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The photo is taken at Mills Park in Carson City, Thursday about 4 p.m.

Dariana Pineda Herrera is an amazing student at Carson High School. She is a dedicated, hard-working and highly intelligent young woman who has set high goals for herself.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 24-30, 2022. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Vendors are needed for a craft fair, hosted by the Carson City Emblem Club No. 507, happening Nov. 4-5 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Carson City.

Nevada gained 3,600 jobs in September, adding back the jobs that were lost in August, according to the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s monthly economic report.

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) will be held Saturday November 5, 3-6 pm at Heritage Park in Gardnerville.

The event is sponsored by Main Street Gardnerville, Douglas County Parks
and Recreation and the Carson Valley Arts Council.

Early voting began Saturday morning in Carson City at the Carson City Community Center.

While the parking lot at first seems full due to a swim meet at the pool, there is dozens of spaces designated strictly for voters only a few steps from the gym entrance where voting is taking place.

Many local dignitaries gathered at 10 am on Saturday 10/22 to cut the official ribbon to unveil the new location of Carson Pediatric Dentistry.

Most remember this building as Q's BBQ, but today it serves as a children's dental center where only the latest kid-friendly technical machines make going to the dentist lots easier offering comprehensive dental services for children, infants, and patients with special needs.

Yes, it’s Maximillian Cornelius Cat aka Max again. He is still desperately in need of a loving, furever home and the sooner the better.

He really needs to be someone’s one and only, something that just isn’t possible at Catmandu.

Photographic artist Alice Cazenave leads a chemigram workshop October 26

Silver City, Nevada - Alice Cazenave, a London-based photographic artist, will offer a free introductory chemigram workshop for adults on Wednesday October 26 at 6pm at the Silver City Schoolhouse at 385 High Street, Silver City, Nevada 89428.

Just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning, nearly 1,600 Carson City residents lost power and as of 8:30 a.m. power has not yet been restored.

Is the safety of your family or your home worth less than $15 a month? That’s the question Assistant Fire Chief Ryan McIntosh asks residents to think about as they head to the polls during the next few weeks.

“If no one contributes to their community — you have no community.”

Saturday, October 22nd is National Make a Dog’s Day and to celebrate Nevada Humane Society (NHS) is waiving adoption fees on all shelter pups - making them free to happy homes!

There are three places you can go to adopt a rescue dog in need for FREE:

Make a Dog’s Day Adoption Event at Michael Hohl Subaru in Carson City - Rescue dogs, puppies and kittens are free to adopt during this fun event Saturday from 10:00am – 1:00pm

NHS Reno Shelter - All dogs & puppies are free to adopt all weekend long!

Seventeen years after the Walmart opened its Carson City Supercenter off Retail Drive in October 2005, the store celebrated its grand “reopening” after completely remodeling the inside and repainting the exterior.

The Capital City Community Band will present its annual Nevada Day concert at 2:00 P.M., immediately following the parade, on Saturday, October 29 in the Capital Amphitheater.

Happy Friday Carson City! Let's take a look at what is happening throughout the region this weekend.

On October 20, 2022, at approximately 8:10 p.m., the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) Street Enforcement Team (SET) working in conjunction with the FBI Safe Streets Task Force concluded a five-month-long investigation into the narcotics trafficking activities of Regina Rojas, a 35-year-old female from Rancho Cordova, California and Jessica Thomas, a 32-year-old female from Sacramento, California.

The giggles of children as they slide down slides, play on a jungle gym and practice tetherball will be heard starting today as a new playground makes its debut as part of upgrades to the Dayton clubhouse of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Mason Valley, made possible thanks to donations from community members and organizations.

The Dayton clubhouse on Riverboat Road opened in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each day, the clubhouse welcomes around 130 children according to Nick Beaton, Director of Development at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Mason Valley.

UPDATE 8:30 a.m.: There will be an official update later this morning. At this time Douglas County Undersheriff Ron Elges said, "All employees are doing well and safe. Our building is open for business. We are just decontaminating the vehicles outside."

On Oct. 3 Richard Shifflet of Dayton left for a walk and has not been seen by family members since.

Lyon County Search and Rescue has searched the area where Richard was last seen and areas where he was reported to frequent.