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Minden, NV – Douglas County 911 Emergency Services announces an urgent and competitive recruitment call for Emergency Communications Specialist positions. In this fast-paced, engaging, and rewarding role, the Emergency Communications Specialist is responsible for responding to emergency and non-emergency calls for law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services.

Carson City will host an informational meeting to update the community on 60 percent design concepts and receive input for the East William Complete Streets Project. The City held a preliminary design meeting in May 2022.

775 Offroad and Recovery, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting responsible offroading and providing recovery services to those in need, has made a significant impact on the offroad community in northern and central Nevada.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Are you thinking about volunteering to become a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)? Do you feel like you need a bit more information? Well, we are opening our doors to you!

Are you lonesome? Do you have a lonesome cat longing for a playmate? Mister may be your answer.

This super sweet, handsome one-year-old short haired tabby loves pets and attention from humans and seeks friendship with other cats.

Winterfest celebrations kicked off this afternoon with an assembly, and Carson High School was pleased to announce the student-elected candidates.

The week-long events beginning Monday, Jan. 30 through Saturday, Feb. 4, will feature day and evening activities the whole school may enjoy including dress-up days, movie nights, games, talent shows, karaoke, music and more.

Carson City Ward 4 Supervisor Lisa Schuette will begin holding a monthly Coffee with Lisa on Wednesday, February 8, from 7 to 8 am at the Cracker Box restaurant.

Everyone is welcome to come and discuss issues they care about.

Schuette will be holding the coffee gatherings on the second Wednesday of each month.

Happy Friday Carson City! I hope you're staying warm, and having fun! In need of some inspiration on how to spend your time this weekend? Look no further.

Let's take a look to see what's going on this weekend in Carson City and beyond.

A 44-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of Winnie and Russet after allegedly crashing his car while intoxicated and in possession of a gun.

According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to the area of Winnie and Russet on report of a drunk driver stuck on a snowbank.

The story of the Valentine’s Day Massacre has long been part of our fascination with organized crime and mob bosses. Six men associated with Mob Boss Bugs Moran entered a warehouse on Chicago’s North Side on February 14, 1929 and no one came out alive.

Picture of Shane Shook and Hunter Mueller.

Shane Shook defeated Hunter Mueller 191-133 to become the champion at the Northern Nevada Masters youth tournament last Sunday, January 22.

The tournament was held at Gold Dust West Bowling Center and was sponsored by the Carson Country U.S. Bowling Congress association.

Skylar (Sophia) Crittendon is an amazing student at Carson High School. She is both academically and artistically gifted.

Skylar currently has a 4.2 GPA and has taken Honors, AP and Jump Start classes. As an artist, she enjoys drawing and painting using acrylics. Neo-realism is her favorite painting style, and she draws or paints every day.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Jodi Hocking, Executive Director of Return Strong, a grassroots organization born in the heart of the pandemic by a group of women with incarcerated loved ones who came together to fight for transparency and accountability in Nevada's prisons.

Yerington Food Pantry volunteers

Healthy Communities Coalition’s Yerington Food Pantry has served people in the Yerington area since 2017. With the generosity of Cheryl Giomi, who leased her Bridge Street building to the nonprofit at no charge, the Pantry continually expanded its work to stop hunger.

The Carson City Planning Commission approved by a 4-3 vote on Wednesday the expansion of locations that cannabis dispensaries might operate within city limits.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors will make the final decision on whether or not to approve the ordinance that would allow for more potential cannabis dispensary locations, specifically in the area along North Carson Street north of Winnie Lane and west of Hot Springs Road.

Winter reminds us that it has no intention of releasing its icy grip around Carson City.

This Sunday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m., Wylder Hotel Hope Valley continues its Eastern Sierra history speaker series with a Chautauqua style presentation on 'Snowshoe Thompson, Mailman of the Sierra."

Carson High Speech and Debate earned several top spots from the tournament at Damonte Ranch Jan. 13-14, where more than 12 schools and 159 students participated in the competition.

Each year, Carson City Special Olympics athletes participate, learn and grow within six different sports: basketball, track and field, swimming, bocce, flag football and bowling.

Currently, athletes are in their basketball season and practice every Tuesday at Eagle Valley Middle School.

Happy New Year from the Carson City Park Rangers! Every month, the Park Rangers offer various Ranger-Led programs that include educational opportunities, historical fun and exciting adventures.

An 18-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday for suspicion of five felony counts child endangerment, possession of an altered/removed serial number on a firearm and other offenses, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

The Brubeck Jazz Summit is a one-week, intensive educational program in jazz performance for 30 exceptionally talented students from around the world, hosted by Classical Tahoe at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe.

Students join today’s top jazz faculty, guest artists, and master teachers for combo rehearsals, workshops, masterclasses, jam sessions, and performances. Join us for three jazz concerts under the stars.

Tickets: $35-200. Student and Rush tickets available.

Location: Classical Tahoe Ricardi Pavilion at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced that Nevada State College will receive $1, 218,626 to train school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other mental health professionals to provide school-based mental health services in Nevada.

Senator Cortez Masto led the effort to include these funds in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that was signed into law last year to address the acute shortage of mental health professionals in Nevada schools.

Do you have any time to share and give to a community organization?

ComputerCorps is an internationally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing access to computer technology and skills training for the under-served families, while eliminating electronic scrap (escrap) in our nations’ landfills.

The Lyon County Sheriff's Office, Investigations Division continues to investigate the Christmas Eve death of 57-year-old Fernley resident Dean Sandoval.

The Jimbo Scott Band will perform at the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda in Minden, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Jimbo Scott has one of those voices that makes you stop, walk into the venue you were about to pass by, and see who is singing.

Watercolor painting of a mountain with dirt and rocks in the foreground.

Nevada Humanities presents a new exhibition, Lifting the Veil: Interpretations of Space in the Nevada Landscape, that allows viewers to experience Nevada through artworks focused on the diverse elements of the Nevada landscape.

Multiple tenants from the Carson Pines Apartment complex have reported to Carson Now their hot water and heating systems are no longer functioning, and some tenants have reported over four days being without heat or hot water and no response from the owner or management.

With the authorization that allows federal funds to flow to the Tahoe Basin set to expire next year, Nevada’s congressional delegation and Tahoe stakeholders are hopeful they can pass a re-authorization this year.

Nevada's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in December 2022, an increase of 0.3 percent from November 2022, according to an economic report released Tuesday from the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Douglas County Democratic Women
Luncheon and Program February 6th, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Note new location: Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center
1477 Old US 395, Gardnerville
Our guest speaker is Nevada Supreme Court Justice Elissa Cadish
Topic: "Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Nevada Supreme Court"
To RSVP, email jkw@gbis.com or call Katherine at (775) 267-0539 by February 1.

Happy Wednesday Carson City! This week we have the snuggliest pet of them all to introduce you to: Snuggles!

This six-year-old tabby lives up to his name once he’s comfortable enough to come out of his shell. Snuggles is handsome and quite photogenic and our staff learns more and more about him every day.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong issued the following information Wednesday morning into Tuesday night's shootings. A Lyon County teen remains hospitalized after being shot in the face. Three teenagers are in custody and the investigation remains active. The updated information is in the news release below:

On Tuesday evening at 7:03 p.m., Jan. 24, 2023, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office received 911 calls of a shooting actively taking place at the 3300 block of East Carmine Street in East Carson City. At 7:06, three minutes later, the Sheriff’s Office received reports of a gunshot victim in a vehicle located near the intersection of Sherman Lane and Concord Drive, approximately one-half mile away.

Come dance with us Wednesday at The Nashville Social Club in Carson City featuring country diva Jennifer Grant and her band.

UPDATE: Three teenagers are in custody and the investigation remains active, according to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong in a Wednesday morning news release.
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UPDATE 9:55PM: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong confirmed that both injured in Tuesday night's shooting are teenagers and that witnesses who have been detained are also juveniles from Carson City, Dayton and Lyon County. At this point in time there is not a suspect, the sheriff said.
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UPDATE 8:33PM: Carson City Sheriff's Office have secured three different scenes in the areas of Carmine Street, Sherman Street and Airport Road, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. There are two victims of gunfire with one of the shootings happening in front of a house. The condition of those injured is unknown at this time.

The Nevada State Museum hosts monthly lectures on Nevada history on the fourth Thursday of every month. In January, the Frances Humphrey Lecture Series will showcase “The Frémont Cannon Resurfaces” by Dr. Gene Hattori, Ph.D., Curator of Anthropology.

Elizabeth Pitcairn will perform a concerto with "attractive melodies and colorful virtuosity and orchestration" on the 'Red Mendelssohn Stradivarius' violin with the TOCCATA-Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on Feb. 14, 2023, 7 PM, CVIC Hall in Minden. The orchestra and chorus will perform Mendelssohn's Elijah.

Tesla intends to invest $3.6 billion in battery and electric semi-truck manufacturing in Sparks, expanding the company’s presence and the clean energy industry in Nevada, the White House said Tuesday.

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4x4 Show N Shine at beautiful Fuji Park in Carson City , across from Costco. Bigger and Better than Ever!! NEW - Best Overland Rig and BadA$$ Monster Rig Categories. And everyone's favorite Best in Show, Peoples Choice and Sh*tBox category. Food truck and vendors.

And new this year, a swap meet, hosted by Nevada Four Wheel Drive Association!

See more details at https://www.775ofr.com/. Pre-registration only $10 (before April 22). Free for Spectators. Vendors welcome - only $25/space. See https://www.775ofr.com/ for more information.

Come down to A to Zen in Carson City tonight, Tuesday Jan. 24 for movie night. The movie tonight being shown is Rocky and begins at 7 p.m.

A Carson City man arrested in December for alleged production of child pornography was booked Monday for an additional charge of possession of visual pornography of a child under 16, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

A dozen 5- and 6-year-olds from Ms. Sewell’s kindergarten class from Carson City’s Seeliger Elementary School had an opportunity to show their pride, patriotism and love for their state and country by leading and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance prior to Nevada’s new Gov. Joe Lombardo’s State of the State Address Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.

To kick off the new year, Prestige Senior Living is committed to helping older adults achieve their health and fitness resolutions. Prestige Senior Living invites the local community to attend a free webinar hosted by neuroscientist and aging expert Dr. Rob Winningham, on healthy brain practices and wellness in mind, body and spirit.

According to the Carson City Health Inspector’s reports, Comma Coffee was cited multiple times over the past year for critical health code violations, including storing raw food incorrectly and the presence of a severe mice infestation.

The Health Department shut down Comma Coffee at 312 South Carson Street, entirely after their Jan. 18 inspection when the restaurant failed to fix multiple critical violations despite numerous warnings.

Ron Wood Family Resource Center in Carson City received $200,000 worth of Bombas socks to share with families in need and our non-profit partners.

The Nevada Department of Agriculture is seeking sponsors to provide meals to children through the federally funded Summer Food Service Program. SFSP ensures that students who depend on school meals have access to nutritious food when school is not in session.

Wild horses on Pheasant Drive in Carson City.

The Sierra Surf Boys 2008/U15 soccer team has been accepted to the prestigious weeklong Dallas Cup in Dallas, Texas in April. Cameron Woods, an 8th grader at Eagle Valley Middle School in Carson City, is the starting goalkeeper for the Reno-based Surf team.

The Northern Nevada Cultural Foundation,a 501-(c-3) in partnership with the Alpha Nu Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. is sponsoring a Black History Month essay contest. The contest is open to all students attending Carson City schools in grades 6-12. This year's theme is "Black Resistance: Creating Communities of Care and Collaboration."

In his first State of the State address, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo laid out plans for aggressively saving for a potential economic downturn, cutting gas and payroll taxes, boosting public school spending and expanding a much-fought-over school choice program.

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