At approximately 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Communications Division received a 911 call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon and possible abduction at gunpoint occurring in the 8500 block of Santa Fe trail in Stagecoach.

Overnight lane closures will take place on southbound Interstate 580 in Carson City Monday, July 1 as the Nevada Department of Transportation installs an overhead traffic sign.

Bees, bats, and butterflies oh, my! All found at the Pollinator Parade in McFadden Plaza on Saturday. Carson City is an official Bee City USA town, which means the city has committed to sustain pollinators by providing them with healthy habitats. The city’s Bee committee also sponsors educational events for the public. Saturday's parade celebrated June as Pollinator Month.

August tours at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City are filling up for the summer, and tours are opening soon for the fall.

Classic car shows highlight summers for chrome buffs throughout northern Nevada. A new show has been added to the mix, arriving Saturday, June 29 at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.

Hello fellow anglers. Yes, I have been missing for a few weeks. Renee and I just returned from a trip up to Oregon. Now boy did we have perfect timing, as we arrived the salmon bite shut down on the Rogue River.

Ace Hardware is coming to Topsy Lane according to signage posted. The popular hardware store chain, which has locations in both Douglas County as well as Reno, will be taking over the vacant Pier One.

March 25, 1949 – June 25, 2024
Jeanne Stevens Denison, age 75, unexpectedly went to meet her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 25, 2024. Jeanne was born in Fallon, Nevada to Glen and Wilma Stevens. She grew up in Carson City and graduated from Carson High School in 1967. Like her father before her, she dedicated her professional career to the State of Nevada.

Last week at the Board of County Commissioners meeting the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) presented on the speed reduction project in the Mound House area of Lyon County. NDOT will reduce the speed limit to 35 MPH (Please see attached photographs of that presentation)

Inyo National Forest will be in Stage 1 Fire Restrictions starting Monday, July 1 to protect natural resources and provide for public safety.

The suspect in the shooting of two Silver Springs, NV residents on June 26, 2024 has been positively identified as 53 year old Silver Springs resident Stephen Thomas Shytle. At this time, Shytle’s whereabouts are unknown.

Our Pet of the Week is Rascal! A charming and fun-loving 9-year-old pup who defies his name “Rascal" with his gentle demeanor and playful spirit.

Kids & Horses is excited to welcome back a valley event for car enthusiasts and appreciators called Friendship Day. Friendship Day was a valley event that happened for years within the local car community. Unfortunately, when the original host moved, the group was left without a place to hold the gathering.

Carson City will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, July 2 to hear presentations from applicants for the Fiscal Year 2025, July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, Community Development Block Grant.

The Pony Express returned to the capital city Wednesday, making its annual re-ride across the West. 
This year, as an even-numbered year, the re-ride began in St. Joseph Missouri on June 17 and will continue east into California.

If you missed out on our free BMX week held a couple of Sundays ago, here is another opportunity for those individuals who want to give it a try.

You can obtain a 1-day promo (free) membership. Carson City BMX hosting the annual Race for Life.

This Sunday, bring your acoustic instruments for a “sit-around-the-tavern” jam session. Just like singing & playing around a camp fire. We even have the camp fire. Come check it out. Anyone can play & sing or not, and can join in at anytime.

Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies made four misdemeanor arrests since Monday.

Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is reminding residents that Prison Hill Off-Highway Vehicle Area and the trails and areas beyond the motorized trailhead/staging area located on Golden Eagle Lane will be closed during Red Flag Warning days.

Keep Memory Alive’s annual Summer Festival & Rodeo at Shakespeare Ranch, a private Lake Tahoe estate in Glenbrook, Nev., returns on Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30 for another weekend of rodeo excitement to raise funds in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases and recognize local philanthropist and entrepreneur Kern Schumacher with the Community Leadership Award.

Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU) has announced the recipientsof its first Live Greater Grant program. This year, $289,000 was awarded across 37 community organizations.

The Nevada Association of Employers is proud to announce Loretta Prentice, PHR, Human Resources Director of Cashell Enterprises, Inc., as the 2024 HR Professional of the Year. This award was presented June 21 at the Nevada Employers Conference.

The Carson City Planning Commission will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday, June 26 beginning at 5 p.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room of the Community Center, located at 851 E. William St.

The agenda includes renewal of a proposed multifamily project permit, a radio tower appeal, among other items.

Cruise down US Highway 395 with local author J. Butler Kyle. Imagine your journey begins with the rugged scenery of Reno on the north end of the eastern Sierra Nevada, over mountain passes such as Deadman Summit, through unique towns along the route like Lone Pine, and down amongst the barren beauty of the Mojave Desert, to its terminus in Adelanto at Interstate-15.