CARSON CITY — Single lane closures with travel delays will be in place weekdays April 13-28 on Kingsbury Grade (State Route 207) in Douglas County as the Nevada Department of Transportation repairs weather-related roadside erosion.

Sunday, April 16 at 1 p.m., Sorensen’s Resort in Hope Valley continues its local history series with a 50-minute slide show, “Going for the Gold: Lake Tahoe and the Olympics.”

Alex Cushing and the State of California brought the 1960 Winter Olympics to the Lake Tahoe area. Walt Disney brought the Olympics to the World.

April is Financial Literacy Month and Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU) is offering information and resources for people of all ages and generations to tackle their goals and manage their finances. Being financially literate involves skills such as budgeting, investing, borrowing and personal financial management.

Melissa is the Executive Director of Nevada Right To Life and a graduate of Reno High School and holds a BS in Marketing and a MA in Political Science from the University of Nevada. She represents Nevada on the Board of Directors of the National Right to Life Committee. Nevada Right to Life is a grassroots network of Nevadans who advocate for life issues with their elected state and federal representatives and advance appropriate legislation that helps protect the right to life of all innocent human beings and oppose anti-life legislation.

God Speed Col. Murray! See Obit:

UPDATE: Tuesday, April 11: Based on tips from the public, the lewdness suspect has been identified and interviewed by detectives. The investigation will be forwarded to the Carson City District Attorney’s Office. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office thanks the public for the many tips that led to identifying the suspect.
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On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at approximately 2:30 pm, a male walking east on William Street near Fall Street accepted a ride from another male in a gray pick-up truck. Once inside the truck, the driver offered the male money.

Douglas County is hosting a Pollinator Month logo student contest to help raise awareness of how important our pollinators are to the region, with cash prizes for the winners.

The Carson City Assessor’s Office would like to notify taxpayers that the 2023-2024 PROPERTY TAX CAP CLAIM FORMS were mailed on April 10, 2023.

The purpose of this form is to identify and inform the Assessor’s Office whether the residence is your primary residence, a vacation home (not rented), is family member occupied, or a rental.

A lone Coyote stopped long enough for a portrait session at Silver Saddle Ranch yesterday morning.

If conditions remain favorable, the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team will resume prescribed fire operations this week at Lake Tahoe. The Nevada Division of Forestry and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit are scheduled to burn hand piles on the East Shore beginning Tuesday, April 11.

VIRGINIA CITY/RENO, NV – St. Mary's Art Center is proud to present the opening reception of Meaning: The Search For, a large-scale solo exhibition by Las Vegas artist, Nancy Good, on Sunday, May 14, 2023, 1-4pm. The exhibition explores the range and evolution of Good’s contemporary work and features paintings, sculptural canvas, and murals. The exhibition is on view now through August 13, 2023.

Sandie La Nae, Nevada author (of 30 volumes) will be at the Mark Twain Days, April 21 - 23, in the booth with the "Comstock Foundation" and "Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters."

Line dance with Kaytlain, have the time of your life. Second gate entrance is always open. 15 dollars per person, includes a drink ticket. Two-three lessons and open dance. We will have a guest instructor this well from Olivia Pearl Line dance.

A 34-year-old man was arrested Friday for suspicion of felony eluding with endangerment, possession of a controlled substance and other offenses, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Every so often we have a wet year with heavy snow that seems to solve all our water challenges. However, the overall trend is always toward aridity. Even after this amazingly wet winter, water efficiency and conservation should still be the norm going forward. In light of that, some people consider replacing living lawns with artificial turf. What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Is Disneyland really the happiest place on Earth? No, actually, for the sixth year in a row it happens to be Finland. While Mickey and Minnie are being distracted by Florida’s governor, Finland’s national animal, Otso the Big Brown Bear, is as contented as, well, a teddy bear in his lair.

Veterans Healing Camp will celebrate the theme “Roaring 20’s” at the 7th annual Nowruz “New Year” Celebration Feast on Saturday, April 15. Join us on our trip back in time to revive some good times. You are invited to join us from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Casino Fandango Grand Ballroom in Carson City.

On Sunday, April 16, 2023, Capitol City Gun Club in Carson City, will host a Fun Shoot from 9:00am to 4:30pm. Target fees will be discounted all day. Everyone is invited to come! The Club is located at 3590 Arrowhead Drive. For additional information, visit: https://www.capitolcitygunclub.org/ or call (775) 882-9904.

In this Class Carol Foldvary-Anderson will show you how to create unique art, looking like watercolors, and even silk paintings, depending on the colors you choose to work with. The Oil Pastel Smudge technique is thinking in the basic shapes and designing your own templates.

The annual Carson City Aquatic Center’s Underwater Egg Hunt took place Saturday with great attendance.

The fun began at 2 p.m. with each group of pre-registered egg hunters given a 15 minute hunt session in both the big pool and the splash pool.

All prizes were donated by local businesses and pool enthusiasts, including large donations by Carson City Toyota and Roper Heating and Repair.

Thirty-six students from Carson, Dayton, Douglas, and Pioneer high schools have their work in "Spring Forward 2023" art exhibition at the Brick. This delightful exhibit presents an array of imaginative projects based on students’ years of classroom study and their amazing craftsmanship.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Sara Manns of Compassion & Choices. She will lead a detailed discussion of the End-of-Life-Options Act currently before the Nevada legislative.

On March 14th, Senate Bill 239 had a hearing in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Below is April Corbin Girnus' report on the hearing, as it appeared in the March 16 Nevada Current...

Democratic lawmakers are once again attempting to legalize the use of life-ending medication for terminally ill patients in Nevada.

On Wednesday, April 12, from 11:00 AM-3:00 PM the Parks, Recreation & Open Space Department, in conjunction with volunteers and the Nevada Division of Wildlife, will be netting the pond to remove invasive aquatic species that have been illegally introduced.