It's Your City: Concert for center that helps Carson City homeless to feature Tom Petty tribute with Michael Furlong Band

UPDATE WEDNESDAY: The Spring Valley Fire has been mapped at 264 acres and is 20 percent contained. Highway 395 has been fully reopened. All evacuations have been lifted. Residents may now return to their homes. Fire crews continue to mop up for hot spots. Emergency teams are assessing damage. See the perimeter map here and incident command page here.
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UPDATE 8:37PM: Residents located within the Double Springs evacuation zone are asked to please stay in their homes while fire crews continue operations and extinguish hot spots. Officials are asking Double Springs residents who evacuated to please not return to their homes until fire crews complete operations and deem the area safe to reenter.

U.S. 395 will remain closed to allow fire crews to continue operations. U.S. 395 will likely not open until the morning hours of July 17.

See incident command page here.

Evacuations for Topaz Ranch Estates are lifted as of 8 p.m. and residents may now return to their homes. The Topaz Ranch Estates Community Center evacuation center is now closed. The evacuation for Double Springs is still in place. U.S. 395 is still closed in both directions at Leviathan Mine Road and State Route 208.
Go here to view the perimeter map, which is regularly updated with the fire location and road closures.

Get ready for the judged “Summer Show” open to members and nonmembers. The Nevada Artists Association Gallery will take entries on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Entries will be accepted from 9 a.m. to noon only at the Gallery, 449 W. King Street, Carson City. There is a 3 entry limit per person. You do not have to follow the theme.

Helicopter mosquito abatement treatments are planned for Thursday, July 18 in the areas of Anderson, Buzzy Ranch, Riverview Park, Linear Ditch and ponds east of I-580, according to Carson City Health and Human Services.

Following social media reports that a dog had died from cyanobacteria contracted from algae blooms at Lake Tahoe, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection in conjunction with the California Water Boards and U.S. Forest Service took action, sampling a number of water sources from El Dorado Beach and Nevada Beach.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fraud case involving the theft of a victim’s wallet at a Carson City store. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office has obtained surveillance footage of the theft and is attempting to identify the suspect seen in the photo above.

The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team, the Tahoe Resource Conservation District have launched a Forest Vegetation Interactive Map that highlights forest restoration and fuels reduction treatment accomplishments and the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program.

Dayton Urgent Care and the Carson Urgent Care are doing their annual backpack and school supply drive now through the end of August.

The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will be held Thursday, July 18 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room of the Community Center located at 851 E. William St.
Agenda items include:

Looking for a place to take your little ones this week? Look no further! Here is a list of family-friendly (and fun!) activities and events happening this week around Carson City.

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The Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Division is proud to announce its participation in the 11th Annual American Association of State Troopers "Best Looking Cruiser" contest. This year’s entry is particularly special as it coincides with the Nevada Highway Patrol's 75th Anniversary, marking seven and a half decades of dedicated service and commitment to public safety in Nevada.

For Capital City Arts Initiative’s exhibition, "Sierra Watercolor Society Invitational," 18 SWS member artists shared their art presenting a wide array of images, visions, and painting techniques.

I’m a terrible gardener in the summer. It’s too hot to be outside, except at dawn or after 8 p.m. I just can’t seem to get too motivated to get up at 5:00 a.m. to go weed. And, I run out of energy by 4 p.m. Besides at both dawn and dusk, there are too many mosquitoes out. Needless to say, not much is getting done in the yard.

A concert by Jakota Wass and a presentation by local mystery author Robert Max are featured mid-July, during the Dangberg Summer Festival.