My friend Cat asked me to identify what was eating the bottoms, and only the bottoms, of her cherry tomatoes. While it could be birds, earwigs, slugs or cutworms, we both decided it was grasshoppers, which she had seen eating her raspberries. If raspberries, why not tomatoes?

At 5:20 p.m. Saturday, a crash was reported in the intersection of King and Division Streets.

Injuries are unknown at this time.

Motorists should use caution in the area.

First responders are enroute to the scene.

The Leisure Hour Club will begin its 127th year with their first dinner meeting set for Wednesday, September 20. Presenting at the event will be Mark McLaughlin who will speak about “Snowbound! Legendary Winters of the Tahoe Sierras.”

Gold Hill Ghost Tours 2023 Season returns Sept. 14. Plan your Dinner and tour for an exciting and Ghostly deal. Enjoy a 5 star meal at the Crown Point Restaurant. Then join the Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters for a night to remember! The tours run 2 times a night, Every 2nd and 4th Thursday.

As the Nevada State Museum prepares to celebrate another year sharing Nevada’s unique history, the Friends of the Museum are again offering an opportunity for new and experienced volunteers and tour guides to learn more about our region, history, and the State Museum.

The next Carson City Board of Supervisor’s meeting will take place Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Robert ‘Bob’ Crowell Board Room in the Carson City Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street.

Items up for discussion include opioid settlements, a group living project grant, Nevada Day street closures, and more.

A 30-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for suspicion of felony domestic battery with strangulation, preventing a victim from reporting a crime, and being a prohibited person with a firearm, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Author and photographer Stephen H. Provost has released a new historical tour guide for Carson City's own Highway 395.

"Sierra Highway: U.S. 395 and El Camino Sierra in California and Nevada" is the fourth volume in his growing "Highways of the West" series, joining "America's Loneliest Road" (U.S. 50, which also touches on Carson City history), "Victory Road," and "The Lincoln Highway in California."

In a collaborative effort to ensure the safety of all road users as they travel this Labor Day weekend, the California Highway Patrol, Nevada State Police, and Arizona Department of Public Safety are joining forces for a Maximum Enforcement Period. The tri-state enforcement initiative begins at 6:01 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1, and continues through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 4.

Odeon Oldies Talk continues with Kim Harris portraying Eilley Bowers.

Come and enjoy a fantastic evening with us and hear about Eilley Bowers.

Kaboom-Con! Northern Nevada will be hosted on September 7th, 2024, at the Carson City Community Center in Carson City, NV. The event will have almost ten thousand square feet of exhibitor floor space.

There will be Cosplay and Art Contests as well as fabulous raffle prizes. The event will also serve as a fundraiser for multiple local 501(c)3 Non-Profits, including Cold Nose Rescue and Sanctuary, with a portion of the net proceeds going to these fantastic organizations.

Carson Creepy is back, Carson City’s annual short-film contest, in which participants have just two weeks to create their spookiest film.

Summer is coming to an end, which means the Halloween season is upon us. Are you a sinister storyteller who loves to create chills?

The Friends of the Douglas County Library, in cooperation with members of the Douglas County Public Library Board of Trustees and library staff, will host “All Together Now – A Magical Evening”, a Gala Fundraiser for the Douglas County Public Library, at the Carson Valley Inn on October 7, 2023. The evening will include a no-host cocktail hour, dinner, live and silent auctions, and a magic show featuring South Lake Tahoe headliner, Robert Hall.

Great live music this Thursday through Saturday at Mangia Tutto and Bank Saloon.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance from the public to identify two suspects for a theft that happened Jan. 15, 2023, at approximately 1:30 p.m. at Costco, 700 Old Clear Creek Road, in Carson City.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Division of Insurance and the Nevada Real Estate Division want to bring public awareness and education to an increasingly prevalent real estate identity theft scam. Known as “vacant lot fraud” or “seller impersonation fraud,” bad actors impersonate the owners of a property or vacant lot and attempt to sell it for their own profit.

While statewide casino gaming figures showed an increase in July, Carson City area casinos saw a 3 percent decrease in gaming revenue for the month, according the latest figures released Wednesday from the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

Carson City is about to get crowned! Beauty, Brains, Glamour and Bling!

Get ready for the ultimate celebration of beauty and confidence at the National Miss Curvy Pageant 2023, where curves take center stage.

A delightful staging of the ballet “Coppélia” will be performed at The Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts in Reno on Sept. 16-17, 2023.

The Carson City School District will be entering a “Mass Action Lawsuit” against several social media companies, joining districts nationwide.

What the lawsuit is asking for is changes to online practices pertaining to cyberbullying and online harassment on social media platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, Youtube and more, as well as payment to the increased expense undertaken by schools to deal with higher levels of anxiety, depression and self-harm caused, they say, by social media.

Muscle Powered in partnership with Western Nevada Safe Routes to School are hosting a bike rodeo on Saturday Sept. 9, 2023. In years past, Muscle Powered has hosted bike rodeos and we are excited to re-strengthen our partnership with Western Nevada Safe Routes to School to bring back events that teaches kids about bike safety.

NV Energy will be replacing poles, removing hazard trees, and replacing equipment along State Route 28 beginning on Sept. 5, through mid-late September 2023. This work is related to the NV Energy Resilience Corridors Project and the company's Natural Disaster Protection Plan, which is aimed at protecting the community from the increased risk of wildfires and other natural disasters.

With "flowers" as its theme, the Carson City Photo Club has announced the winners of its August photo competition.

Held every month, the competition brings out some of the best photography around the Carson City area. Scroll and click on each photo to enlarge. The winners are:

The Nevada Department of Education has recognized Luet Lobsien, a senior at Carson High School, with an award for designing the logo that will brand the NDE’s “Learning for the Future” education conference. The contest was open to all K-12 students with more than 200 student entries from across Nevada.