A 21-year-old Carson City woman who friends and family reported missing has returned home and is safe, according to her father. The woman was reported missing after she did not return from Lake Tahoe, her father said.

UPDATE: KOLO Channel 8 Reno reports that a fire Sunday night was intentionally set and a man is in custody. Investigators told the news station that the man was distraught and attempted to commit suicide when he lit the fire to the home. He escaped and no one else was injured.

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A Carson City home was destroyed by fire Sunday, the second such fire in a residential area in just over 24 hours.

Carson City, Douglas County and Lake Tahoe area firefighters were called to a brush fire Sunday afternoon up Highway 50, about halfway from Spooner Summit.

The fire was reported at around 4:35 p.m. on the valley side, with fire crews accessing from the eastbound lane and entering from the south side, according to dispatch. Initial reports are that it may be a burn pile that spread. However Carson Now reader Donna Angell says that's not the case.

More information as it becomes available.

A 60-second radio spot sung by the Sierra Nevada Children's Choir will be used as part of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad 2013 advertising campaign.

Fire destroyed at least four units at the Parkway Plaza apartment complex in Carson City early Saturday evening, fire officials confirmed.

No one was hurt in the blaze in which two families escaped injuries when the fire began to spread quickly, said Tom Tarulli, assistant fire chief for Carson City Fire Department. Two other families were not home at the time of the fire, which happened in building R, which occupies several two-level apartments.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

There are few teams that can compete with one that allows just a single run in three tournament games. Western Nevada College pitchers completed a dominant Region 18 baseball tournament performance with a 6-0 championship victory against College of Southern Nevada on Saturday in Henderson.

“Our guys were ready to play,” said WNC coach D.J. Whittemore. “They earned it. They grinded it out all year, and they kept believing in one another and themselves.’

Wildcats’ right-hander Philip Belding tossed a four-hit gem to provide WNC with its third straight complete-game pitching effort.

A Carson City Sheriff's sergeant recently resigned after allegations that he allegedly exposed himself to a female deputy between January and February of 2013.

Article originally appearing on Muscle Powered by Jeff Potter.
We have a full week of fun scheduled next week starting with the Bike to Work Week Corporate Challenge.

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This report is for the week ending May 10, 2013.

Inspections include restaurants and take-out restaurants; bar and lounge facilities; retail food producers; a mobile food truck and an inspection of a motel.
See the full report below.

March gaming revenues for Carson City area casinos fell by about 2 percent from 2012 figures, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reports.

Statewide, Nevada casinos fared better, with an increase of 7.04 percent over March 2012 "gaming win" revenues. For the fiscal year, gaming win is in the plus at 2.79 percent.

Carson City area casinos include those in Minden, Gardnerville and all other areas of Douglas County except South Shore Lake Tahoe. Carson City and Carson Valley casinos in March took in $8,283,845 compared to $8,454,507 in March 2012.

Cody Hamlin scattered seven hits and struck out 10 and Joseph Crunkilton homered as Western Nevada College rallied for a 3-1 victory over Salt Lake in the Region 18 baseball tournament on Thursday in Henderson.

The victory sends the Wildcats (39-18) into a winners’ bracket matchup with tournament host College of Southern Nevada, which routed College of Southern Idaho 10-1, at noon Friday.

The teams quickly settled into a fast-paced pitchers’ duel between Hamlin and Brady Corless.

Show n Shine Car Show to benefit our local Community Pregnancy Center.

$20 for vehicle entry and free to the general public. Food, raffles, trophies, music, bounce house and antique firetrucks on display. Everyone is welcome!

Produced by Wayne Wheeler, Freedom Church and the Freaks of Nature Car Club.

Call Wayne Wheeler for details.

The Carson High School "Cheer Me Up" cards are on sale now and feature 41 different Carson City businesses that are offering discounts on services, food and merchandise through April 2014.

The discounts are being offered at:

Wrapping up filming in Sacramento this week, the Mutual of Omaha Aha Moment Tour arrives in Carson City Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14. Locals will have an opportunity to land a national television commercial spot if they're able to articulate a moment in their life that was truly life-changing.

Traveling more than 7,300 miles, four crewmembers will tour in a custom built 34-foot Airstream trailer designed as a mobile video recording studio. Participants who share their personal aha moments may be featured in a new 30-second television ad, which will begin airing in spring 2014.

The American Association of University Women, Capital Branch is pleased to announce that Clarissa Muñoz, a student at Carson High, and Annie Sanchez, who attends Dayton High, are the 2013 recipients of AAUW scholarships. Clarissa will graduate in June and plans to attend UNR majoring in pharmaceuticals. Annie will graduate from Dayton High in May and will begin her college at WNC. From there she plans to earn a BS as a nutritionist and then attend medical school.

While the nation saw a decrease in foreclosure activity in April, Nevada’s distressed home filings increased, according to a report released by national real estate and foreclosure tracker RealtyTrac.

Nevada retains the nation’s highest foreclosure rate for a second month, according to the report.

Nevada lawmakers hosted a town hall style meeting to discuss how to use the Silver State's tax dollars in the best way possible.

Three major topics were discussed at the town hall forum, the PERS Preservation Act, Public Works and Opportunity Scholarships for low income students.

For most of their Region 18 softball tournament opener on Wednesday, the Western Nevada College Wildcats were poised to upset third-seeded College of Southern of Nevada.

But the Coyotes scored four runs in the fifth inning to snap a 1-1 tie en route to a 7-1 victory at tournament host College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls.

Freshman catcher Sydney Darby (Spanish Springs High) pulled WNC into a 1-1 tie with a school-record-setting home run in the top of the fourth inning. The solo blast was Darby’s 17th homer of the season, breaking a record she shared with Taleas Marble.