Christmas sunrise from South Carson City

Festivities continued early Saturday at Mills Park as the Rockabilly Riot Car Show launches another jam packed weekend in Carson City. Coinciding with the Iron Horse Training Challenge, hot rod enthusiasts by the hundreds filed into the parking grounds to feast their eyes on some truly spectacular custom made and souped up classics.

UPDATE 2:17PM: From Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch: Firefighters stopped forward progress of the Coleman Fire at around 10 acres. Resources are in the mop-up stage.
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UPDATE 1:56PM: While the Kit Kat Fire burning east of Carson City near Mound House has been contained with 2.8 acres having burned, firefighters were called to the Silver Springs, Stagecoach area for a two-acre fire, called the Coleman Fire, according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center. The wildfire is burning near Coleman Drive. It was reported at 1:13 p.m.

Escaping the recording breaking hot weather in the West this week is reason enough to visit Lake Tahoe but Squaw Valley has just announced another reason to visit: extended hours for skiers and snowboarders.

This week marks the start of competition for Juliet Favero, the Carson City teen and 2017 Carson High graduate who is competing in the 60th Distinguished Young Women National Finals in Mobile, Alabama.

Tickets for this year’s Fuji Park Flat Trac will be sold at a discounted price until July 1. Tickets purchased before then will be $5 for children and $15 for adults; afterwards prices will go up $5 to $10 for children and $20 for adults. Buy them at visitcarsoncity.com.

Nevada police officers and local law enforcement agencies including the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, Nevada Highway Patrol, Nye County Sheriff’s Office and Reno Police Department negotiated tough turns Friday during the 14th Extreme Motor Officer Challenge competition at Mills Park.

Are you ready for a Friday night dance party Carson City? The Levitt-AMP summer concert series opens tonight with jazz swing band greats Big Bad VooDoo Daddy on the Minnesota Street Stage in front of the Brewery Arts Center.

Widely considered a key swing vote in Republican efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, Sen. Dean Heller said Friday that he cannot support a recently released Senate revision to the healthcare law as written.

On June 24, 2007, embers from an illegal and abandoned campfire ignited the most destructive fire in the history of the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Don’t look now, but there are only seven days left to purchase your tickets for the Nevada Dream Tag raffle. Tickets are available now and will be sold until Friday, June 30 for this year’s hunting season. The winners will be announced in early July.

Please remember that I am just the messenger and the bad news is that you can only be one place at once. You'll have to choose between a Beatles Experience in McFadden Plaza and the concert at the Brewery Arts Center Minnesota Street Stage, where the Big Bad Voodoo Daddies kick off the first of the Levitt Concert Summer Series. Get yourself registered for the Karson Kruzerz' annual 'Run Whatcha Brung' at the Max Casino and stick around for Route 66 on the stage. You'll have to keep reading for the rest of it - summer fun has arrived in full force.

FRIDAY:

Reno band The Sextones will perform funk and soul at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park at 6:30 pm on Thursday, June 29.

The Carson City Off-Road event was held June 16th – 18th, three days of racing, riding, music, and other fun activities. This race is the 3rd and final in the Off-Road series that Epic Rid ...

Police officers are spending Thursday and Friday learning new skills that will be showcased during Saturday’s 14th annual Carson City Extreme Motor Officer Challenge in Mills Park.