Sunday, April 3, 2016: Here's what's happening today around Carson City

UPDATE 9AM: Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies responded Tuesday morning to a vehicle crash involving a student pedestrian on North Saliman Road near Carson High School.

Nevada Highway Patrol has identified two people from Fernley who died in a crash Oct. 24 on US-50A and Wedge Lane in Lyon County.

YERINGTON — In response to a statement issued Friday by the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office, Lyon County Clerk/Treasurer Staci Lindberg confirms the Clerk’s Office was made aware on Friday, November 1st of an issue involving the placement of a portion of Lyon County Precinct 26 in an incorrect Assembly District.

Alternating directions of I-580 will be reduced to one lane south of Reno and north of Carson City beginning Tuesday, Nov. 5 to Thursday, Nov. 7 Nov. as the Nevada Department of Transportation performs routine maintenance to prepare bridge anti-icing systems for winter.

CARSON CITY — On Monday, Brett Compston, who has worked more than a decade in emergency response at the state and federal level, was named the next chief of Nevada Division of Emergency Management/Homeland Security.

Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol has identified a Gardnerville man who died Oct. 19 from injuries in a crash on I-80 and Robb Drive in Washoe County.

In the 2020 election, President Joe Biden was not declared the winner of Nevada’s electoral votes until four days after Election Day.

Is it possible we’ll have to wait that long again?

Join us for "November Jazz at Gina's," an evening of big-band music by the Mile High Jazz Band with singer Jakki Ford, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Gina's Good Life Music & Lounge, 507 N. Carson Street the Carson Nugget. Admission is free; suggested donation is $10 per person for the band.

Nevada has always been a betting man’s jungle. Before casinos we bet with each other, and here’s how one friendly wager played out on a Saturday afternoon away back in 1862.

Erica Gallegos, Program Director for The Nevada Green Business Network, is the featured speaker at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. The public is invited to attend the meeting which takes place Tuesday, Nov. 5, at noon, in the Brewery Arts Center’s Grand Ballroom.

Nevada is one of the seven swing states that will decide the election. It’s why presidential candidates and their surrogates keep showing up in the Silver State — and why the “We Matter” mantra has stuck.

Beginning now through Nov. 26, KNVC 91.5 FM Carson City community radio in conjunction with Chef Charlie Abowd, are collecting non-perishable food for distribution to our community's food insecure.

The Carson City Symphony Association announces the ninth annual instrumental music scholarship for Carson City students age 5 to 17. The scholarship was established by a generous gift from Jennifer and John Webley in memory of Rosemary Nebesky, former board member and friend of the Carson City Symphony Association.

UPDATE 6:30PM: A Carson City teen, Larissa Rupert, reported missing, is now safe and unharmed after being contacted by deputies who were called to a residence, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.