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Jim Sapien is the 2020 Sunday Men’s Club champion at Silver Oak Golf Course in Carson City. Sapien fired a 74-75 to best Dan Wilson by four strokes (77-76) during the two-day club championship Aug. 22-23. Brian Sweet (74-80) and Michael Moriarty (79-75) tied for third, while Scott Lusty was the low net (after handicap is applied) champion over the field with 141.

UPDATE 144PM: Hot Springs Road has reopened to traffic in both directions following an all-clear by Southwest Gas. The cause of the crash into the building, which severed a gas line, is under investigation.
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UPDATE 1:08PM: Carson City Fire Department advises Southwest Gas was able to shut off the line. Occupants of 609 Hot Springs Road that were evacuated are being let back in.
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Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies responded Wednesday afternoon to a vehicle crash into an apartment complex building that has resulted in a gas leak.

Carson City Health and Human Services gave an update regarding new statistics during the Carson City Board of Supervisor's meeting last week, including information on transmission, safe uses of masks, where people are being exposed, average age of individuals testing positive and more.

While all three metro areas in Nevada continued to see job gains in July, Carson City was among the best, having an increase of 800 jobs, or 2.8 percent growth since June, with the manufacturing sector climbing the most by 100 jobs or 3.8 percent, according to figures released Wednesday by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

A 23-year-old inmate at Carson City Jail was booked Tuesday for felony attempted escape by a prisoner and gross misdemeanor damage to jail property, according to a sheriff's office arrest report.

The up-and-down Arizona Diamondbacks might make some moves again at the Aug. 31 MLB trade deadline.

Gaming revenue among Carson City area casinos slid by 2.6 percent in July compared to the same time last year, according to figures released Wednesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

Nevada’s open roads are beckoning travelers who have been home-bound since mid-March. At a time when 18 states currently won’t accept Nevadans unless they quarantine for two weeks, it’s tempting to hop in the family car and explore Nevada history and nature giving you the opportunity to escape the tedium caused by the pandemic and to temper your wanderlust.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Tuesday, August 25, 2020 that there are 11 new cases and 13 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 963, with 867 recoveries and fifteen deaths, 81 cases remain active.

This year, Carson Tahoe Health is celebrating an amazing milestone — the 10th anniversary of HopeFest! Ten years of celebration, ten years of hope and healing, ten years of community. Hopefest is CTH’s annual community-wide celebration that raises funds explicitly to support the critical needs of our local cancer patients and funding the no-cost Merriner Cottages.

To All Northern Nevada Residents, Effective July 1, 2020 NV Energy raised the fees for a customer disconnect/reconnect. From the original application, it is evident that these fees were increased in order to offset the $5 million dollar revenue decrease requested. Now, NV Energy seeks to fulfill an additional $120 million revenue decrease. While this reduction in revenue benefits residential customers in the short-term, the recent request continues to penalize Northern Nevadans from making needed repairs to their homes electrical systems.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced Tuesday that with the goal of helping Nevadans facing unemployment due to the global pandemic, Governor Sisolak gave the authorization for Nevada to start the application process to participate in the Lost Wages Assistance Program created by President Donald Trump under Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

A commemorative coin being minted in Carson City was unveiled Tuesday at the 24th annual Lake Tahoe Summit as one of the ways individuals can take part in the protection and restoration of Lake Tahoe.

A Red Flag Warning in effect Tuesday for the northern Sierra Front including Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Southern Washoe, Western Lyon and southern Lassen counties. Also, poor air quality has returned as winds have shifted, again bringing more drift smoke from California fires into the northern Nevada region.

If the last recession was any indication, small businesses that bank with a community bank will weather this recession better than entrepreneurs that bank big.

DeBug Computers of Carson City and Carson Valley is helping the community to stay cyber-safe at no charge. This is your opportunity to help minimize the chance of identity and personal information theft. DeBug offers this every year as a way of increasing identity theft awareness and providing a no-cost solution to our community.

Students in the Carson City School District returned for their first day of in-person classes today, to much smaller class sizes, socially distanced desks and masks.

Students returned to the Pioneer High School campus Tuesday and found the new CZJ Recording Studio, which was installed over the summer.

The entire project was the dream of PHS student, Zaca U. He shared his idea for Pioneer to have a sound recording studio for students to exercise their creative musical talents.

Nevada’s decision to expand mail-in voting for the 2020 general election has become a partisan battleground, after President Donald Trump’s campaign sued to block the election changes put in place by the state’s Democratically-controlled Legislature in a summer special session.

Huntington & Ellis, home to some of the best realtors in Las Vegas, is #1,263 on the INC 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America. It has grown 355 percent from 2016 to 2019.

The smoke is definitely coming back to the Carson Valley but down by the Carson River the dogs don't seem to mind at all.

A 51-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday for suspected child abuse of a minor under 18, burglary and misdemeanor battery, a Carson City sheriff's report states.

CARSON CITY — Having received around 600 submissions so far, the Nevada Department of Transportation reminds Nevada drivers they have through Monday, Aug. 31 to submit contest entries for creative traffic safety messages to potentially be displayed on electronic freeway signs.

The Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department will be hosting September's Full Moon Hike on the North end of Prison Hill. The hike will be a fun adventure featuring the "Corn Moon," the Ranch Overlook, and plenty of beautiful scenery.

The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada in Carson City is facing a possible closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a shortfall of funding. The Museum is now open and ready to serve all the families from this lovely region, and there are numerous ways the community can help.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Monday, August 24, 2020 that there are nine new cases and nine recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 952, with 854 recoveries and fifteen deaths, 83 cases remain active.

UPDATE: 8:21PM: According to East Fork Fire, growth from the Meadow Mine Fire has dropped significantly. Per the scanner, two-thirds of the fire has been contained and units will be released to their stations throughout the night.

When the pandemic forced the DMV to close in-person services and waive deadlines, license renewals slowed, vehicle registrations lapsed and voter registration numbers plummeted as people largely stopped interacting with the DMV.

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This month's meeting will review what is occurring and what we want to do to mitigate the effects of climate change. Everyone is welcome to attend the online Zoom meeting by contacting our email (cclcarsoncity@gmail.com) by August 31. If you are new to using Zoom, let us know in your email and we'll help you learn how to use it.

Finally a clearer day to get out and enjoy with the dogs all the wildlife around Carson City that came out to enjoy the fresher air.

To my mind there are at least four ways to ponder religion, you can believe in God, you can not believe in God, you can wonder if there is a God, or you can believe God & Mother Nature are different words for the same thing. I happen to fall into the last camp, though I would never try to persuade anybody to come over to my way of thinking.

Mountain Lakes Estates Retirement Living is celebrating National Dog Day all week long, Monday, Aug. 24-Friday, Aug. 28, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Reno and neighboring residents and their pups are invited to stop by the sales trailer at the 765 South Meadows Parkway Reno, NV 89521, to pick up a free homemade dog treat and enter to win a $50 gift card from Lulu's Pet Grooming. The treats are made with love by Scraps Dog Company in Reno.

Morning light reflection on the Carson River.

A 25-year-old Reno man was arrested Sunday night in the area of Fairview and Roop streets for three failure to appear warrants out of Carson City, a contempt of court warrant out of Reno Township, and for suspicion of reckless driving, speeding more than 35 mph over the limit and driving with a suspended license.

CARSON CITY — On Monday, Gov. Steve Sisolak launched the new State of Nevada Climate Initiative to further advance Nevada’s efforts to address climate change.

CARSON CITY — Small businesses and non-profits in Nevada are now able to apply for the state’s commercial rental assistance grant program, established through the State Treasurer’s Office and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. The program begins today, Monday, August 24.

With the anticipation of students and employees once again physically going back to school in Carson City this week, the Carson City School District has provided a guide for parents to use to perform health and wellness screenings of their students before they step on a school bus or enter a school campus each day.

UPDATE: The fire is under control, according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center.
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UPDATE 11:07AM: Fire crews on scene have kept the fire from spreading and a helicopter has been called into help fight the fire, according to KOLO. No structures are threatened.
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UPDATE 8:40AM: Resources are on scene of a single tree fire in Washoe Valley west of Bowers Mansion. The #BowersFire is a-quarter of an acre in brush and timber and was caused by lightning in the area, according to the U.S. Forest Service. No structures were threatened, fire officials said.

With today's start of the Fall 2020 school year, Carson City School District officials note schools will run differently this time around due to the pandemic. Below is a list of key information students, parents and families will want to be familiar with as students return to school on this Monday, Aug. 24.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Sunday, August 23 that there are 10 new cases and 35 recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 943, with 845 recoveries and 15 deaths, 83 cases remain active.

Here is the South Carson Street Project and Carson City area road report for the week of August 24-30, 2020. Information on lane restrictions and street closures related to the South Carson Street Project can be found at CarsonProud.com.

The state of Nevada is launching an app on Monday that will allow people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to discreetly notify their close contacts of a possible exposure, a potentially significant boon in a tourism-driven state that has until this point had little ability to contact trace its visitors and at times even struggled to trace all its residents.

A 42-year-old Carson City Jail inmate, who was admitted to the hospital on Thursday after suffering a medical emergency, died early Sunday morning, according to the Carson City Sheriff's Office.

Youth lacrosse clinic in Carson City, Nevada

The free lacrosse clinic on August 29, 9 a.m. at the John L. Harvey Field located at Western Nevada College is filling up fast, so be sure to register! The High Sierra Lacrosse League and the Carson Capitols Lacrosse club are putting on this free event for boys and girls, ages 6-12.

Proscenium Players, Carson City’s longest running theater company is casting for voice actors in the production of an original radio drama “Secrets of Harridge House” with 13 episodes. The premiere broadcast is scheduled for this fall and multiple seasons are planned.

Building a campus dedicated to aiding, sheltering, nurturing, and educating victims of domestic violence and sexual assault has been the dream of Advocates to End Domestic Violence Executive Director Lisa Lee and her board for the past 25 years.

For Sierra Nevada Realtors, election season is over. The association, whose members serve rural Northern Nevada areas including Carson City, Minden, Gardnerville, Dayton and Fallon, recently held elections for its 2021 Board of Directors.

With the threat of thunderstorms creating new fire starts, a Red Flag Warning has been issued Sunday evening into Monday morning by the National Weather Service for Carson City, the Lake Tahoe Basin and throughout the entire Northern Nevada region.

Carson Now reader John Gerding captured in photos these five large bucks roaming Carson City on Saturday morning between College Parkway near the rear entrance to Save Mart parking lot. John writes: "No does or fawns in sight. All appeared to be six or eight point."

Our community needs you! The Carson City SDA Church is participating in the Feed Nevada and the Sierra Drive-Thru food drives this Thursday, August 27 from 9 a.m. to noon. Your food donation will be put to work right here in Carson City, helping families in need.

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