Sharing Nevada’s unique and exciting history with visitors from across Nevada and from around the world has been part of the commitment that the Friends of the Nevada State Museum made decades ago.

Thank you, NV Energy workers. You guys are amazing and have done a wonderful job, by working day and night for 3 days and got only 6 and a half hours' sleep. Hey, buddy in the picture, so nice to have a short but nice chat with you. You guys rock!

The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will be held on Thursday, Jan. 5 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room of the Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street.

Items up for discussion include a new townhome development, a dog policy, committee appointments and more.

Carson City Public Works' crews have been out working since the weekend, with 12 snow plows, plus additional trucks with attached plows, 24 hours a day, plowing our streets.

Power outages into the fourth day are continuing throughout Northern Nevada, with NV Energy fleet crews tackling lines, poles and transformers that are spread over multiple counties affecting thousands of customers.

On Tuesday morning, 7,588 Northern Nevada customers were without power, according to the company. Of those, 1,127 were in Carson City, 638 in Douglas County, 998 in Lyon County and 4,460 in Washoe County. Power restoration time estimates have continue to run through Tuesday night in some areas.

Newly elected Storey County Sheriff Mike Cullen said his goals as he is sworn in this week will be to reduce traffic crashes and cut down on speeding drivers on the county’s roadways and reduce crime through increased vigilance.

Carson City will open a warming shelter Monday at the Carson City Multi-Purpose Athletic Center at 1860 Russell Way, Carson City and remain open to residents until 8 p.m. this evening.

Beginning Jan. 1, a new Nevada law will decriminalize several minor traffic offenses, including driving with broken tail lights and carrying people in the bed of a truck, eliminating the possibility of jail time for such violations and for those unable to pay their traffic fines.

Thousands of NV Energy customers in Carson City and surrounding counties remained without power Monday and may remain without power until Tuesday evening following an atmospheric river storm that dumped heavy snow Saturday, snapping trees and power lines across the region.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Jan. 2-8, 2023. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Carson River overflows its banks Sunday.

Dust your boots off and join The Nashville Social Club every first Wednesday, beginning January 4th, for the new “Wednesday Honkytonk!” line and country dancing!

A moment frozen in time, Carson City, during the New Year's Eve winter storm.

Carson City Fire Department, sheriff's deputies and Nevada State Police were called early Saturday evening to a vehicle crash on Highway 50 East and Flint Road near the V&T Bridge.

On January 11th, Xquisite is bringing community leaders together to share a message of unity, strategy, and empowerment.

It is important to us that Nevada leads the way in the fight against Human Trafficking, to be known for this, instead of being known as the only state in the union where prostitution is still legal, creating a breeding ground for this crime.

On Saturday, Dec. 31 at around 7:30 a.m. the General Investigators Office of Nevada Department of Corrections, the Special Enforcement Team of the Carson City Sheriff's Office, and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit conducted a joint operation to investigate Furnishing a Controlled Substance to a State Prisoner.

UPDATE 3PM: NV Energy reports thousands without power Saturday from outages reaching from Washoe County, Carson City to Douglas County and into Lyon and Storey counties. See the latest here.

UPDATE 12:22PM: A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the greater Reno area, Carson City and Carson Valley. See updated story here.
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UPDATE 10:19AM: Temperature changes can happen quickly and that's what happened this morning as rain has turned to snow and will likely continue as snow through the day, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

The Flood Advisory and the Winter Weather Advisory are being reviewed and may change soon, due to the changes that happened before 10 a.m. where rain turned to snow, albeit wet, heavy flakes, throughout the lower valleys, including Carson City and Carson Valley in Douglas County.

Happy New Year Carson City! Christmas may be over but Miss Kitty is still waiting for her Christmas miracle. This sweet old gal has suffered a lot of neglect and would like to live out her days in a home where she will be loved and cared for.

A double rainbow was spotted for much of Friday morning across the region, which hung around for quite some time. Take a look at the photos Carson Now readers captured from all around the capital city.
Scroll and click on each photo to enlarge.

The Douglas County Office of Elections is hosting an official swearing-in ceremony on January 3, 2023, in Gardnerville from 3 - 5 p.m. The ceremony is open to the public and offers the community an opportunity to congratulate local officials as they prepare to take office.

Carson City deputies arrested a 36-year-old Silver Springs man for allegedly groping a security guard and disturbing the peace.

Early Friday morning, deputies were dispatched to a hotel-casino around 2 a.m. on report of an intoxicated man causing a disturbance.

A significant storm will impact western Nevada Friday through Sunday morning with gusty winds and rain, according to the National Weather Service. The weather pattern will remain active through the first week of 2023 with cold storms an potential for snow accumulations on valley floors.

Average rents in Nevada started to tick downward in the last half of the calendar year, dropping more than in any state in the country. But for many renters who struggled with fast and sharp rate increases over the last few years, it doesn’t feel like relief.