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GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — The man who shot a Douglas County sergeant during a traffic stop last year was sentenced to prison Monday afternoon.

CARSON CITY — Greater Nevada Mortgage, a wholly owned subsidiary of Greater Nevada Credit Union, has donated $33,700 to the Eddy House through its new Keys to Greater campaign.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting 70 new COVID-19 cases and 53 recoveries in the Quad County region from Saturday, April 10 to Monday, April 12, 2021.

The Carson City Nuisance Task Force, made up of Carson City Department heads and health officials conducted an inspection Monday of the Frontier Motel on North Carson Street and immediately began the process of condemning multiple rooms at the motel, having determined they are unsafe for human occupancy.

On Friday, April 9, 2021 at approximately 7:16 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol troopers responded to a fatal crash involving a vehicle and two pedestrians on US-50 at Whitaker Lane in Fallon.

The Carson City School District announced plans for Pioneer High School’s senior graduation ceremonies and Carson Middle and Eagle Valley Middle Schools’ eighth grade promotions Friday, April 9. Carson High School has not yet determined whether graduation ceremonies will be a traditional ceremony or a drive-through event.

There will be a book signing by Rusty Goe for his three-volume book "The Confident Carson City Coin Collector" on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson Street in the concourse.

As a former cross country coach I enjoy watching people run, and I do it with a critical eye. "Oh-oh! This gentleman is supinating and will not last another mile at that pace." Sometimes I will pick up my own walking pace to try to find out if I am in fact right, and when I am, well, I drop off to the side and buy myself a cup of coffee.

This is the final week of Carson City Kiwanis’ Meals on Wheels fundraiser. In years past, the event included attendees who enjoyed competitive games of BINGO and a pasta feed. The total amount of donations received benefit the Carson City Senior Citizens Center's Meals on Wheels Program.

A 19-year-old Carson City man was arrested early Monday for suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon and suspicion of misdemeanor assault constituting domestic violence, a sheriff's booking report states.

Go behind the scenes of ComputerCorps at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. The Carson City based non-profit repairs and recycles computers and other electronics and puts them back to use in the community and out of landfills.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering financial support for COVID-19 related funeral expenses incurred after January 2020. Applications for COVID-19 Funeral Assistance must be submitted through the FEMA dedicated call center; currently, there’s no deadline to apply.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development will fund $100,000 through its Workforce Innovations for the New Nevada program to pilot a technology training program at Truckee Meadows Community College that uses micro-credentials to prepare future software developers.

Caltrans crews are working on all Sierra mountain passes in order to have them all open by Memorial Day. District 10 has been clearing snow and debris from mountain passes for several generations, tackling the task each spring on Ebbetts Pass/State Route 4, Monitor Pass/SR-89 and Sonora Pass/SR-108.

DUE TO WEATHER CONCERNS THIS SHOOT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO MAY 2ND.

Sunday, May 2 the Clear Creek Bowmen will be holding their annual Cancer Shoot. Registration is at 8 a.m. and the shoot starts at 9 a.m. It will be a 35, unmarked yardage 3D shoot.

With "metal" as the theme, the Carson City Photo Club has announced the March winners of its monthly photo challenge.

The Nevada Republican Party Central Committee has voted to censure the state’s GOP secretary of state, Barbara Cegavske, over claims that her office failed to do its job and “put the reliability of our elections in Nevada in question.”

A favorite trail walk along the Carson River's Mexican Dam and you'll see all kinds of local birds. Many outdoor enthusiasts who've taken regular hikes in the area know there's family of owls that make their home in the same tree every year. I've seen as many as three baby owls peering down at me. I'm happy to say they are back again.

Carson City Republican Women's Club will hear scholarship candidates at the upcoming meeting to be held Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at Casino Fandango. In addition Miranda Hoover will speak at the meeting which commences at 11 a.m.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies responded to a vehicle crash Sunday afternoon involving two vehicles. One person was reportedly injured.

For the better part of a year now, live music in public venues has been long sought after as COVID-19 restrictions have kept people from gathering together.

This summer, however, local favorites to the Carson City and Carson Valley areas are prepared to take the stage once again in anticipation of restrictions loosening enough to do so.

April 15 is usually a safe date to prune roses. The worst of the freezes are probably behind us, so any new growth generated by pruning should survive whatever cold snaps occur before summer. This may vary by microclimate with some areas more likely to freeze harder than others.

RENO — Vaccine passports, digital records of an individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status, are on their way. This is likely to be a QR code on your phone, which you scan to enter a flight or event. As with any major new initiative, scammers always find ways to take advantage of the confusion and anxiety surrounding the change. Be on the lookout for vaccine passport cons.

The sunny and pleasant spring weather will continue around the Carson City region over the next couple days, with more sunshine and generally light winds before a cooler pattern begins late Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of April 12-18, 2021. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

The Carson City Cinema Club will be showing “Born Yesterday” (1950) on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 West King Street.

CARSON CITY — Overnight lane closures will take place at multiple locations in Douglas County on Sunday, April 11 as the Nevada Department of Transportation installs roadway sensors.

She does so much! Congratulations to Carson High School’s Lavon Sollberger on being awarded Certified Employee of the Year. Lavon, an Administrative Specialist, upon the receiving of her award said “I have no need for a web cam or microphone on my computer; at a recent virtual staff meeting, my speakers experienced a case of the hiccups, and I lost the sound, so off to a co-worker’s office I went observing social distancing rules and sitting on the far side of the office just to listen to the staff meeting.”

The Carson Fly Fishing Club is offering an Introduction to Fly Tying on April 24, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ormsby Room, Carson City Sheriff's Office, at 911 E. Musser St., Carson City.

Colorful hot air balloons filled the skies above S. Gardnerville Saturday morning, which were caught by balloon enthusiast Shannon Cord.

Nine balloons total lifted off on the sunny, clear day.

Katie Farr submitted these beautiful photos she snapped on Saturday!

On April 15, 2021 at the Board of County Commissioner’s Meeting, the Board will review a plan to transition from State control of COVID response and recovery to local control. If approved, the plan, titled the Douglas County COVID-19 Recovery Plan, will be submitted to the State COVID-19 Task Force in accordance with the Nevada Roadmap to Recovery Transition Plan.

The next Carson City Board of Supervisor’s meeting will take place Thursday, April 15 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 affordable housing, potential closure of a motel, new sidewalks for Colorado St., an appeal from the recently-closed asphalt plant, and more.

Carson City Elks Lodge #2177 installed their officer corps on April 3. Al Bye, past State President was on hand to help with the installation of officers. Jim Smolenski, who was the Exalted Ruler, relinquished the reigns to Martha Reynolds, the new lodge’s incoming Exalted Ruler.

The Sierra-Tahoe Auxiliary Unit #137 of the Fleet Reserve Association has historically provided an Easter Egg Hunt for the children at the USMC Winter Warfare base in Bridgeport, Calif.

This year due to the pandemic the Branch/Unit was unable to actually be at the housing complex but still were able to stuff 800 eggs filled with small toys, stickers, and candy, provide small stuffed animals and yoyos, and toys too large to fit in an egg and deliver them to a base community staff member (Jessie).

Friday marks the do-or-die moment for hundreds of legislative proposals — bills must pass out of their first committee unless they have a special exemption.

Lawmakers began Friday by holding marathon committee meetings throughout the day on Friday, working to process backlogged bills or cut last-minute deals on controversial legislation.

On April 9th, a state-owned vehicle was reported stolen from the Reno area. Agencies throughout the region were alerted to be watchful for the vehicle.

At approximately 3 p.m., a Carson City Deputy on routine patrol witnessed a vehicle matching the reported stolen vehicle passing through the downtown city corridor at an estimated 70 miles per hour.

When the Deputy turned his vehicle to stop the car the driver attempted to escape by speeding into a congested neighborhood with several schools letting out at the time.

We are reporting 13 new cases and 30 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,053, with 11,454 recoveries and 222 deaths; 377 cases remain active.

UPDATE 4:10 p.m.: According to Carson City School District Public Information Officer Dan Davis, the schools were not put on lockdown because the children had been released for the day at 3:15 p.m., and the sheriff's office called at 3:20 p.m. after students were already out of the building. However, teachers were notified and were asked to be cautious.

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UPDATE 4 p.m.: Several vehicles are being towed from the scene.

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A car chase that began in the area of Highway 50 and Crane and ended in the 700 block of 5th street led to Bordewich Bray Elementary and Fremont Elementary School being briefly placed on lockdown.

While the 3rd Street Parking Lot, which has been the Carson City’s Farmers Market’s home for years, gets a facelift this season, the Farmers Market will be temporarily moving to a new home.

An injury accident was reported at 1:45 p.m. Friday afternoon on Curry Street.

The accident involved two vehicles which are blocking traffic.

Motorists should use alternate routes.

First responders are enroute to the scene.

The Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space Department will be coordinating the annual Fuel Reduction Program using sheep starting next week. This project is also in coordination with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada Division of State Lands, the Washoe Tribe and Carson Community Council and private property owners.

On April 3rd, Carson City Elks Lodge No. 2177 raised $440 for the Elks State Major Project.

Members donated to this project to watch the outgoing Exalted Ruler, Jim Smolenski, get dunked with ice.

The Carson City Board of Supervisor’s will be discussing whether or not to issue an order to the Frontier Motel’s business owner for a show cause hearing which could lead to a revocation of its owner’s business license. The city has noted that the motel is a haven for drug use, physical abuse, and numerous health concerns.

Traffic going to and from the south shore over US50 is cut off Friday morning due to a rock slide.

At 5:46 a.m. the report of a slide was received by the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

A Toyota 4runner collided into the boulders after the slide occurred. No injuries were reported.

There is no estimated time of opening and no detour. Road crews are going to look at opening Johnson Pass Road but that is still covered in snow and ice. Travelers will have to use north shore routes or SR89/88.

Expect long delay.

This story will be updated as more information is available.

Featured speaker at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon will be Elizabeth Haase MD, Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. A psychiatrist with decades in private practice, Dr. Haase also serves as part of the voluntary faculty at the University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine. The focus of her remarks at the tele-luncheon will be the mental health impacts of climate change.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Thursday, April 8, 2021 there are 36 new cases and 42 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,040, with 11,424 recoveries and 222 deaths; 394 cases remain active.

The Carson City School District would like to reassure employees there has not been a data breach or leak of information within the school district. There is, however, since the start of the pandemic last year, an ongoing issue of false unemployment claims being filed among numerous employers throughout the state of Nevada and across the nation. This is not a circumstance specifically isolated to the Carson City School District. It appears no employer, business, industry or public agency has been spared.

The University of Nevada, Reno Extension Office is hosting a Grow Your Own, Nevada! workshop series covering the basics of gardening in the Silver State with a variety of topics.

Abe Curry, who served as the first superintendent of the Carson City Mint, will be remembered with the minting of a special medallion on Saturday, April 10 at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City.

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