Tuesday evening through starting April 6th through August 31, 5:30 p.m. to dusk, the Clear Creek Bowmen will hosting their Tuesday Night Archery Shoots at the Tim Meigs Carson City Archery Range (Formerly the Centennial Park Archery Range).

The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and Nevada Land Trust are pleased to announce the completed donation of 18.6 acres of land in Incline Village to the National Forest System. This parcel, known as the Bull Wheel property, provides the missing link needed to connect the seven-mile-long Incline Flume Trail from Mt. Rose Highway to Tunnel Creek creating an expanded trail system for hiking, mountain biking and running.

U.S. News & World Report has released the 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools today, featuring new rankings of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. UNR Med’s rankings in U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools 2022 reflect improvement in several areas, as well as strong performances in new categories.

Every state has at least one great city in which to retire and that city in Nevada is Carson City, according to the insurance company, Insurify.

So, if you’ve recently retired here, pat yourself on the back. You’ve made a great choice. Those of us growing up here or living here for a while always knew that so we get a double pat.

Prescribed fire operations will continue this week in the Lake Tahoe Basin, conditions and weather permitting. Smoke may be visible.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed bills Monday related to education and the Department of Motor Vehicles.

MINDEN — Two Douglas County Sheriff’s Office members were the first in Nevada to attend First Responders Resiliency training in Healdsburg California. The training was developed to assist first responders with necessary tools and methodologies to prepare them for long term physical and mental fitness while serving a career in a high stress working environment.

Using a 7-iron and hitting over a pond, Genoa Lakes Ladies’ Golf Club member, Wendy Oleson, scored her first hole-in-one on the 112-yard, 14th hole of the Outdoor Resort Palm Springs golf course during the first round of the club championship on March 6.

Landlords would be barred from charging fees for rental applications, would be restricted from adding certain extra fees beyond the base rent and would have to make a stronger case if they want to keep a tenant’s security deposit under a bill Sen. Julia Ratti (D-Sparks) presented on Wednesday.

A Carson City man was arrested Sunday in the 3900 block of Centennial Park Drive for misdemeanor suspicion of DUI, according to a sheriff's office booking report.

Get ready to Chalk and Roll! The Reno Chalk Art & Music Festival is back and bigger than ever a year after being canceled due to COVID-19. This year’s fun-filled event will run from Friday, July 9 through Sunday, July 11 in the west parking lot of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa.

Carson City Fire Department firefighters didn't have to go far to knock down a small brush Sunday evening near its own station in the 4600 block of Snyder Avenue.

UPDATE: Highway 50 is open with no restrictions, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office.
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Central Lyon Fire and Carson City Fire Department responded Sunday afternoon to the area of Highway 50 East and Bunny Ranch Road in the Mound House area for an accident involving ATVs in which at least one person was severely injured.

CARSON CITY — The Office of the Labor Commissioner reminds Nevada employers that the minimum wage will increase effective July 1, 2021. Assembly Bill 456, passed by the 2019 Nevada Legislature, increases the minimum wage in increments of 75 cents annually through 2024.

On March 24, a Carson City Sheriff’s Office K-9 deputy conducted a traffic stop at the corner of Saliman and William Street on a driver that used the parking lot at Walgreens to avoid the signal.

Signups for the Silver Oak Women's Golf Club are underway. Are you Interested in joining a group of fun women playing fun golf games? If so, join us. Our season starts on Thursday, April 15, with a short meeting and continental breakfast upstairs at 9 a.m. and will have our shotgun at 9:30 a.m.

Prospective and current Western Nevada College students can improve their financial situation for attending Western in the future by applying for scholarships through WNC Foundation. The deadline for students to fill out an application for scholarship consideration is Thursday, April 1.

The Rotary Club of Carson City will hold its annual Student Speech Contest during the club’s weekly meeting on Tuesday, March 30, at 12:30 p.m. This year the contest will be held virtually to comply with current COVID directives. Several local high school aged students are competing. Guests are invited to attend the online event.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) proposed Emergency Regulation would make unemployment benefits available to the state’s education support staff for the upcoming summer.

A Rural Tourism Grant was awarded to the Dayton Chamber for an Outdoor Adventure Brochure.

We are reporting 2 deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region.

The individuals were:

Despite the disruptions and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) can look back on 2020 as a year of achievement.

NDOW personnel rose to the occasion and made the adjustments needed for the agency to continue to fulfill its mission to protect, conserve, manage, and restore Nevada’s wildlife and its habitat; promote boating safety; and educate the public on a variety of fronts.

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting the first case of the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant in the Quad-County Region.

The Nevada State Public Health Lab confirmed the detection of the variant in a Carson City resident.

The individual has no travel history and no known exposures. CCHHS is conducting extensive contact tracing on the confirmed case to reduce the spread of the variant.

Robert "Bob" Allen Fancher 1947-2021
Bob passed away March 6, 2021. Just short of his 74th birthday.
Born at US Naval Hospital, Long Beach, California. He was preceded in death by his mother Helena, his father Eugene and his brother Jim.
A graduate of UC Berkley. Bob went on to a career in the gaming industry. Employed at Caesars Tahoe for several years. He went on to tour the world on the cruise ship Crystal Harmony as the casino manager.
Bob retired to care for his ailing mother at her home in Saratoga, California until her passing.