Recent international news stories showed shocking images of volunteers and nonprofits removing thousands of pounds of litter from one Lake Tahoe beach following the July 4th holiday.

The media coverage caused public outrage and drew widespread attention to the challenge of preventing litter at the iconic Sierra Nevada destination.

With so many events taking place over the last few weeks, and the launch of the Sheriff’s App the opportunity to share the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office response times did not present themselves. I am attaching the response times through the month of June. As you can see they remain low, and we continue to reduce response times in various areas of the County.

Ronnie Rector’s cheerful compositions tell a story and demonstrate her love of painting.

Rector’s show, "All Things Watercolor", will be in the Community Center’s Crowell Board Room, from July 10 through October 19, 2023. CCAI will host a reception for the artist on Tuesday, July 18, 5:00 – 6:30PM with an artist introduction at 5:30PM.

The Community Center is located at 851 E William Street, Carson City. The Crowell Board Room is open for all the city’s public meetings and upon request.

The next Carson City Board of Supervisor’s meeting will take place Thursday, July 20 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 the acquisition of water rights for Buzzy's Ranch, union bargaining results, sewer projects, liquor licenses and more.

As the new school year quickly approaches, Greater Nevada Credit Union is supporting Nevada students, teachers and schools by gathering the supplies needed for a successful academic year as part of its Greater School Supplies Drive.

Between Horses and Humans, a local non-profit, will hold a fundraiser on August 12, 2023 hosted by Untethered Space in Zephyr Cove.

ComputerCorps in Carson City will hold its final summer Tech Camp Charlie, happening July 24 to August 4. Registration is open.

A fire at the Carson City landfill continued to burn overnight, leaving smoke visible throughout the Carson City area and into Mound House on Thursday morning. The landfill is closed today as Carson City firefighters and the Department of Public Works continue to suppress it.

CARSON CITY — GreenUP!, an environmental education non-profit that helps local businesses implement sustainable best practices, announced a Green Dining District event emphasizing Plastic Free July. Plastic Free July is a global movement that gathers millions of people to help reduce the use of harmful single-use plastics in everyday life.

Build2Win is sponsoring a dialogue with Carson City Supervisor Lisa Schuette on growth management. Growth Management Committee was initiated in 1978 in response to growth that was pressuring the City’s ability to provide critical services and infrastructure. This Committee regulates residential growth by limiting the number of building permits for residential units each year in Carson City.

UPDATE 6:35PM: The fire at Old Hot Springs Road and Research Way is extinguished and crews are mopping up. Meanwhile, firefighters remain at the landfill fire, where brush crews continue to work on stopping it from spreading into brush.

The Nevada Department of Education and the Office of Governor Joe Lombardo announced Monday the release of the first round of $70 million in funding for the Early Childhood Innovative Literacy Program.

The funding was made possible by the passage of, Governor-sponsored, Assembly Bill 400 during the 2023 session of the Nevada Legislature. The funds can be used to support early childhood literacy and readiness programs for children under six years of age.

Beginning Monday, July 17, the Blackwell’s Pond Park Playground Project will begin, with completion anticipated in late October, according to Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space. The entire playground will be replaced.

Dayton Urgent Care is having its annual student backpack and school supply drive. This year organizers are also collecting hygiene items as well and have announced donations can also be taken to Carson Urgent Care in Carson City.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Wednesday morning to a vehicle crash involving a bicyclist at the intersection of Long and Carson streets.

In our community we believe that children deserve to grow up in safe and loving homes. At times, children may witness severe domestic violence between their parents, are afraid for their safety when their parents are under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or have parents struggling to remain stable due to severe mental health issues. These children are growing up in unstable situations and feel alone and scared.

With record high temperatures exceeding 100 degrees and record warm lows projected this weekend throughout the Carson City, Reno and western Nevada region, the National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Watch from late Saturday morning through Monday night.

On June 20, 74-year-old Daniel Keith O’Brien of Carson City was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison following an arrest alleging multiple child sex offenses.

Michael Reitman passed after a battle with cancer October of 2022 and in lieu of a Celebration of Life, requested this wonderful event be thrown for his children. The First Annual Mike Reitman Fundraiser will be held this Saturday, July 15th at Lampe Park.

Please sign up your teams and come enjoy food, rinks, and DJ Rickay Rick! We will also be raffling or silent auctioning items:

2-Glove Relace
Gift baskets Summer fun theme
New bat
New bat bag
4 $25 gift cards
Corn Hole bags
Booze Basket #1
Gift basket
$100 in gift cards
2 hiarcuts from Les Redick and Gil
2 gift baskets

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — JuliAnn Stitick, founder of Cast Iron Babe and Cast Iron Kiddos, says she is devoted to building cast iron-strong families through cooking and life skills activity kits and classes. She begins with a cast iron cooking class for kids ages 5-10 on Thursday, July 13, from 12:30 – 2 p.m. at the Carson Valley Community Food Closet, 1251 Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville. To register, call JuliAnn Stitick at (775) 400-1086.

Based on research conducted at UC Davis and Stanford Universities, these workshops resulted in significant improvement in mood, increased positive perception of social support, and greater awareness and appreciation of the relationship between the person with memory loss and their care partner.

What is identified as “The Orthodox Church” today is the original Christian Church established by Jesus Christ, handed down to His Twelve Apostles, and described in the pages of the New Testament. It was one Church until a split separated Orthodox East from Latin West in the eleventh century but the Orthodox Faith and practice has continued unaltered for two thousand years.

Dear Parents: We want to invite your kids to join us for an exciting program! Please mark these dates on your calendar so your children won't miss our Jasper Canyon Vacation Bible School.

Pure country, pure Nevada farmland. What first began as a Yerington-area fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club has grown into one of the biggest country music festivals in the West.