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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.

Last summer, Americans issued a collective gasp of horror as images of trash mounds left on Lake Tahoe’s beaches following Fourth of July celebrations flooded traditional and social media.

Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU) has announced the recipientsof its first Live Greater Grant program. This year, $289,000 was awarded across 37 community organizations.

Congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Carson City are pleased to announce several voluntary representatives (young men and women) who have received mission calls and will soon embark on a journey of faith, service and personal growth.

The Nevada Association of Employers is proud to announce Loretta Prentice, PHR, Human Resources Director of Cashell Enterprises, Inc., as the 2024 HR Professional of the Year. This award was presented June 21 at the Nevada Employers Conference.

The annual Pony Express Re-ride, a re-enactment of the original Pony Express Route that spanned nearly 2,000 miles passing through what are now seven western states, returns to the Carson City area on Wednesday, June 26.

The Carson City Planning Commission will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday, June 26 beginning at 5 p.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room of the Community Center, located at 851 E. William St.

The agenda includes renewal of a proposed multifamily project permit, a radio tower appeal, among other items.

On Friday, June 28, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office will conduct an alcohol compliance checks. Underage volunteers will be sent into local businesses in Carson City and attempt to purchase alcohol using their real identification.

Cruise down US Highway 395 with local author J. Butler Kyle. Imagine your journey begins with the rugged scenery of Reno on the north end of the eastern Sierra Nevada, over mountain passes such as Deadman Summit, through unique towns along the route like Lone Pine, and down amongst the barren beauty of the Mojave Desert, to its terminus in Adelanto at Interstate-15.

During his MLB career, Reno Aces Team Manager Blake Lalli played for the Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves, later going on to play for the Reno Aces before eventually returning as the youngest-ever team manager in franchise history. Even with an impressive baseball career profile, becoming a kidney donor to his girlfriend, Aleah Hartung, tops his list of accomplishments.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Tahoe City man pled guilty Monday to one count of smuggling amphibians into the United States, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

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

Acoustic singer-songwriter Javier Martinez’s musical journey has taken him to the East Coast, Austin and back home to El Paso.

Join us on Thursday, June 27th beginning at 7pm for Open Mic Night at Polecat Tavern. Bring your instruments and your voices plus friends and family along to cheer you on!

This Friday night, June 28th, beginning at 7pm, drop on in to Polecat Tavern for Karaoke! Time to get together with your friends and sing your heart out.

Saturated color spreads across the sky over Carson City Sunday evening.

The impact of wildfires in the Western United States on homeowners and condominium insurance will be highlighted Friday at a town hall meeting hosted by the Nevada Division of Insurance.

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