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Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Tuesday afternoon to a vehicle rollover on College Parkway near Gs Richards Boulevard.

CARSON CITY — Greater Nevada Credit Union held its 72nd annual meeting virtually on Tuesday, March 9, to commemorate an historic year for the credit union, announce the results of their Board of Directors election, give voice to members and recognize those who have held membership at the credit union for 35 years.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Education has released a video message from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of COVID-19-related school building closures.

The floating dock in Baily Fishing Pond at Fuji Park and Fairgrounds in Carson City has broken free from its concrete anchors and sustained further damage where the dock attaches to the shoreline.

Though vaccines are rolling out throughout our region and businesses are reopening, we haven't completely returned to the level of pre-COVID festivities. There are still events both in-person (masks required!) and online for you to celebrate America's most well-known, sort-of-Irish Saint.

A 29-year-old man was arrested Monday for suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery, a Carson City sheriff's booking report states.

It was the Deadline Day that wasn’t. Despite expectations that floor sessions on Monday — the 43rd day of the session and deadline for individual legislator bill introductions — would stretch late into the night to accommodate numerous bills, legislative leaders suspended rules and allowed the Legislative Counsel Bureau’s legal division to keep working throughout the week.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced Tuesday that unemployment insurance and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claimants may see extended benefits through week ending September 4, 2021 under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 provisions relating to unemployment benefits. The bill was signed by the President on March 11, 2021.

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Are you a frustrated artist? Do you have a beautiful image in your head and find that you just can’t put it down successfully onto paper or canvas? Why struggle, when you could become a Bodacious Brushcrusher.

Collage of Plumas Bank branches and teams in Reno and Carson City.

RENO — Plumas Bancorp (Nasdaq:PLBC), the parent company of Plumas Bank, today announced the relocation of its corporate office to 5525 Kietzke Ln., Reno, Nev.

The move by Plumas Bancorp demonstrates its ongoing commitment to increase services for businesses based in the Northern Nevada region. Plumas Bank first opened a loan production office in Reno in 2006 followed by branches in Reno and Carson City in 2015 and 2018, respectively.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting 35 new COVID-19 cases and 176 recoveries in the Quad County area for the period of Saturday, March 13 to Monday, March 15, 2021. No deaths were reported.

We miss the stage, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make theater. Wild Horse Children’s Theater is looking for young actors, singers, and dancers, ages 10 to 21, for our second virtual Broadway workshop.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies responded Monday afternoon to a vehicle rollover in the 1400 block of Parkland Avenue near Cardinal Way. No serious injuries were reported.

Spring is here and nature’s classroom awaits. Are those birds locals or tourists? Questions are the basis of understanding and the philosophy of HS Voyager is to nurture the natural curiosity of every child and encourage them to pursue a path of questioning that will help them understand the subjects and answer the questions that they find the most interesting.

Carson City Health and Human Services is happy to announce the following groups are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine:

The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team will continue prescribed fire operations this week in the Lake Tahoe Basin, conditions and weather permitting. Smoke may be visible.

CARSON CITY — Watershed Wednesdays made a splash after its first two weeks with more than 100 viewers and counting. In the third session of the forum, March 17, the Carson River Coalition goes back to basics, revisiting its original 1998 mandate to protect and conserve floodplains in the Carson River Watershed.

Picture collage of participants holding bionic fish and Think Bionics Camp

For middle school ages, join us in the Library's Digitorium. Face masks are required.
Are you interested in bionics and STEM? Excited about robotics? Are you a Carson City student? Then join us for Think Bionics Camp! In this multi-day camp, you'll learn how a fish swims, how an elephant uses its trunk, and how a chameleon uses its tongue to grab items. Registration is required. Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Assemblywoman Susie Martinez (D-Las Vegas) isn’t really a cat person. Her daughter is allergic — something she found out while visiting her sister, a cat owner, and her daughter’s eyes got so swollen she “looked like Rocky (Balboa).”

After one year's absence from the wreck center I was a wreck, a mere shadow of my original self. I was convinced, if the pandemic didn't kill me, it would make me wish I was dead, or at least cramp my style to the point where I wouldn't recognize myself in the mirror, even when that mirror was fogged-up. But then along came Stumpy's.

A man was arrested early Saturday for suspicion of misdemeanor DUI and failure to maintain a traffic lane after having told a deputy he was going to call for a ride service and then later seen leaving in his vehicle, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

The Nevada Department of Public Safety, State Fire Marshal Division investigation into the fire that occurred on November 17, 2019, in downtown Lovelock and the subsequent trial concluded on Jan. 22, 2021.

The 2021 Jazz & Beyond Music and Art Festival this August will include the third annual Carson City Open Studios Tour on Saturday, August 21, and Sunday, August 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at multiple studios throughout Carson City.

Clouds and cool temperatures bring wildlife and more to the Carson River this weekend.

The secretary of state’s office wants to transition from a county-led to a state-led top-down voter registration system that could speed up the time-consuming process of verifying that people who take advantage of a new same-day voter registration law haven’t already voted in the same election.

After ground squirrels, the other problem rodents I deal with yearly are voles, otherwise known as meadow mice. The first signs of these destructive critters are golf ball-size holes that are the entrances to their underground tunnels. There are dozens of holes throughout our yard in the lawn, flower and shrub beds. Voles also make shallow, cut-grass covered runways through the lawn. These runways connect many shallow burrows.

CARSON CITY — One of the fortuitous features of being a student at Western Nevada College is that so many people look out for you and help you in pursuit of your higher education and professional goals.

The COVID-19 pandemic has left people without many activities outside of their homes in the past year. Since March 2020, folks have been under social distancing guidelines and capacity restrictions, forcing a work-from-home status quo for many. On the upside, the pandemic has also brought more pet adoptions and people wanting to foster animals without permanent homes.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of March 15-21, 2021. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

With the first day of spring less than a week away, winter weather will return over the next couple days, with snow possible for western Nevada valleys, the Carson City area and Sierra as well as cold temperatures.

What just happened sounds like Science Fiction, and what should come to mind? A famous and terrifying story now that life is beginning to get back to normal again? For the past 12 months, the entire world has been in a unified and sometimes desperate struggle to find out what to do about the foreign invasion of the human body.

Soroptimist International of Carson City is now accepting applications from non-profit and not-for-profit organizations in the Carson City community for funding grants. Projects involving the health, education, economic and/or social development of women or girls will be considered for cash grant awards.

Silver Oak Golf Course

Birdies are chirping, Eagles are soaring and the grass gets greener every day. Spring is right around the corner and for those seniors who love golf and competing with their fellow golfers we have just the club for you.

4 kids gathered around giant book surrounded by bean stalks

For PRE-K (children not yet in elementary school) and families: Join us for weekly themed stories and crafts. Craft instructions and additional resources, including activities for older children who may be at home, will be included.

Register here to receive a Zoom link for this program.

Hello fellow anglers. I am so excited we get to turn our clocks ahead this weekend. I now get to fish an hour later in the day. As I was scanning the fishing world last week, I ran across a story in the montanaoutdoor.com website about an angler named Robbie Dockter from Conrad, Montana.

Robbie was fishing the Marias River in Montana and caught the new state record Brown trout. The official weight was 32.43 pounds.

Carson City Sheriff’s Search And Rescue (SAR) is recruiting! If you have a desire to serve your community while working in the great outdoors, Carson City Sheriff’s SAR might be the place for you!

With the spring equinox right around the corner on March 20 and fair weather persisting around the Carson City area, hiking and biking trails are a popular way to get some fresh air after a year of COVID-19-related isolation.

This Sunday, March 14, Flatbed Concerts return with Moxy Ruckus cruising through the Long Ranch Park neighborhood between 3pm and 5pm.

Employment in Nevada added back 7,400 jobs over the month as the state continues to recover.

The Carson City Historical Society will be unveiling a new exhibit called, “Notable Women of Eagle Valley” on Saturday, March 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Carriage House (behind the Foreman/Roberts House), 1207 North Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada.

We are reporting 11 new cases and 58 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 11,450, with 9,685 recoveries and 209 deaths; 1,556 cases remain active.

The Desert Research Institute Foundation presents the 31st Nevada Medal honoring world-renowned astronaut and explorer Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan.
Titled “Sea, Earth & Sky: Celebrating the Spirit of Scientific Exploration, Discovery & Innovation,” the special, hour-long program highlights Dr. Sullivan’s remarkable career as an oceanographer, NASA astronaut, and administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Pioneer High School Junior Lilly Mottram is still thinking through her options for life after high school. While some might be intimidated with the unknown, Lilly simply decided to graduate early, experience life, then narrow down what to do and make a plan for the future.

A non-injury accident was reported at 1:16 p.m. Friday afternoon near Hot Springs and Goni involving two vehicles.

The vehicles are currently blocking traffic in the southbound lane.

Motorists should use caution in the area.

Kudos to the Principals and Vice Principals at both Empire Elementary and Fremont Elementary in Carson City. They respectively hosted a Dance-off Competition and Sliming Event because students at each of their schools exceeded or surpassed reading goals during National Reading Week last week.

Just after 1 p.m. a vehicle accident with injury was reported in the southbound lanes of I-580.

The accident occurred just north of the North Carson exit in which a vehicle appears to have lost control and hit a guard rail.

Get an insider’s look at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. Rotarian and architect J.P. Copoulos will show an episode of the PBS series “Cool Spaces: The Best New Architecture” which features the state-of-the-art structure.

The virtual meeting takes place Tuesday, March 16th, at 12:30 P.M. Guests are invited to attend via ZOOM.

We heard you wanted another Lego Day, well, it's happening!

Nevada children and the responsible adults who love and care for them are one step closer to being afforded legal rights and protections that ensure family relationships are recognized by law, helping to create stable and safe environments for children.

A 29-year-old Carson City man was arrested on Thursday morning after turning himself in for a felony grand larceny warrant regarding a stolen motorcycle.

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