The Lyon County Board of Commissioners has scheduled a workshop Thursday to discuss the request for proposal process, the solid waste franchise, to receive community input, and to provide staff with direction to develop a Request for Proposals for a solid waste franchise which will include the services to be provided, mandated, or eliminated as part of the franchise.

After exhausting all leads the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance to identify individuals involved in tool thefts in the Stateline casino area.

The Board of Directors of the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society has announced dates in September and October for the remainder of the 2022 tour season of the historic Nevada State Prison.

Mark your calendar for the 2nd annual "Watercolor Carson City 2022", a fundraiser for CIRCLES Initiative and a WNC scholarship.

Activities include a juried watercolor art competition, “Plein Air” painting in Carson City on Saturday, Sept 17, a free watercolor demonstration at the BAC on Saturday afternoon, and the awards gala at the Governor’s Mansion on Sunday, Sept. 18, 1-4 pm.

In partnership with Sierra Nevada Realtors, the 12th annual HopeFest returned on August 5 as Cornhole’s Best for HopeFest, a rockin’ cornhole tournament. More than 300 people from the Carson City area to join their community in some healthy competition, all for a good cause.

A 34-year-old man was arrested Monday for suspicion of misdemeanor embezzlement, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office report.

NV Energy is replacing power lines across the Sierra. These pictures were captured Wednesday on Timberline Drive in Carson City, just west of Western Nevada College, but there is another effort going on to the south where Highway 50 goes over Spooner Summit.

Wine tasting and shopping, a great summer time event! Come join us at MidTown Marketplace on Friday, August 19 from 5pm-7pm for our monthly Sip N Shop event. Wine tasting is free, location is 104 Corbett St in Carson City.

UPDATE: The suspect, Jason Day, 48, was arrested for grand theft auto and two counts each of kidnapping and child endangerment. According to KOLO, when Day’s vehicle was stopped he told officers he left the children in the back at the nearby Holiday Inn Express.

Nevada State Police has identified a 51-year-old Fernley man who died in a crash west of Lovelock that involved a tractor-trailer that became engulfed in fire.

After five years of providing nights free from the dangers of hypothermia and exposure for those experiencing homelessness, Carson City’s Night Off The Streets (NOTS), has been granted non-profit status.

Now is the time to get your tickets for The Greenhouse Projects Grateful Harvest Dinner, taking place Monday, Sept. 19 at Carson City’s newest hot spot, Nashville Social Club. This event promises to be an unforgettable evening of Food and Music with Soul and Joyful Giving with a Goal, as all proceeds go to continuing TGP’s work of agricultural education and providing fresh produce to our community’s under served.

ALPINE COUNTY — It has been nearly two weeks since heavy rain fell over the Tamarack burn scar, causing a mountain of mud and debris to move through the town of Markleeville and creating a large hole under SR-89, closing the main artery for vehicle travel.

UPDATE 7:15PM: Truckee Meadows Fire reports at 7:09 p.m. forward progress stopped on #JoyLakeFire. Fire crews are making good progress on fire. One residential structure is lost on Snow Flower Drive that crews continue to work along with air attack.
Fire crews will remain in Galena throughout the evening, mopping up and securing fire perimeter. No injuries reported and the cause under investigation.
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Truckee Meadows Fire reports via Twitter Sunday evening that a brush fire, dubbed the Joy Lake Fire, is spreading and has burned 3 acres with multiple structures threatened in the southern portion of Galena Forest.

After a postponement last month, NAMI Western Nevada's Open House and Art Show is back on this week, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at its Carson City office.

Beginning Sept. 1, home delivered meal service is expanding into the Smith Valley and Wellington area through the Yerington Senior Center by Lyon County Human Services.

Nevada has made a name for itself for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries and eclectic vehicle components — and now — add renewable diesel to the top of that list. One of only a handful of advanced renewable fuel plants built in the U.S. is launching operations at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center in Storey County, Nev.

Classes begin for K-12 students in the Carson City School District on Monday, August 15. The first day of school will be a full school day with lunch and regular bus service. Pre-K classes resume on Monday, August 22, 2022.

This lucky boy was at Piper’s Opera House last night, lucky to be alive and onstage to present, ‘An Evening with Mark Twain,’ where, as a benefit for the Comstock Foundation, I was able to close a long loop with a flood of memories.

One-way traffic and travel delays will be in place Aug. 15-19 on State Route 338 in Lyon County as the Nevada Department of Transportation resurfaces the highway.

Get an inside look at recent history of Carson City politics and as well as the legal system at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting.

Longtime Carson City attorney and politician Ernie Adler will be the guest speaker and will share his unique insight about his 40 years in the public eye. The meeting takes place Tuesday, Aug. 16 at noon in the Brewery Arts Center’s Grand Ballroom. The public is invited to attend.

During the pandemic, while increases in COVID cases were often and sometimes substantial, there was a quiet decrease in something that could be considered just as harmful: sexually transmitted infections.

However, as the community has begun increasing social interactions again, so too have those STIs.

You're Invited!

A community workout and Open House to showcase our newly expanded training facility.

We have opened the 2022-2023 youth bowling sign-ups for all three locations: Carson Lanes Family Fun Center, Gold Dust West and Wink's Silver Strikes. Bowling will start on September 10 at all three houses.

Bowling is open to all abilities and ages 3-18* (*age as of August 1)
Bring the kids out to learn the fundamentals of bowling while having fun and earning college scholarships!