Over the course of just three hours on the morning of July 5, 402 volunteers cleaned up 8,559 pounds of litter left from Fourth of July celebrations at Lake Tahoe.

Cigarette butts, plastic food wrappers, beach toys and even barbecues were plucked from six popular beach sites, as well as nearby parking lots and streets, around the Tahoe Basin.

Happy Birthday from a grateful immigrant.

Did you know that America was the first Constitutional Democracy in the history of the world? Since then twenty five more nations have joined our form of government. If you would learn like I did use this free resource to honor your new home and come to realize like I did that America is a Blessed singular nation among all the nations of the Earth.

The Lyon County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in two alleged arson fires Tuesday, July 4 in Dayton.

A 39-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

UPDATE: Nevada State Police has identified the driver involved in the fatal crash late Tuesday in Reno. Ermun Ervin Peter was booked Wednesday morning for two counts DUI causing death, two counts failure to render aid, failure to maintain a traffic lane and failure to report.
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Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol division is investigating a crash where two vehicle passengers died late Tuesday on US-395 near the North McCarran exit in Reno. Impairment is suspected.

Carson City Supervisor Lisa Schuette will be hosting Coffee with Lisa on July 12th, 7 am at The Cracker Box.
All are welcome to discuss topics and ideas of interest.

On Tuesday, MAX Casino in Carson City held its inaugural Hot Dog Eating Championship in honor of the Fourth of July.

Six contestants were randomly selected to participate in the contest. Individuals had to sign up as MAX rewards members and were placed into a lottery.

Home gardeners can learn more about successful gardening in Nevada as part of the annual University of Nevada, Reno online Home Horticulture Certificate Program, with registrations open now through July 28.

Independence Day is Tuesday, so if you’re looking for some fun celebrations in Northern Nevada, look no more. Here's several options for family and friends to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Lake Tahoe boat inspections have been keeping invasive species off of boats entering the lake for years, and a new tool for keeping them off non-motorized watercraft is now available and on display in South Lake Tahoe.

The 3rd Annual Watercolor Carson City will take place August 3-6, 2023. This 4-day watercolor event includes the following:

Carson City Symphony Association’s “Strings in the Summer,” a program for string-instrument players of all ages and experience levels, will begin on Friday, July 14, 2023. Two sessions will be held on four consecutive Friday mornings at St. Paul's Lutheran Family Church, 1201 N. Saliman Road, just north of Carson High School. Registration and tuition are free, donations welcome.

What is identified as “The Orthodox Church” today is the original Christian Church established by Jesus Christ, handed down to His Twelve Apostles, and described in the pages of the New Testament. It was one Church until a split separated Orthodox East from Latin West in the eleventh century but the Orthodox Faith and practice has continued unaltered for two thousand years.

UPDATE: A 19-year-old man was arrested Friday for suspicion of possession of more than 1 ounce of marijuana, possession with intent to sell and lesser offenses, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Summertime is officially here, and there's no better way to kick it off than Independence Day. Retailers across the Silver State have stocked their shelves with all the cookout favorites and patriotic decorations in preparation for the summer's biggest party.

This Tuesday, July 4, Max Casino will host its inaugural Hot Dog Eating Championship. Six contestants will go bun-to-bun to see who can eat 10 hot dogs the fastest in 10-minutes. The winner will walk away with the Max Casino “Top Dog” Championship trophy and $500 cash. Second place will walk away with $100 cash.

Being a former USFS employee of the Carson Ranger District and the timber crew supervisor in the 1980s, im appalled at the lack of timber management going on in this district.

Not even salvage cutting is being done in the huge fire of two years ago that burned a good part of Alpine county and Markleeville areas. All that timber has been left to rot on the stem and will soon be falling creating fuels for the next burn down the road.

Douglas County Community Services Director Scott Morgan will serve as the Interim Assistant County Manager while the County launches a competitive recruitment for a permanent Assistant County Manager. Scott Morgan accepted this appointment on June 24, 2023.

Making Connections: Capitol FFA Thrives at Summer Leadership Camp, Connecting with FFA Chapters Statewide

A single fixed-wing aircraft went down in Lake Tahoe Saturday morning at Rubicon Bay.

The two people on board were rescued by citizen boaters in the area, with one of those from the plane having a serious head injury, according to El Dorado County Sheriff's Office (EDSO) Captain Michael Lensing.

More than 200 of the roughly 540 bills that Gov. Joe Lombardo signed into law this legislative session will partly or fully go into effect Saturday, including laws that enhance insurance coverage of gender-affirming care and expand in-state tuition eligibility for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

A Chautauqua presentation, “Lake Tahoe’s Unique and Unconventional George Whittell”. Local authors and historians David & Gayle Woodruff, assume the characters of George Whittell and his Parisian socialite wife Elia, one of the wealthiest couples on the West Coast during the 1920s-1960s.

Rebuilding Together Northern Nevada, Inc. (RTNNV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Meg Shea to succeed Kate Pace as its new Executive Director, effective July 1, 2023. Ms. Pace will be remaining with RTNNV as a Director of the corporation.