Nevada Health Centers' Mammovan returns to Northern Nevada this month with multiple stops including Carson City, Virginia City and Silver Springs.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of August 8-14, 2022. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Travel delays are continuing through November on Interstate 80 (I-80) in Truckee for roadway construction activities.

Motorists are advised to expect typical delays of 15 to 20 minutes when traveling through the work zones on weekdays. However, delays of 25 to 30 minutes are common on Thursday afternoons due to increased weekend travel levels.

Did you enjoy the lightshow of the thunderstorms the past few days?

While the thunder itself may have moved past, we could potentially still see some rain in the next coming days.

Happy Saturday, Carson City! I know what would make this gloomy day seem brighter: a new best friend!

Meet Hemi. This lovable 4-year-old girl is available for adoption at Nevada Humane Society’s Carson City Shelter.

The extraordinary Albert Einstein said, "Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."

Starting this school year, Eagle Valley Middle School students will have new classrooms and education spaces to help shape their young minds.

Dayton, Nevada - This summer a group of Dayton adults have been learning to play a traditional Andean instrument, the zampoña flute, with Nevada Arts Council Teaching Artists Carlos Ocampo and Julie Lozada Ocampo of Kantu Inka.

They will demonstrate what they’ve learned on their Andean pan flutes, joining Julie and Carlos for a performance at the Dayton Senior Center on Friday, August 12 at 6pm.

Ormsby Republican Womens Club meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Craft 55 Banquet Room @ Casino Fandango
5:30pm Social
6:00-7:00pm Meeting

Cost: $15/pp Cash or Check (made payable to ORW)
Includes Appetizers, Tea, Coffee
No Host Food/Cocktails available

RSVP By Monday, August 15th
Email: OrmsbyRepublicanWomensClub@gmail.com

Happy Friday Carson City! Let's take a look at what is happening throughout the region this weekend!

A Carson Now reader snapped these wonderful photos of rainbows at sunset in Dayton.

Do you have photos or stories you’d like to share with the community? Click here for a chance to be featured!

Jewels is a sweet, loving, beautiful girl who has been through the flames, risen from the ashes and is hoping for a loving forever home for the rest of her life. A long haired girl who loves to be brushed, she is a strong and healthy 12 years young. Since many cats live to be 20 or older, Jewels likely has some good years left to share with the right loving human companion.

White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy will give the keynote address at the 2022 Lake Tahoe Summit on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, hosted by U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada.

Monday, August 8 host Brother Dan Palmer will be joined by Jimmy Rossi at Bank Saloon in Carson City. The two will chat about all of the projects and appearances in the singer/multi-instrumentalist’s near future, while they play a wide ranging set of music.

UPDATE 3:56PM: The Flash Flood Warning issued by the National Weather Service has been extended to 5:45 p.m.
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The National Weather Service in Reno issued a Flash Flood Warning Thursday afternoon for the Tamarack burn scar areas in Douglas County in Nevada and Alpine and Northern Mono County in California.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Thursday it has signed a cooperative agreement with Nevada under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program. Through LFPA, the Nevada Department of Agriculture seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.

The Carson City chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby celebrates the news that Sen. Joe Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have reached an agreement on major climate and energy policies that will move forward in the 2022 budget reconciliation bill.

Joe Weaver, State Director, Nevada Republican National Committee will be the guest speaker at the Carson City Republican meeting on Aug. 16. Mr. Weaver will discuss the voter turnout statistics for the recent Nevada Primary Election and Plans Moving into November.

The CCRW meetings are held at Casino Fandango Ballroom, in Carson City. Doors open at 11 a.m. and the meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. $25/Members $30/Guests. Reservations are required before Aug. 13. Please text of telephone Lori Bagwell 775-220-3646.

Does your child love comic books? Have they expressed an interest in not only reading them but creating them? If the answer is yes, there's a 3-day class happening August 8-10 at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City that is designed just for that.

Each Monday evening this summer, Partnership Carson City is bringing its popular yoga class outdoors for free. The Wellness Yoga classes take place at John Mankins Park, located at 3051 Oak Ridge Dr., Carson City starting at 5:30 p.m. The next class is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 8.

At precisely 5:12 am on Wednesday, April 18,1906, the world literally fell away from Eliza Eppinger’s feet. What is now referred to as the “Great Earthquake and Fire of San Francisco” would prove to be salvation for Eliza and her husband Jacob. However, Eliza’s story begins not in the city that the Comstock built, but as a woman from Pennsylvania, who through happenstance owned a hotel in Silver Mountain City, Alpine County, CA, often referred to as “Comstock South."

Douglas County is alerting residents ahead of the potential for flash flooding, especially in recent wildfire burn areas from the Tamarack Fire along US-395 and CA-89.

UPDATE 5PM: From the National Weather Service, a flash flood emergency is in effect for the Tamarack burn scar area including the Markleeville area. Roads in and out of Markleeville are closed due to slides.
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UPDATE: The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Douglas County in Nevada, Alpine County and Northern Mono County in California until 5 p.m.

At 3:03 p.m. Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. The expected rainfall rate is 0.25 inches in 15 minutes.

Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol Division is looking for witnesses to a fatal crash that happened Tuesday, August 2 involving a semi on Interstate 80, mile marker 106 in the Lovelock area.

Sheriff's Night Out is happening tonight, Tuesday, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Mills Park in Carson City. This family community event hosted by the Carson City Sheriff's Office is designed to bring awareness to anti-crime programs, local community resources and more.

Free hot dogs and drinks are being provided by the Carson City Elks Lodge. There's plenty of music, games, prizes for the kids as well as fire trucks and law enforcement vehicles on display.