A cold front pushing through the region will continue Friday into Saturday morning, bringing widespread morning lows in the teens with sub-zero temperatures likely in the mountain valleys, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

Fernley Estates Senior Living and Memory Care is the recipient of the Pinnacle Quality Insights’ 2022 Customer Experience AwardTM, for scoring in the top 15% of the nation over a 12-month period in the categories of Variety of Food/Menu Choices, Transportation Needs, and Safety and Security.

Preliminary information indicates on February 23, 2022, at around 8:15 am, School Resource Officers with the Carson City Sheriff’s Office assigned to the Carson City High School were notified of a student on campus with a firearm. The 14-year-old male was quickly disarmed and taken into custody. An investigation revealed that the student in question had pointed the firearm at others; however, the gun was never discharged.

The following is a phone message sent out to parents from Carson City Superintendent Richard Stokes regarding this morning's incident in which a student was arrested for bringing a gun to school.

Own Your Destiny. What separates exceptional performers from the ordinary, and how do I get there? Learn how managing your attitude can empower you to take control of your life in this fast paced and entertaining roadmap towards a better future.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office released more details into Tuesday morning's standoff with a man that resulted in an officer involved shooting.

During his illustrious 50-year career in music, Smokey Robinson has written or co-written over 4,000 songs, including 37 Top-40 hits, while thrilling audiences around the world with his high tenor voice, impeccable timing and profound lyrics. The undisputed “King of Motown” will make his debut at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa on Friday, May 27.

School district officials confirmed Wednesday that a Carson High School student was arrested for bringing a gun to school. No person was injured.

It is widely accepted that first responders place themselves in harm’s way every day. And with no less frequency, first responders react to save lives daily, often placing themselves in grave danger.

These are selfless acts performed by selfless professionals. However, during a seven-hour period between Monday night and Tuesday morning, Deputies, Dispatchers, and Fire/Medical teams were challenged with reacting to multiple extremely critical incidents and take actions that undoubtedly saved the lives of many.

University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s Radon Education Program is offering free short-term radon test kits to Nevadans through Feb. 28. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas that is colorless, odorless and tasteless. It comes from the ground and can accumulate in homes, raising the risk of lung cancer.

The executive board of the Northern Nevada Development Authority announced Tuesday that it has named Jeff Sutich as its new executive director.

While "Hit It Out of the Park" is not a cooking saying, it did seem appropriate to use a baseball adage to describe the wonderful luncheon we enjoyed on Thursday, February 17, at Dayton High School.

Carson City’s Spirit of Hope is raising money through a “Donate a Dollar” campaign to help fight homelessness in Carson City.

If every resident gave only $1, Spirit of Hope would be able to house 16 homeless individuals in Carson City for an entire year.

UPDATE. The following is a news release from Sheriff Furlong. At 6:50 a.m., Feb. 22, deputy sheriff’s from the Carson City Sheriff’s Office reported an officer Involved shooting at the intersection of North Curry Street and East Adeline Street. The incident took place following a 2-hour standoff with a suspect who was believed to be burglarizing cars in the area.

More snow fell early Tuesday morning, creating slick roads throughout the region and traffic controls throughout out the region.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies responded late Monday night a fully engulfed structure fire in the 3100 block of Minonee Lane off of Airport Road in which two homes caught fire.

A new on-demand Machine Design and Automation Company, Nevatio Engineering, has opened in Reno, Nevada.

Co-founded by Emil Geiger, PhD, PE; Marc A. Magarin, ME; and James Walker ME, EE; the agile team is capable of mechanical design, electrical design, system controls, functional prototyping, machine design, automation, and machine retrofits. Nevatio operates as a floating engineering department for mid-sized industrial manufacturing and technology companies who need engineering services without committing to expensive house overhead costs.

Wylder Hotel Hope Valley continues its interpretive programs on Eastern Sierra history with a living history/Chautauqua style presentation on one of Lake Tahoe’s most colorful characters, George Whittell, the “Accidental Conservationist.”

The Capital City Arts Initiative’s exhibition, "Two Views" presents different approaches to individual expression through drawings by Robert Ibarra and ceramics by Cesar Piedra.

The Carson City School District Board of Trustees will interview the final two superintendent candidates in person on Tuesday morning, beginning at 8:15 a.m. in the Robert Crowell Board Room of the Carson City Community Center.

Light snow fell early Monday morning from Reno to Carson City and Dayton, Carson Valley and at Lake Tahoe making for slick road conditions and slow going on the highways.

Streaming live every Monday from The Bank Saloon in Carson City, this week The Brother Dan Show welcomes multi-instrumentalist Doug Sandall on Feb. 28.
Local audiences 21 years of age are invited to attend the show in person from 4:30-6:30pm, (while enjoying free munchies from show sponsor and local restaurant Mangia Tutto) and online audiences can watch the show from 5:00-6:00pm.

After scanning for an empty beach along Pyramid Lake’s 15 miles of shoreline on a brisk January morning, Autumn Harry settled on a spot at Warrior Point where she could cast her fishing line from the sand-colored tufa rocks.

The sun had just come up over the mountains and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. She pulled on her waders and boots, then prepared her fishing line, her practiced fingers tying small knots and attaching a tiny glittering purple fly she made herself to bait the fish.

“It doesn’t take a big hook to catch those big fish,” she said with a smile.

A fire that started Wednesday east of Bishop in Inyo County, Calif., and had threatened more than 150 structures, was 55 percent contained as of Sunday morning, having burned approximately 4,136 acres, according to CalFire.