The Carson City Fire Department will again be conducting wildland fuels reduction prescribed burn operations in the Timberline area throughout the week, weather permitting.

Attendees at the third annual La Posada Celebration try to hit the piñata at Western Nevada College, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. The event allows students and families to honor their cultural traditions while gaining familiarity with the campus and the Latino Cohort.

This deer with one antler stopped by a Carson City residence for a visit Monday. Photo taker Eleanor Bernsten notes he and his lady friend always come by for a nibble in the yard.

The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is pleased to announce the arrival of our new Forest Fire Management Officer, Carrie Thaler. Thaler comes to the Lake Tahoe Basin from the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in Las Vegas, where she held the position of District FMO for the last four years.

Time to put a log on the fire, crank up Vince Gueraldi's "Linus & Lucy" and invite the neighbors in for an egg nog. It matters not weather those neighbors are Christian or atheist, white or of color, so long as they have good-fellowship in their hearts and a smile in their eyes.

Join the Polka Dot Powerhouse Carson City Chapter this Wednesday, Dec. 18 for its Holiday Lunch Connect at Red's Old 395 Grill.

The countdown to Christmas is on as we head into the first day of the work week. Events around the capital city Monday include a free yoga class offered through Partnership Carson City, the first day kickoff of a Holiday Gift Making Camp at the Brewery Arts Center, a Carson River Trails Project open house hosted by Parks, Recreation and Open Space, a Carson City Democratic luncheon featuring a Bernie Sanders campaign presentation, West Coast swing dancing at Carson Lanes and more.

Although the calendar doesn’t quite agree, winter is here. We were given a white Thanksgiving followed by rain and then more snow. All this precipitation is good for our trees both ornamental and native.

More than 150 seniors in Carson City received a visit from Santa Claus and his helpers on Saturday through Friends to All, a Nevada nonprofit whose goal is "touching hearts with a visit."

UPDATE 1:48PM: All phone lines affecting Lyon County and Douglas County dispatch are now back up and working, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. The cause of the outage is unknown at this time.
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UPDATE: From Douglas County: the regular non-emergency number is back up and running.
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As of Sunday morning, some phones for the Douglas County and Lyon County Sheriff's Office, including dispatch are down. 911 lines in Douglas County were not affected but other lines were down.

Sierra Lutheran High School English teacher Katie Allin was selected as the Carson City Rotary Club’s Teacher of the Month for December. Allin, who teaches English, has taught for eight years, including three years in Houston, TX. before coming to at Sierra Lutheran in 2014.

Where does the time go? Everyone has heard this a thousand times, but people still need to be reminded of the question anyway because everyone, regardless of what they believe, needs to stop and take a moment to enjoy the moment.

The inaugural three-night Homestead Holidays at Silver Saddle Ranch, hosted by the Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space, continues through Sunday evening, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Come join Muscle Powered for a free, guided group walk, hike, or ride around Carson City!

Muscle Powered is a local non-profit organization that promotes walking, hiking, biking and trail building. A schedule of all upcoming activities and events can be found at www.musclepowered.org/calendar.

Dec 20 – Linear Ditch – East. Meet at Moffat Open Space parking area on Hells Bells Road and Parkhill Drive.

The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls will hold their Annual Christmas Gift Wrap Fundraiser at the Carson Mall in Carson City Dec. 14-24.

You can bring your gifts to the Mall and the Rainbow Girls will wrap them with love and care. This is the Rainbow Girls' yearly fundraiser and an appropriate donation for the size and amount of gifts is requested.

The Carson City First United Methodist Church will once again be re-enacting the night of Christ’s birth at it’s 19th Annual Drive-Through Living Nativity.

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and former Nevada Gov. Bob List were major targets of organized crime when the mob controlled and skimmed profits from some ...

Happy Saturday Carson City! It’s going to be a festive holiday-themed day, so check below to see what great events we have going on today!

Saturday, December 14

Nevada Humanities is pleased to announce the newest members to its Board of Trustees. Nevada Humanities is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees made up of leaders in the humanities and nonprofit entities from around the state. Every year Nevada Humanities seeks nominations for new members to serve three-year terms.

P.E. Teachers and students celebrated when more than 50 hockey sticks, balls and reversible training jerseys as well as nets, goals and shooter tutors were donated to both Carson Middle School and Bordewich Bray Elementary School today.

The Vegas Golden Knights offered the equipment and materials during the hockey clinics.

Please join St. Paul's Lutheran family as we celebrate God's love, coming down among us through the birth of Jesus! St. Paul's Lutheran Family — located at 1201 N. Saliman Road, next to Carson High School — is offering opportunities for worship this Christmas Season!

Christmas Eve Candlelight Services (Dec. 24): 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Christmas Day Service (Dec. 25): 11:00 a.m. -- special music provided by local violinist Carol Seebach

Sunday, Dec. 29: One Worship Service -- 9:30 a.m.

St. Paul's regular Sunday Worship Schedule (8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.) resumes
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A 48-year-old Carson City man was arrested on a felony warrant for lewdness with a child under the age of 14 Thursday evening in the 2300 block of Gregg Street.

According to the report, Eugene Thomas Nichols Jr. was arrested on a warrant issued by the Carson City Justice Court on Nov. 26.

Carson City, Nev. (Dec. 13, 2019) — Administrators and educators at Carson City’s Mark Twain Elementary School will host Posada 2019, Tuesday, Dec. 17, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. The event, open to all students and families, is part of the English Second Language (ESL) Department’s iCan Initiative designed to increase parent and family involvement for students and to help reinforce and extend learning taught during regular classroom instruction. It will include piñatas, face painting, traditional Hispanic holiday food and music, family activities, photos and more.

At Monday's Carson City Democratic luncheon, Jacob Allen will give a presentation on Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, and will field questions from area Democrats still undecided ahead of February's precinct caucuses.