The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is seeking information to identify a grand larceny suspect from the Foodmaxx grocery store at 3325 Highway 50 East in Carson City.

Carson City Health and Human Services is now offering a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to individuals who are moderately to severely immunocompromised. Third doses will be available at all CCHHS COVID-19 vaccine events for those who meet the criteria as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dayton Valley Days is a two-day outdoor street festival where people from Dayton Valley and the surrounding areas can come together to enjoy the historic downtown area. In its 32nd year, the festival will be held in Old Town Dayton on Saturday and Sunday, September 18 and 19, 2021, 8:30 am.

A presentation on homelessness and housing insecurity will be presented to the Lyon County Board of County Commissioners Thursday, including Point in Time Count results regarding homeless issues in Lyon County.

According to the Nevada Housing Coalition, 19 percent of households in the state of Nevada are considered to be “extremely low income,” and Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Nevada is $966, with $808 in Lyon County.

National Weather Service forecasters say a cold front moving into the region Wednesday will help push some, but likely not all, of the wildfire smoke out of the Carson City, Carson Valley and Dayton areas for the next couple days and will bring much cooler temperatures.

UPDATE: The Caldor Fire has burned 53,772 acres as of Wednesday morning with no containment, according to the latest from InciWeb.

A Cal Fire report Wednesday said the Caldor Fire experienced unprecedented fire behavior and growth overnight due to extremely dry fuels pushed by the southwest winds. Multiple evacuation orders and warnings are in place.

The All Veterans Honor Guard of Northern Nevada is looking for new members to join our ranks. We operate through the American Legion High Desert Post 56, Carson City.

CARSON CITY — For those who want to show their support for Nevada's various causes on their vehicles can do so online. The Nevada DMV is now offering Nevadans a choice of specialty license plates when they get an original vehicle registration online.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified a Reno resident who died in a fatal crash that happened Friday, August 6 at State Route 431, Mount Rose Highway.

Mike Smith, Director of Business Development with NV Production House, LLC in Carson City and a retired educator and high school principal of 33 years will take a deep dive this Thursday at Adams Hub by discussing six impactful strategies on the importance of investing in yourself.

The next Carson City Board of Supervisor’s meeting will take place Thursday, Aug. 19 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Robert ‘Bob’ Crowell Board Room in the Carson City Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street.

Items up for discussion include new subdivisions, transfer of funds to Nevada Rural Housing Authority, contracts and more.

NV Energy is monitoring fire weather conditions in the Carson-Minden PSOM zone and a Public Safety Outage Management event is possible for that zone only on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 starting at 11 a.m. and ending on Wednesday, August 18 at 6 p.m. This outage will impact approximately 500 customers.

Gusty winds and low humidity expected Tuesday has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Red Flag weather warning for western Nevada, the Sierra Front and Eastern Sierra.

A 25-year-old woman received minor injuries to her leg after she startled a bear that had broken into her group's cooler during a trip to Lake Tahoe over the weekend.

UPDATE SUNDAY: This hike has been canceled due to heavy wildfire smoke. Go here to sign up for the Fall Full Moon hike.

Join the Carson City Park Rangers this Sunday, August 22 for a summer evening hike underneath the full Sturgeon Moon.

RENO — A Fernley man who used various encrypted messaging applications and numerous online aliases to conceal his identity and avoid detection by law enforcement was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for distributing images of young children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

A 38-year-old Carson City man was arrested Saturday for misdemeanor suspicion of DUI, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Notice is hereby given that the City of Carson City will conduct a public discussion on September 1, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. (all meetings will be online, please see directions below), in order to discuss potential applications for funding under the next fiscal year’s (July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023) State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and to solicit additional citizen input on possible activities to be included in an application. It is estimated that approximately $450,000 will be available in total.

One night over dinner, away back in 1873, the wives of Mark Twain and neighbor Charles Warner challenged the two distinguished authors to collaborate on a book about a sensational murder, and paint that murder with political satire. That challenge was met, and we have The Gilded Age to enjoy today.

Lyon County Republican Central Committee hosts monthly meetings. Meetings of the LCRCC are held on the first Saturday of each month except when changes are made to accommodate holidays or other scheduling conflicts.

The meetings begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. and usually end by noon. Meeting Locations Include: Dayton, Fernley, Silver Springs, Smith Valley, Yerington

See www.lyoncountynvrepublicans.org, www.facebook.com/Lyon-County-Republicans-of-Nevada or email: Wes Henderson Chairman wbaro56@charter.net.

Middle East history buff Howard Beckerman will lead an in-depth conversation about the historical roots of the multiple Middle Eastern conflicts and blood feuds at Monday's Democratic luncheon.

The proud husband of Nevada Supreme Court Justice Elissa Cadish and proud father of teenage daughter Shayna, Howard describes himself as a "seeker of knowledge in a never-ending quest to understand the root causes of why and how." And it shows.

School zones in Carson City will be in effect beginning this Monday, August 16. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office will be working with Western Nevada Safe Routes to School throughout the year reminding drivers and pedestrians to use caution while negotiating school zones.

With temperatures expected to reach 100 or more in the lower valleys Sunday and Monday, the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the greater Carson City, Carson Valley, Lyon County areas and throughout much of western Nevada.

Yes, there is still smoke in the air, and, yes, all teachers and staff must continue to wear facemasks to school every day for the time being. Sounds like the common proverbial expression, “Is the glass half empty or half full?”

Generally used rhetorically, this expression indicates a particular situation is a cause for pessimism, optimism, or indifference as a general litmus test to simply determine an individual's worldview. So how do you feel about the pandemic?