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Pictured: Minutes before pilots Nick Macy and Chris Rushing, flying "Six-Cat" and "Baron's Revenge" respectively, collided after the T-6 Gold race. Both pilots were killed in the crash. The FAA and NTSB are investigating the incident.

NAMI Nevada, the Nevada branch of the National Alliance for Mental Health is hosting benefit walks across Nevada on Oct. 7 in Carson City, Reno, Elko and Las Vegas to broaden awareness during October, Mental Health Awareness Month.

The Ormsby Republican Women's Club will feature Jim DeGraffenried, who represents Nevada's Republican Party as a national committeeman, on Wednesday in Carson City.

A friendly good horse sense reminder from our "four legged wild kids" asking driving folks in Carson City to look up at the sign and slow down.

Jose Fausto Hernandez’s passion for auto mechanics started in a practical way that develops when owning a first car.

For Fausto Hernandez, it was when the window regulator stopped working on his Chevrolet Impala. A local repair shop estimated that it would cost $300 to replace, and Fausto Hernandez thought he could fix it for a lot less.

Join us every Tuesday night at the Nashville Social Club in Carson City for the ultimate trivia showdown! From 7pm to 9pm, rally your squad for an electrifying DJ Trivia Night experience that'll have you on the edge of your seats. Our fantastic DJ Host will keep the energy high as you battle it out for fantastic prizes, all while enjoying great music and delicious drinks.

The Nevada Department of Transportation has substantially completed installation of wrong-way driver detection systems on the I-580 Carson City freeway.

A 65-year-old man was arrested Friday for suspicion of gross misdemeanor elder abuse and misdemeanor domestic battery, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

According to the arrest report, Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies learned the man allegedly slapped his wife who has a traumatic brain injury and is not very responsive speaking and with commands or comments.

Mountaineer, the service that offers free, on-demand winter transportation at Lake Tahoe area resorts Olympic Valley and Alpine Meadows, will expand its operating schedule for the 2023-24 winter season.

Elementary schools in the Carson City School District will participate in the 2023 “Social Studies Spectacular” this week, Sept. 18-22.

The weeklong events and activities aim to engage students with social studies content and learning skills in various social studies domains including civics, history, geography, multi-cultural, economics and financial literacy.

Fine color in the skies Sunday over Carson City.

Continuing from last week, over the years I’ve contented myself in collecting poignant quotes that I thought might shed some light upon a long and winding road toward old age.

Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space Department is looking for groups, families, and individuals, to participate in a volunteer clean-up of the historic Lone Mountain Cemetery.

The calendar says the first day of autumn arrives Saturday, Sept. 23, but I’m having trouble believing it. The temperatures are lovely and there hasn’t been a freeze. Last week I was worrying about the way my cucumber and tomato plants looked before I realized that summer gardening was just about over anyway.

Nevada’s unemployment rate increased slightly from July to August, going from 5.3 percent to 5.4 percent for an increase of 0.1 percentage points, according to the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

“Peace Through Understanding.” That is the motto and the mission statement for the Rotary Youth Exchange program. RYE is a study abroad program put on by Rotary, with students admitted to the US under a J1 visa. At any given time, there are about 8000 students in the program from the US and over 100 participating countries.

In early September, the Tahoe Yellow Cress Adaptive Management Working Group began their annual lake-wide monitoring surveys of Tahoe Yellow Cress in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These surveys will continue throughout September across numerous land ownerships, and on every beach where this rare plant is known to occur.

Medicaid coverage has been reinstated for Nevadans who recently had their coverage end because they did not return their renewal documentation, known as a procedural denial, according to the state's Division of Welfare and Supportive Services.

Connections Central is a new organization that uses the power of storytelling to promote stronger, happier and healthier relationships.

It launched in Carson City in February 2023 by inviting members of the community to a one-hour “Connections” gathering where people share stories, engage in conversation and learn how to build and maintain meaningful relationships that bring more joy to our lives and the lives of others.

Western Nevada College and area high school students participated in the ROADS Workforce Career Fair and Workshop on Wednesday on the Carson City campus. Students gained valuable skills networking with local business leaders. They practiced their interview skills, developed or improved their resumés and discovered new career opportunities.

In conjunction with the quarterly Community PLC (Professional Learning Community) event, the Carson City School District, in partnership with Western Nevada College, will host a Regional Career Pathways Advisory Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, from 6-8 p.m., in Senator Square at Carson High School, 1111 N. Saliman Road.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Sept. 18-24. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

On Sept. 21, Carson City Supervisors will discuss whether or not to suspend, cancel or revoke Remedy's bar business license after they failed to comply with city code by not having a liquor manager on staff.

Would you give an Arm or a leg to preserve history on the Haunted Comstock?

Sassabration, Carson City's only Pride event, kicked off Saturday morning with a parade from the Brewery Arts Center to Sassafras Electric Food Joint at 1500 Old Hot Springs Road.

Last year, the Director of the Nevada State Museum, Dr. Josh Bonde, his wife Becky Hall, Director of the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, and their two daughters Nola Belle and Kiera were involved in an accident. All were seriously injured in the accident and Nola Belle lost her life.

Sandie La Nae, a Carson City author who writes about Nevada topics, will be selling several of her 32 volumes at the Dayton Valley Days event.

UPDATE SEPT. 19: An update has been posted providing the suspect's side of the story, who claims that deputy's were untruthful in the report and that he was actually the one battered by the Public Works' employee, not the other way around. To read that story, click here.

UPDATE: The police report stated that the employee was removing "signs on city property on street poles" which Carson Now mistakenly inferred as being street signs. However, it has come to our attention that the signs being removed were actually property of the suspect. We will have more updates to follow.

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A 42-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of E. Winnie Lane and N. Roop St. Thursday morning for burglary of a motor vehicle after allegedly attacking a Public Work’s employee for removing street signs.

The story of John A. “Snowshoe” Thompson will be told through a Chautauqua performance by Steve Hale on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.

Sunset Fri Sept 15 Mound House

Catmandu is happy to announce an OPEN HOUSE on Saturday, September 23rd from Noon until 4 p.m. to celebrate the re-opening of the facility and show off all the improvements made over the past 3 months. The public is invited to stop by, have a cookie, and see the new and improved Catmandu.

Those who think teenagers are lazy have never met David Gutierrez-DeJesus. A conscientious student, enthusiastic musician and dedicated do-gooder, David is on the go from morning until night, doing his part to make life better for himself and those around him. For these reasons, and so many more, David is CHS’s Senior in the Spotlight this week.

Nine National Miss Curvy delegates from Guam, Washington State, Texas, California and Nevada, had a very busy weekend in Carson City! We were also joined by our 3 Curvy Ambassadors-Pacific, Guam, and North America.

The Carson City Host Lions Club is pleased to announce the Lions International Peace Poster Contest is now open for local entries.

The Peace Poster Contest is an international contest that encourages children, ages 11 to 13, to creatively express what peace means to them. The 2023-2024contest theme is “Dare to Dream.”

Join your fellow Area 11 Toastmasters for a social gathering.

Friday, September 22nd

5:30-7:30 pm

(Guests welcomed throughout the evening)

Appetizers & Beverages available

Adam's Hub
111 W. Proctor Street
Carson City, NV

RSVP by September 21st at 2:00 pm to:
Angie Rodriguez, DTM
Division E Director
Arod2760@gmail.com or text 775-338-6525

A 45-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of Woodside Drive for child neglect, a gross misdemeanor, after deputies found his 16-year-old mentally ill son sleeping in an abandoned trailer.

According to the arrest report, deputies responded to a property on Fairview Dr. just before 7:30 a.m. one report of an unwanted subject. The property owner had located a 16-year-old boy sleeping in an abandoned motorhome on the property.

As I sit down to write this, my heart aches with a profound sense of loss and sadness, but also with a heavy dose of resignation. After more than three decades of calling Carson City my home, my family and I have made the heart-wrenching decision to pack up and leave. It's a farewell drenched in sorrow for a place that has been the backdrop to our lives, now tarnished by a series of disappointments that have slowly chipped away at our hopes.

The speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Jeff Sutich, Executive Director of the Northern Nevada Development Authority. NNDA is the state-designated Regional Development Authority for Nevada's Sierra Region: Carson City as well as Storey, Lyon, Douglas, and Mineral counties.

Established in 1981, the Northern Nevada Development Authority is a nonprofit corporation that helps to grow and strengthen the region’s economic ecosystem, and facilitates business-to-business resources to support existing businesses.

UPDATE: The fire has been extinguished and the cause is under investigation.
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A large fire ripped through the Kit Kat Ranch brothel in Mound House on Thursday evening. According to Lyon County Dispatch, as of 7:30 p.m. the fire was active with crews working to extinguish the flames.

picture of front of airport

It is that time of year, Reno Air Race time. Each year dozens of aircraft come in from everywhere to park in Carson City and attend the air races in Reno. The front of the airport rarely has many aircraft but for this event the area becomes full. Mountain West typically has aircraft parked nearby but at air race time this parking is also full.

This Saturday's drum circle is on the west end of Mills Park in Carson City, near the tennis courts and Aquatic Center, by the brook at Oxoby Parking Loop. Everyone is welcome, accompanied children through Seniors, with any musical experience or none.

Light, color and water make for special images Thursday morning on the Carson River.

Carson City Moose Lodge #2709 and the Blue Bull will be featuring “Moose Dogs” Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 from noon to 3 p.m. This is a fundraising event to support Moose charities and local community projects.

Over the past three years we have hosted large effort clean-ups in the Sand Canyon area to address the active ongoing dumping that occurs in the canyon area.

This area sees large amounts of trash year after year. We are partnering with Muscle Powered, the Desert Pigs (Carson and Dayton chapter) this year as part of their Trash Mob to tackle Sand Canyon once again!

On Sept. 20 at 7:30pm, Valhalla Tahoe at the Tallac Historic Site, offers a Chautauqua presentation of Lake Tahoe’s eccentric, George Whittell and his wife Elia in, The Inadvertent Conservationist.

Carson City students and teachers have been igniting passion and creativity during National Arts in Education Week, September 11-17, with loud bursts of color, sounds and enthusiasm during instruction time as well as during lunch and before and after school.

Crews from the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies are working on a fire burning south of Markleeville in Alpine County, Calif., that started Tuesday.

Happy Thursday, Carson City! Let's take a look to see what the weekend has in store for us.

A 43-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance after engaging with a Carson City Sheriff's Office deputy about someone he said he knew was selling Fentanyl and then showing the deputy suspected drugs in his possession.

Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department will complete repair of damaged trails at Riverview Park, beginning Monday, Sept. 18 and ending Thursday, Sept. 21.

The section of trail along the river was damaged by the high sustained flows of the Carson River experienced this past winter and spring. To complete the trail repair effort, the following closures will be observed:

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