'Maya's Mind' 20-foot art sculpture installed Saturday in the downtown Carson City area

If there's one thing in God's Green Acre I cannot abide, it's a fraud. And I don't come by this singular prejudice from my father nor my mother, no, I come by it from Mark Twain, who had an uncanny nose for frauds.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is attempting to identify a commercial burglary suspect from Harbor Freight in Carson City.

The 2021 session is likely to be defined by Nevada’s immediate budget challenges and efforts to recover from the damage of the ongoing pandemic.

But lawmakers are also poised to work on policy that could shape the state’s long-term trajectory, including implementing a redesigned school funding formula, laying groundwork for a more diversified economy and considering changes to a mining tax model in place since Nevada gained statehood in the 1800s.

Organizers of the Epic Rides, Carson City Off-Road mountain bike event and music festival announced Thursday they are canceling the June 25-27 capital city event due continued COVID-19 pandemic concerns.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Feb. 1-7, 2021. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

For the first time since 2013 the BWAA did not elect anyone to the hallowed halls of Cooperstown. Curt Schilling was 16 votes shy of the 75% needed for election. Other notables are Clemens who received 61.6% and Bonds who received 61.8%.

Destination unknown. Sounds like the beginning of a spy novel, an exciting movie, or even the title of a hit soundtrack. Sure, unknown is simply an adjective modifying the noun destination, and people may certainly say "Our destination is unknown" or "We are going to an unknown destination", but to be more dramatic or literary, it is better to say, "Where are we going? destination unknown."

Today, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) announced that it is working to correct a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) system error. The system is issuing erroneous ‘new claim notifications’ that are being sent to existing PUA claimants.

Early on in a segue between songs in the first track of Loud As Folk Volume 5: Buffalo Moses, the titular Buffalo Moses, introduces himself and sets the stage for a warm and intimate set of songs both brand new (“Whatever Disease” was written the night before recording) and old, including a stunning rendition of “The Worst Things” from Jones’ prior band, Gardnerville-based Buster Blue.

Lyon County became the latest rural county to declare an economic emergency and decline to enforce the governor’s COVID-19 directives on the basis that they hurt businesses.

The county of about 58,000 people joins the rural resistance along with White Pine, Elko and Eureka counties, which are less populous.

To expand the community’s ability to access library materials at their convenience, the Carson City Library has installed self-check lockers outside the front doors of the library.

While the library remains closed amid the extended statewide pause, library customers can now safely pick up library materials after hours and when curbside services aren’t available.

On Wednesday, the driver of a crash that injured five individuals within Sportsman’s Warehouse was arrested for reckless driving with substantial bodily harm, driving without a license, and failure to maintain a travel lane. According to the suspect, this is the third vehicle he has crashed.
On Friday, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. Ronald Wilkerson of Gardnerville exited the Carson City DMV following a dispute regarding the denial of his driver’s license.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 that there are 4 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. We are also reporting 27 new cases and 106 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 10,723, with 6,761 recoveries and 188 deaths; 3,774 cases remain active.

As a result of the impending snowstorm, all schools in the Carson City School District will be closed for the entire day Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. The National Weather Service is predicting one of the most impactful winter storms in recent years to hit our area. Periods of heavy snow and strong winds are expected tonight. The storm threatens to be disruptive to travel throughout the region.