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A Dayton woman missing since last week was found deceased Sunday in a remote area of Douglas County, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office.

Lyon County Sheriff's Office deputies seized more than $77,000 worth of methamphetamine and made four arrests following a traffic stop Sunday in Silver Springs.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a press conference today in Carson City regarding the downed Care Flight airplane that crashed in Stagecoach on Friday night.

During the conference, it was confirmed that the plane's wing had broken off mid-flight only about 14 minutes after it had taken off.

Photo Exhibit, Gardnerville, Garden, Sunflowers, Nature Photography, Art Show

I have challenges. Everyone does. Over the years, I’ve developed a tool kit that helps me get through times that feel overwhelming. It’s well stocked. There are tools that worked last year that don’t this; that helped last month that don’t ease today’s burdens.

UPDATE 7:30PM: Both directions of I-580 in Washoe Valley are now open, with chains required and vehicles being escorted by pilot car, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.
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UPDATE: Both directions of I-580 in Washoe Valley are closed Sunday afternoon due to blowing snow, low visibility and multiple vehicle spin-outs and a pileup, according to Nevada State Police and the Nevada Department of Transportation.

The Soroptimist International of Carson City ceremony held Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Red’s Old 395 Grill was inspiring. It is such a thrill to honor women and girls seeking to enhance their career potential. Soroptimist strongly believes that education is a pathway to economically empower women and girls. It is the tool to tackle multiple barriers. When women learn, families live healthier lives.

This month’s Pioneer Academy’s senior spotlight is on Madelyn Peachay. She is one of Pioneer Academy’s high achieving students, that found success despite many challenges, including the pandemic which hit during her 9th grade year.

Because of adverse weather conditions, Western Nevada College has rescheduled the final celebration of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month until Monday, March 6.

UPDATE: The Rotary Club of Carson City is canceling Tuesday's meeting due to the incoming storm. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ronni Hannaman’s presentation will be rescheduled for another date.
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Carson City’s business climate is the topic at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. Carson City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ronni Hannaman will be the featured. The public is invited to attend the luncheon meeting takes place at noon in the Brewery Arts Center’s Grand Ballroom.

Another winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, wind and cold temperatures to the Carson City area and surrounding counties through Wednesday with several inches of snow expected for the lower valleys and snow measured in feet in the higher elevations above Lake Tahoe.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Feb. 27 to March 5. Weather permitting, closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

UPDATE 8:30 p.m. Saturday: The GoFundMe of Bear and Terri Rand has been added.

Five people were killed in Stagecoach Friday night after a Care Flight plane went down on its way to Salt Lake City.

The passengers included the pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient and the patient's wife.

Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is joining forces with Sierra Nevada Cornhole to host the inaugural St. Patrick’s Day Cornhole Tournament.

The event takes place Sat., March 18 at the Carson City Mac, with registration from 12 to 1:30 p.m., and bags will fly at 2 p.m.

An audio file of the air traffic surrounding the Care Flight plane crash was published on Youtube by FSX Aviation, which seems to indicate there was some difficulty in navigating the taxiway, presumably due to the severe snowstorm that crossed the sierra throughout Friday, prior to the plane taking off.

Air Traffic Control (ATC) also indicated during radio traffic that there had been reports of turbulent weather.

Tracking, which can be seen in the video and in the photo above, shows that the plane began losing altitude, down 5,500 feet in 29 seconds.

As their class project, the 2023 class of the Carson City Chamber Leadership Institute will be refurbishing the Veterans Resource Center at the Western Nevada College.

UPDATE: Due to severe weather conditions, this service interruption will not take place on Sunday, February 26, 2023. We anticipate rescheduling for mid-March, depending on the weather.

On Friday, March 3 beginning at 8:15 a.m., the Carson City Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission will be holding a joint meeting at Western Nevada College in the Nugget Hall.

Meeting topics include growth management, language updates, zoning, and more during this joint work session.

Warm your heart, your lap and your home with this sweet mother-daughter pair, Mona and Lucy.

On Friday, a Care Flight plane crashed outside Stagecoach. Care Flight provided the following update:

Care Flight, a service of REMSA Health, headquartered in Reno, Nevada and Guardian Flight, headquartered in Utah, can confirm that a PC 12 fixed wing aircraft, tail number N273SM, went off radar Friday, Feb. 24, at approximately 9:45 p.m., near Stagecoach, Nevada.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Carson City Superintendent of Schools Andrew Feuling. Having served as the district's chief financial officer for eight years prior to taking over the top job, he has a detailed understanding of where the available revenue covers the cost of state mandates and where it doesn't. Exactly where the money and the mandates need to be brought into harmony will be addressed in Part Two of the Superintendent's PowerPoint presentation.

UPDATE 8 a.m.: A statement from Care Flight can be found here.

UPDATE 12:30 a.m.: The aircraft has been confirmed as a plane, and all passengers within it are deceased. The cause of the crash is still unknown.

UPDATE 12:11 a.m.: All fire personnel are leaving the scene.

UPDATE 11:34 p.m.: The area is being cordoned off until the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) can investigate. An ambulance was requested from Carson City, but there is no update on the crew as of yet.

UPDATE 11:15 p.m.: The downed aircraft has been located off of Iron Mountain and Shawnee.

UPDATE: 11:13 p.m.: Debris from the crash have been located on a property off of Iron Mountain near Stagecoach. Responders are are actively searching for debris from the flight. If you locate any debris, please do not handle it and call 911 to report its location.

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Multiple agencies are responding to what appears to be a crash of a Care Flight aircraft in Stagecoach, according to Lyon County dispatch.

A Care Flight liaison is on route from Carson City to the scene of the crash.

Around 6:15 p.m. on Friday evening a crash with injury was reported in the area of Foothill Road and Kingsbury.

Further details of the crash are not available, but delays are possible.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a runaway juvenile.

We are attempting to locate Zoey Fagan, a 14-year-old white female juvenile.

Local youth and adults interested in participating in an exciting new writing contest as part of the first annual Mark Twain Days Festival are invited to enter their work. Samuel Clemens first used his famous pen name “Mark Twain” in Carson City in 1863.

This was a busy week at the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. I would like to take this time to inform the community of several events that took place throughout the week.

Nevada Artist Association is proud to present "The Art of Brusho Pouring" a free watercolor demo by renowned artist Colleen Reynolds, on March 18,2023 at 10:30 am in the Art Gallery at 449 W.King Street, Carson City.

Colleen Reynolds will demonstrate her approach to pouring watercolor using a crystallized watercolor medium called Brusho. Interested attendees may also have the opportunity to “play” with the Brusho medium after the demo!
Ages: 13 years and older are welcome.

Questions? Call 775-882-6411 or email naacarsoncity@gmail.com

Due to the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) and the Department of Public Safety (DPS) reporting severe weather and potentially dangerous road conditions, Governor Joe Lombardo has ordered an early closing for all state government offices in Carson City, Douglas County, Esmeralda County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Nye County, Storey County, and Washoe County today.

Just before 1 p.m. on Friday a crash was reported on N. Carson Street near Wendy's.

Injuries are unknown, but traffic is blocked.

Motorists should seek alternate routes or use caution in the area.

James Rodney Stewart, 78, passed away January 28 after a brief illness. Born to Charles and Shirley Stewart on January 19, 1945 in Annandale, Virginia, the sixth child of nine offspring. He grew up an independent wandering spirit, often leaving school and family to find adventures and employment. He once worked as a jockey. Jim volunteered to serve as an Army soldier in Vietnam and was wounded after one and a half tours. After recovering in Hawaii he was stationed in Germany where he married and had three children; Clifford, Jimmy, and Rita. Jimmy preceded him in death in 1992.

The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is still asking for assistance in locating Richard Shifflet. He was last seen on October 3, 2022 when he left his residence in Dayton, for a walk.

Lyon County Search and Rescue had searched the area where Richard was last seen and areas where he was reported to frequent.

Due to travel impacts from regional winter storms, Douglas County Manager Patrick Cates has declared that all nonessential County offices are to close at noon today (Friday, February 24, 2023).

Douglas County courts will remain open for normal business hours.

Due to the weather and out of an abundance of caution for our Meals on Wheels drivers, staff, volunteers and seniors in the community, the Senior Center will be closed and Meals on Wheels will not be delivering today.

At 9:15 a.m., a crash was reported in the northbound lanes of I-580 and College.

Injuries are unknown.

Just before 9 a.m., a crash was reported at the intersection of Highway 50 and Spooner in Carson City.

It is not known if the crash is currently blocking traffic; however, Nevada State Police list the incident has having possible delays.

Here we go again, Carson City. Mother Nature is continuing to dump all the precipitation she has held back the last five years, and we just have to keep gritting our teeth and repeating “We need the water, we need the water.”

UPDATE FEB. 24: Deon Kincade was reported missing on 02/22/2023. She was last seen on 02/20/2023 at approximately 1220 pm and left her Dayton residence to run errands.

At present we have a witness that positively identified her in the area of Artesia Road in the Smith Valley area.

UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: WNC has also chosen to operate remotely Friday due to the weather. The campus, including the Child Development Center, will be closed.

UPDATE 9:28 a.m.: UNR has suspended nonessential operations on Fri., Feb. 24. All classes are canceled. See UNR email for more information.

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Due to weather conditions, Western Nevada College will begin operations at 10 a.m. today, Friday. The late start includes all three campuses and the Child Development Center.

Wild mustangs at Washoe Lake.

MINDEN — With a new series of winter weather in the forecast, Douglas County urges residents to prepare in advance. According to the US National Weather Service in Reno, there will be a “significant winter storm Friday into Saturday, followed by a brief break before another major winter storm midday Sunday through Tuesday night.”

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing adult. The investigation division of CCSO is attempting to locate Marc Cole, a 50-year-old white male adult.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a runaway juvenile.

Kendall Robertson, a 15-year-old black female juvenile was last seen at her residence in west Carson City on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.

Recent Douglas County homeowner radon test results show 21 percent of the homes tested during that past few months have elevated levels of cancer causing radon gas. In fact, some test results show alarming numbers in the 60’s, which is 1,500 percent above the EPA’s action level of 4 PicoCuries per liter of air.

Nevada Artists Association is proud to present "The Art of Pouring Brusho" a free watercolor demo by renowned artist Colleen Reynolds.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles will be unable to issue driver licenses or learner permits on Saturday, Feb. 25, due to a planned Verizon network outage that will impact the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s Problem Driver Pointer System. This outage will affect all Nevada DMV offices regardless of location.

CARSON CITY — Western Nevada College, in collaboration with Redwood Materials, will develop and pilot a training program for new hires assigned to battery disassembly. The trainings will be offered on the Redwood Materials campus utilizing WNC’s Mobile Manufacturing Lab.

CARSON CITY — The Carson High Ski Team capped off its season by sending four boys and two girls to the state championship races at Kirkwood this past weekend including Samuel Barker (sophomore), Sierra Frame (junior), Sean Harrington (freshman), Juri Rother (junior), Madison Lind Smith (junior) and Mark Walther (freshman).

In a letter obtained by The Nevada Independent, Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office said it does not support two bills proposed by the Patient Protection Commission and is evaluating a third piece of legislation proposed by the commission, which was created under the Sisolak administration.

Kyle Allen, a freshman at Carson High School won the Lions Clubs District 46-Nevada Zone 1-C Feb. 19 competition on held at the Ormsby Room in the Sheriff’s Office in Carson City.

Join us as we celebrate our grand opening with a ribbon cutting and open house! Hosted at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City, Thursday, March 2 from 4pm to 7pm come see and taste all of charcuterie board offerings and creations.

MINDEN — ABS Aviation, the company responsible for managing the Minden-Tahoe Airport, intends to terminate its contract with Douglas County effective in May 2023. In response to the notice, The Douglas County Manager’s Office is working to ensure a smooth transition.

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