CARSON CITY — With the scheduled retirement of Superintendent Richard Stokes, set for June 2022, the Carson City School District and the Board of Trustees are reaching out to parents, families, staff and community members to provide essential feedback in a survey to help determine the most desirable characteristics in their search for the new, incoming superintendent.

On Friday, October 22, 2021, at approximately 6:06 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers responded to a single vehicle rollover on SR-208 at Lyon County Mile Marker 13, in Yerington.

To the Board of Supervisors, I live within a short radius of the proposed slaughterhouse. I’m deeply concerned that it’s being presented to the community as a boutique retail store with a slaughterhouse that will have a minimal impact on the community.

The Carson City Host Lions Club has been designated an official vendor of the Nevada Day Button, and will be selling the buttons again this year during the Nevada Day Parade.

The Nevada State Museum, Carson City, will mark its 80th anniversary Thursday, Oct. 28 at a lecture exploring the institution’s past. The arrival of notable collections, expansion of facilities, installation of exhibits and honors received all will be explored in the talk offered from 6:30 to 8 p.m., both in-person and online.

Speeders, red light runners, stop sign runners in general less than great drivers. In this day and age seeing a driver with their phone in their hand despite local laws, is not unheard of.

While there are many other reasons for distracted driving as we all know and most have been guilty of, there is no excuse. In a busy section of Mountain Street located behind the old Carson Tahoe Hospital and multiple medical offices, an accident is waiting to happen.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Wondering what to do in your free time? A new experiences app, MOPO, aims to answer this question for its users by recommending area activities and events, all based on a user’s specific values and interests. As one of MOPO’s foundational partners, Visit Carson City is helping launch the app throughout the Nevada Day celebrations.

This photo was taken Monday afternoon following the storm that brought rain to Carson City and snow to the mountains.

The next Carson City School District School Board meeting will take place Tuesday, Oct. 26 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Robert ‘Bob’ Crowell Board Room within the Carson City Community Center.

Items up for discussion at the school board include Family Life Committee members, changes to CCSD policy, and more.

The Carson City School District would like to share special thanks to City National Bank for generously donating $1,000 for books from Barnes and Noble as well as a large donation of backpacks to Fremont Elementary School students.

CARSON CITY – Technology fees collected from Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles customers between July 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021 will be refunded in cash as $1 bills available at any DMV office or rural county assessor location where DMV services are offered.

The United States Air Force Band of the Golden West’s six-member Mobility Band is returning to Carson City to participate in this Saturday’s Nevada Day festivities.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office Investigation Division is asking for the public's help in identifying three suspects connected to a burglary that happened Sunday morning at Downtown Coin on Telegraph Street.

Like most people I keep a list of expressions and phrases that I can lay my hands on and bootleg at first opportunity. But then like most people, I never quite get around to employing such an invaluable resource.

The U.S. Forest Service is reporting Monday that the Dixie Fire, the state's largest wildfire in 2021, is now 100 percent contained, largely due to the drenching rain and snow from the atmospheric river weather system arriving this weekend.

The Nevada Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies participating in Joining Forces are combining resources now through Nov. 15, 2021, to apprehend impaired drivers across the state.

Clark Scott Taylor, April 15th, 1968 - October 17th, 2021

Clark was born on April 15th, 1968 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. He was born to Bonnie Kay Brown and Frank George Taylor.

He grew up in Carson City, where he graduated from Carson High School in 1986, and attended UC Monterey to study hospitality management, and trained under some of the best chefs in Nevada, broadening his naturally talented culinary skills as well as his ice carving artistry.

A new text message scam has been making the rounds this month, with seemingly innocent content that’s putting your private information at risk. Better Business Bureau is warning consumers to be wary of this tempting scam.

Persons interested in entering the Nevada Day Chalk Art Contest sponsored by the Carson City Host Lions Club have only until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 to get an entry form into the Lions Club. The Chalk Art Contest will be part of the Nevada Day festivities on Saturday, Oct. 30.

The Carson Intuitive Center is a branch of the Reno Psychic Institute. We are a safe place to explore your psychic abilities without having to go to Reno. Carson Intuitive Center offers classes, healings, and readings right here in Carson City.

The way we dial telephone numbers with 775 and 530 area codes have changed beginning today, Sunday. In order to add "988" as a national suicide hotline, all areas in the country that had a prefix of 988 will have to change to a 10-digit requirement on all local calls.

UPDATE: The National Weather Service in Reno issued a Flood Warning on Sunday afternoon for western Carson City, Douglas County, northern Lyon County, Storey County, southern Washoe County, western Churchill County, southwestern Pershing County in Nevada and Alpine, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Plumas and Sierra county in northern California.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 25 to Oct. 31, 2021. Cosures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Nevada Raider Nation, Carson City Chapter is hosting a game watch at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at Jimmy G's in Carson City.