As every teacher knows, education is a calling, first, and a career, second. At the high school level, imagine having to interact with 150 to 175 students or more every other day. Well, for the regular classroom teacher this can be challenging, but in the first couple weeks of school a relationship develops, and the names of students are solidified.

On Saturday, April 30, 2022 celebrate Carson Animal Services Initiative (CASI) for its 10 years of helping pets in need with a dinner, silent auction, raffle and much more at Casino Fandango.

The event takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and includes dinner, wine and music; silent and live auctions; and blackjack tables for raffle drawings.

On Saturday morning, dozens of community members braved the clouds and rain to come together in a grass-roots effort to clear the Saliman walking path of torn landscaping cloth and debris.

The Brewery Arts Center will host another Musicale at The Maizie event on March 26, 2022 at 7pm.

A 25-year-old Carson City woman was arrested around 8 p.m. on Thursday after her 5-year-old son was found walking to his father's house after running away from home.

The State Engineer will hold a public workshop to provide information on Smith and Mason Valleys groundwater rights and current groundwater conditions and will address concerns over drought. The public workshops will be held:

Community partners will plant pinwheels in the legislative lawn Friday, April 1, 2022 to symbolize every child’s right to a safe, healthy, and happy life, and to impress upon the community that child abuse and neglect are serious problems. COVID-19 has increased stress in families across Nevada, and families need the state now more than ever to put them first.

The next meeting of the Carson Valley Art Association is Saturday, March 26, 2022 and will be held at the Minden branch of the Douglas County Library at 1 p.m. Meet artist Louise Noel, silk artist. She will be sharing her knowledge about silk printing and her art. All local practicing and student artists are invited to attend the meetings.

A 51-year-old Carson City man was arrested for felony battery with substantial damage after he broke the ankle of another man during a fight at a N. Carson St. casino.

Just after 8 p.m., deputies were dispatched to a casino in the 500 block of N. Carson St. in reference to two men fighting.

A Missouri man was arrested by Nevada State Police highway troopers in Fernley after allegedly carjacking a vehicle with the victim still inside.

In a phone call, Trooper Charles Caster clarified that the kidnapping victim was not missing Fernley woman Naomi Irion, who has yet to be found.

All congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses across the world are being encouraged to begin holding in-person meetings during the week of April 1.
Narek Ter-Akopyan of Henderson, Nevada, has been attending meetings for more than 20 years and is excited to return to the in-person format he’s come to love. “With the virtual platform, we were seeing things in 2D. When we go back, I’m going to be able to see the friends in 3D and recall what a hug [from them] feels like.”

The Carson City Sheriff's Office is investigating a gasoline theft Thursday where the suspects, who were in two vehicles, drilled a hole in the gas tank of the victim's van as she was inside the vehicle.

As part of the ongoing Nevada Humanities Exhibition Series, a new exhibition, Mojave by Jeff Fulmer, opens at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery on March 31, 2022, and will be on display as a virtual exhibition indefinitely at nevadahumanities.org.

Two were arrested Wednesday for suspicion of felony child abuse neglect/endangerment, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kristy Lynn Felkins, 37, of Fallon, Nev., pled guilty Thursday to the use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (popularly known as NCET) will be hosting its annual Tech Showcase and Awards Gala alongside the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) Awards on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

With the arrival of spring Sunday, spring season weather around Carson City is expected as a fast moving storm system is forecast to bring breezy winds with chances for rain and snow Saturday into Saturday evening, followed by chilly conditions with brisk northwest to north winds Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

Carson City area seniors are invited to sing along and rock to the great sounds of School of Rock for Seniors on Friday, March 18, 11 a.m. at the Carson Senior Center.

The Carson City Fire Department announces the start of the Spring 2022 Open Burn, with burning allowed from March 19 through April 17, dependent upon permit status and daily weather conditions.

Nevada State Museum is excited to announce it is now open Sundays. In addition to the current Wednesday through Saturday schedule, Nevada State Museum in Carson City will be open from 8:30am to 4:30pm on Sundays beginning March 20, 2022.

On Sunday, March 6, 2022, at approximately 10:40 p.m., a gray sedan was involved in a fatal collision on IR-80 eastbound between Orchard (Exit 38) and Painted Rock (Exit 40) west of Fernley.

The situation for many local (and national) child care programs is dire. While many folks are continuing to need child care for their children, or those who are just now heading back to the office, finding child care can be difficult to do. Child care programs, despite their best intentions, are having trouble finding and keeping staff, which means less child care options for families.

Please join us for our monthly West Coast Swing Social Dance at the Brewery Arts Center upstairs ballroom, 449 W. King Street, Carson City. This months dance will be preceded by a FREE beginners class at 5:30pm, an intermediate class at 6:30pm ($10), and our social dance at 7:30pm ($10 for members, $15 for non members). Students from the beginners class may stay FREE for the entire evening. At this time we are still requiring proof of vaccination. Visit us at hssdc.org or call 775-443-8870.

UPDATE 4:22PM: Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is continuing the search and investigation into the suspicious disappearance of Naomi Irion, 18, of Fernley, Nev.

Naomi was last seen in the parking lot of Walmart in Fernley on March 12, 2022 at approximately 5 a.m. hours. The investigation now indicates that the suspect may be driving a dark 2020 or newer Chevrolet, 2500, High Country 4 Door pickup truck.