Carson City is seeking an artist or artist team to design and fabricate a mural on aluminum composite panels that depicts Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), a Carson City legend.

The mural is to be installed on the exterior Robinson Street wall of the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.

Truckee Meadows Community College political science professor Fred Lokken will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon. Prof. Lokken will give his expert analysis of the recent midterm election and look ahead to the lame duck session of congress, the 2023 legislative session, and prospects for 2024, including the possibility of Nevada hosting the first in the nation presidential primary.

The group supporting a ballot question allowing local municipalities to break apart from their county school districts in order to form their own Pre-K-12 education systems has submitted about 220,000 signatures to Nevada counties for verification, an initial total high enough to qualify for the ballot.

The Nevada Department of Agriculture is seeking to partner with a Nevada-based organization to develop a data collection methodology to track overall food insecurity data in Nevada, including the efforts of multiple food assistance programs relative to projected need and subsequent outcomes.

The first Homestead Holidays quietly began at Silver Saddle Ranch in Carson City, bringing a free, community event to the capital city, laden with old-fashioned Christmas charm.

Now, the crowdfavorite holiday event has grown, with new events and entertaiment being added each year!

After the traditional turkey day meal, Nevada consumers will kick off their Thanksgiving weekend by heading to local retailers in search of savings and this season’s most popular gifts. The long shopping weekend begins on Thanksgiving Day and is followed by a fury of shopping on Black Friday.

Carson High School speech and debate returned home from a successful competition at Spring Creek High School in Elko over the weekend. Twelve schools and 152 students competed at the two day event. Thirteen CHS students participated in the competition with 12 placing in the top 10 in at least one event.

More than 900 pounds of turkey will be served during the 65th annual Carson City Community Thanksgiving Feast at the Carson City Plaza Events Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.

The 2022 Carson Senators JV Cheer squad and the Carson City Pop Warner cheer team have conquered their local and regional competitions and earned the right to compete at JAMZ Nationals in Las Vegas. But they need the community's help pursuing their final objective: A national championship.

Are visions of snowflakes, bonbons, and sugarplum fairies dancing in your head? Then bring your family to Nevada Dance Company’s 33rd Annual Nutcracker Ballet this Thanksgiving holiday weekend in Carson City.

Thanksgiving in Carson City also means Turkey Trot day for athletic enthusiasts hoping to get in a good power walk or run before Thursday's big meal.

Nevada Department of Wildlife Director Tony Wasley announced Monday he will retire effective December 2022, ending an over 25-year tenure with the agency. For the last nearly 10 years, Wasley has served as the agency’s director.

“To die will be an awfully big adventure.” (Peter Pan) And so begins an obituary for a human whose true value will only be known by those who knew him.

Bradford Edward Bonkowski was born in 1961 in Redwood City, California, and raised in Corning, California. He moved to Reno, Nevada in 1979 and later lived in South Lake Tahoe, Indian Hills, and Dayton.

A 42-year-old woman was arrested early Tuesday morning for multiple felony offenses including alleged home invasion, burglary and vehicle theft, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

The Charlie B Gallery located at 114 West Telegraph Street, Carson City, Nevada will be having a 20 percent off sale for store owned merchandise and 10 percent off sale for all consigned merchandise. Our hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday 11am to 6pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.

Learn about the status of Carson City local neighborhood street maintenance directly from the Transportation Manager, Christopher Martinovich, PE, Carson City Public Works.

Comprehensive Life Skills students at Carson High School got into the spirit of Thanksgiving and celebrated being thankful for friends and family last week by helping prepare a Thanksgiving meal for fellow students and staff. With the assistance of some parents and educators, students learned life skills like cooking, place setting and cleaning.

Heading into the Thanksgiving holiday period, the Carson City region will see a gradual warming trend that will bring temperatures to near seasonal averages by Thursday with a more unsettled pattern that could arrive early late Sunday.

Two were arrested Friday for multiple alleged felony offenses after an investigation led to a stolen vehicle, methamphetamine and a credit card taken without permission, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team report.

UPDATE 9:18AM: NV Energy reports power mostly restored throughout Douglas County. The problem appears to be caused by equipment failure at the Buckeye Transfer Station in Douglas County. East Fork Fire units responded to the fire in the equipment area and NV Energy is working on the damage. Power has been fully restored for South Lake Tahoe area customers.
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UPDATE: NV Energy says 12,300 customers remained without power in Douglas County as of 8:03 a.m.
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More than 17,000 NV Energy customers are without power Monday morning, while thousands more across the state line in South Lake Tahoe are also experiencing an outage.

Carson City Fire Department, sheriff's deputies and the Nevada Highway Patrol were called early Sunday evening to a vehicle crash involving a deer on I-580 near the north Carson Street exit and a secondary crash due to traffic backup.

RENO — It’s the holiday shopping season and many consumers are searching online for the perfect gifts. While shopping online is easy and convenient, Better Business Bureau warns shoppers to research before buying, be mindful of social media scrolling, and use credit cards to avoid scammers.

While it might be trendy to champion mental illness on social media, the real conversations creating change are messy, vulnerable, and full of pain. Authentic conversations about mental health are still stigmatized, with millions of sufferers afraid to share their stories for fear of judgement. However, one author is taking readers behind the curtain to facilitate these conversations with grace, humor, and courage.

Less than 10 percent of Nevada’s 3.1 million residents live outside of the Reno and Las Vegas metropolitan areas, spread out in small communities that dot the tens of thousands of square miles of desert landscape.