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This past weekend, Carson City was inundated with a hail and rain storm that caused flooding in several neighborhoods around town. Calls of flooded streets, storm drains backing up, and even three-foot-high geysers shooting out of manholes were coming in one right after another. Units from Douglas County were called to assist after Carson City units quickly became inundated with calls.

However, what was the most alarming for southwest residents, businesses and movie-goers, was the report of a significant mudslide at the Fandango Galaxy movie theater.

Jump Around Carson, and Carson City’s Transportation Division are proud to present our annual free senior bus pass signup event. Seniors, 60s years of age and older, can sign up to receive free bus passes for JAC Fixed Route Transit.

If you’re looking for a savvy senior pup, we highly suggest meeting Chevy. He is 10 years old and loves playing in the yard with dog staff. He has been described as a good guard dog and is fantastic at riding in a car. Chevy also knows sit, stay, and come in both Spanish and English!

Nevada remains harnessed to near-bottom rankings for child and family well-being in comparison to other states, according to a new analysis out Wednesday, with advocates for children fearing the state’s child care gaps will come to a peak and disrupt the workforce when federal aid linked to the pandemic runs out.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies responded early Wednesday evening to a bicycle crash at North Stewart Street and Corbett Street.

On Tuesday, the Carson City School Board of Trustees held their monthly meeting, during which they discussed support programming for students, kindergarten readiness, critical staffing shortages and more.

Carson City Airport will host its annual Community Open House this Saturday, June 17, featuring plenty of awe-inspiring aircraft, aviation related activities for all-ages plus food, music and more.

Sierra Nevada Realtors released its May 2023 report Monday on existing home sales in Carson City, Washoe, Storey, Lyon, Douglas and Churchill counties. The report includes median sales price and the number of home sales in the region. SNR obtains its information from the Northern Nevada Regional Multiple Listing Service.

Carson City community radio KNVC 95.1 is a proud sponsor of the first show in the Levitt AMP Series. Las Cafeteras will be playing Saturday, June 17 at 7pm at the Brewery Arts Center 449 W. King St., at the corner of King and Minnesota streets.

Join us on a trip down a dark desert highway. Feel the cool wind in your hair. It’s time to check into the Hotel California. Atlantis Casino Resort Spa is excited to present Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles Saturday, July 22 at 8pm in the Grand Ballroom.

Atlantis Casino Resort Spa has partnered with AtmosAir Solutions, a leading indoor air purification company, to install a state-of-the-art system designed to provide cleaner air for all guests and team members.

I love to catch commencement speeches when I can, for oftentimes they hold as much value as the degrees themselves. I’ve delivered a few clunkers myself that were forgettable, and I regret getting those kids off on the wrong foot.

A 30-year-old woman was arrested early Wednesday morning for suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor domestic battery, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Prestige Care is pleased to recognize its skilled nursing centers for achieving a “Five-Star Overall Rating” by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Among them is Carson Tahoe Transitional Rehabilitation Center in Carson City.

The sunset Tuesday night from Roop Street in Carson City.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called early Tuesday evening for a 4-year-old boy who reportedly injured himself with fireworks causing serious injuries to the hands.

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada will hear a proposal June 20 by NV Energy to raise electric rates for Northern Nevada customers.

UPDATE: Carson City’s Computer Corps Technology Learning Center is hosting opportunity workshops this summer for volunteers at their location, 4630 US Highway 50 E.

Individuals anywhere from 9 to 90 are invited to attend this program, where they’ll be able to learn about 26 different opportunities for gaining life skills and helping others.

All volunteers will earn a computer after 48 hours of volunteering, and snacks and refreshments will be served. Free lunch Monday through Saturday at noon.

As Lake Tahoe continues to fill to its brim from the melt-off of a record snowpack, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is reminding boaters about on-the-water safety and aquatic invasive species boat inspections.

The agency is highlighting native species protection programs and legal and safety requirements below ahead of boating season to improve safety and protect Lake Tahoe’s environment and native ecosystem.

Shoe Tree Brewing, Carson City's renowned craft brewery known for its exceptional beers, is celebrating its 6th anniversary this year. There will be live music at 1 p.m. at their Carson City location this Saturday, June 17.

The brewery has not only achieved remarkable success but has also garnered numerous prestigious awards. In addition, Shoe Tree Brewing expanded its operations to Minden in 2021.

A free stargazing event will be held at the Silver-Stage Library in Silver Springs on Friday June 16 at 9pm. This program is led by members of the Western Nevada Astronomical Society.

The Friends in Service Helping, FISH Student Housing project taking shape in downtown Carson City is moving along on schedule. As of June 2023, the exterior of the two apartment buildings is 95 percent completed with side paneling, roofing, balconies, window installations, paint, and planted trees.

The annual Father’s Day Powwow is back this weekend at the Stewart Indian School Museum and Cultural Center in Carson City beginning Friday, June 16 through Sunday June 18.

Veterans may never want to leave the newly remodeled Veterans Resource Center at Western Nevada College.
Thanks to NV Energy Foundation’s generous donation to Western Nevada College Foundation and the fundraising efforts of Carson City Chamber’s 2023 Leadership Institute, the college’s Veterans Resource Center has transformed into a home-away-from home for the college’s veterans with many new amenities and technology.

Lisa Schuette will be hosting 'Coffee with Lisa' on Wednesday, June 14th at The Cracker Box from 7 to 8 am. Everyone is invited to discuss ideas, concerns, and issues related to Carson City.

On Sunday, June 18, 2023, Capitol City Gun Club in Carson City will host a Father’s Day Fun Shoot from 9:00am to 5:30pm. Target fees will be discounted all day. The Club is located at 3590 Arrowhead Drive. For more information call (775) 882-9904. Everyone is invited to come!

Celebrate the holiday in an elegant, one-of-a-kind majestic and historic setting with arguably the most spectacular view of the Virginia City fireworks show.

Get in the Act invites you to attend a free theater performance on Monday, June 26 at 11 am at Dayton Valley Library.

"Chapters of Our Life" is an original play based on senior citizens real life stories. The play focuses on four true stories that dramatize the different chapters of our life that inspire us to approach life with a joyful and light hearted attitude.

Two Nevada teens, Leah Card, 15, of Carson City and Joy Hodson, 15, of Las Vegas, were selected from nearly 800 total applicants, ages four to 17, to attend Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s 2023 Children’s Congress in Washington, D.C., July 9-11, 2023, representing Nevada.

The Carson Fly Fishing Club will conduct an Introductory Fly-Fishing Class July 21, 6:00 PM and July 22, all day starting at 10:30 AM at the Ormsby Room, Carson City Sheriff's Office, at 911 E. Musser St., Carson City.

The course will cover equipment, casting, entomology, flies, and knots & leaders. The casting portion will be late afternoon at Baily Pond on July 22. The purpose of the class is to learn the basic techniques of fly fishing. This will be the twenty-first year that the Carson Fly Fishing Club has presented this class free to the public.

A 43-year-old man was arrested early Monday morning following a vehicle pursuit involving the Carson City Sheriff's Office and Nevada State Police.

The Nevada Guard's annual Flag Day ceremony and 248th U.S. Army birthday is set for this Wednesday, June 14 beginning at 10 a.m. at the Nevada Veterans Memorial on the state capitol grounds, 101 N. Carson St. in Carson City.

Gaslight, a gripping story of betrayal, despair, deception and manipulation, returns to the Carson City the first weekend in July. Carson City theater group the Proscenium Players, Inc. first performed the play in February of this year.

Bill Wharton will be back at the NSC this Sunday for another toe-tapping, foot- stomping, great time. For a phenominal Father's Day celebration, head on over to Nashville Social Club in Carson City. Bill will forego his father's day pampering in order to entertain the masses. Good memories are just like real estate...it's all about location, location, location. Tell your friends, bring your dancing shoes too.

A 33-year-old Fallon man has been identified in a fatal motorcycle crash that happened earlier this month in Lyon County that involved a semi, according to the Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol Division.

The Nevada Day, Inc. Board of Directors launched a newly designed website enhancing and improving the parade application process and highlighting parade history.

Two were arrested Friday for alleged drug trafficking and possession of narcotics for sale, as well as lesser offenses, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Nevada State Police responded early Monday morning to a call regarding a crash on US395 and Cradlebaugh Bridge in Douglas County. No serious injuries were reported and the driver was arrested.

Lightning

A good light show in Carson City.

Lynn Neil White was born on a Monday. A day that is indicative of how he approached his life with resolute goals and fierce determination. A person of intent and accomplishment, one to finish whatever it was he started, he made his life full and complete.

My friend Pat is quite the perennial gardener. She has volunteered at the Wilbur D. May Arboretum for almost 20 years, gardening, planting and maintaining their gardens. Every year the Arboretum holds a plant sale. I have never attended, but I hear the plant selection is fantastic, offering many unique plants for our area.

A Chautauqua workshop and Chautauqua performance, by nationally acclaimed Chautauquan Mary Ann Jung, will be held Saturday, June 17 of the 2023 Dangberg Summer Festival.

Galaxy Theater security monitored Sunday night's weather for further damage due to Saturday's mud slide and rainstorm in Carson City. As of Sunday night, Galaxy Theatre remained closed.

Organizers of today's (Sunday) Carson City Symphony concert have decided to move the venue indoors at the Governor's Mansion' North Room (Larry Ruvo Stateroom).

Music Director David Bugli consulted several weather reporting systems (apps, websites, etc.), and has received several concerned calls and emails, and thus came to the conclusion that the chance of rain during the concert is more than likely.

Carson City Juvenile Services next monthly Parent Education Night is Wednesday, June 14, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Carson City Probation Office, 740 S. Saliman Road Carson City.

The Capital City Arts Initiative is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Rotary Club of Carson City members will learn about the organization and its impact on our community at the next club meeting, Tuesday June 13. The public is invited to attend the noon luncheon which takes place in the Brewery Arts Center’s Grand Ballroom.

Join us for a morning of land-healing, intensely gratifying, ecosystem restoration work.

Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are invited to this fun, hands-on, in-the-field event. By pitching in, you will help improve the ecosystem function and the wildlife habitats that surround Lake Tahoe.

Healthy forests and meadows act as natural pollution filters to Keep Tahoe Blue. Volunteers will be provided training, equipment, refreshments, giveaways and lunch. In partnership with the Washoe Environmental Protection Department.

Here are some Carson Now reader photos of Saturday's flood and hailstorm around Carson City.

The Comstock Foundation for History and Culture hosts Thursday Night Lecture Series at the historic Pipers Opera House in Virginia City, NV

On June 22, 2023, at 7:00 pm, Nevada Author Sandie La Nae will be presenting a PowerPoint lecture on her book, "Eilley Riches To Rags at Bowers Mansion."

The highlight of the Carson City Chamber Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 14 will be the presentation of special recognition awards to outstanding local businesses and people who promote growth and prosperity for the betterment of our community.

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