of Polar Express this holiday season. Tickets are now on sale for regular season trains only at vtrailway.com.