2021 summer concert series returns to Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys

Crews install the Inside the Mind of daVinci sculpture at the Community Center in Carson City, Nev., on Monday. The 10-by-23-foot cement sculpture, created by local artist Mischell Riley, is the first piece of public art purchased by Carson City Culture and Tourism Authority and will be gifted to the city.

UPDATE: A Carson City man involved in a road rage incident in October was granted a suspended sentence after he admitted to carrying a concealed weapon.

Attention singers! The Carson City Symphony Chorus will begin rehearsals on Tuesday, Oct. 31, for the December 10 Holiday Treat concert with the Carson City Symphony. Rehearsals are Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the Choral Room in Carson High School, 1111 N. Saliman Road in Carson City.

A 32-year-old woman was arrested Sunday for felony suspicion of fraudulent use of a credit card, possession of a controlled substance and other charges, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

An 81-year-old Yerington man was found guilty of three counts sexual assault on a child, one count of lewdness with a child under 14, and one count of open and gross lewdness, following a week long jury trial in Lyon County.

Lynn Zonge and Mark Kimbrough accepted the 2017 DeBoer award from the Nevada Chapter of the American Planning Association for excellence in planning, outstanding rural on Oct. 4, 2017.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 30 through Nov. 5, 2017. Road closures expected at the following locations due to road/utility work. Please follow detours.

After a week of unseasonably warm temperatures and picture-perfect conditions for Saturday's Nevada Day parade, next weekend may look entirely different with the arrival of the first moderate Atmospheric River-type system that may bring snow to the Sierra and foothills and rain to the valleys, according to the National Weather Service.

California State Parks will kick off the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team fall prescribed fire program beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. If conditions are favorable, prescribed fire operations will take place in D.L. Bliss State Park on the southwest end of Lake Tahoe.

Chances are, you’ll need to recover from yesterday a little. Downtown Carson City has you covered with a ‘Sunday, Bloody Mary Sunday’ bloody mary contest in Arlington Square. Get your trick-or-treat on at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada or at the historic Wungnema House at the east end of Mills Park. Grand Entrance at the La Ka Lel Be Pow Wow begins at 12 p.m. Its new home at the Multi-purpose Athletic Center (MAC) has let the annual event become even bigger. You’ve got one last chance to get your fill of cotton candy and the Ferris Wheel: the RSVP Nevada Day Carnival closes at 8 p.m.

SUNDAY:

Though the level of library support varies throughout school districts in Nevada, the Carson City School District highly values school libraries as it promotes literacy through funding, a full-time library staff at each school, and certified teacher-librarians at CHS and the middle schools.

Many amazing opportunities are going on in the CHS school library. The CHS Library is piloting the Nevada Teacher-Librarian Evaluation framework and transitioning from a “library” to a collaborative learning commons. 

Nevada's 153rd birthday and 79th Nevada Day Parade teemed with excitement. From floats to marching bands, beards to single-jack drills, pancakes to chili, there was something for everyone to see and do in downtown Carson City along the parade route.

Here are additional photos of Saturday's Nevada Day celebrate downtown near the State Capitol.

Collection of photos taken along Carson Street Saturday during the Nevada Day Parade.

The 79th Nevada Day Parade is now under way in downtown Carson City with thousands of people lining North Carson Street between William and Stewart streets, cheering on the more than 200 entries celebrating this year's "Arts and Entertainment" theme.

Ten divisions of entries, including floats, marching bands, public service contingents, and horse groups, are now making their way past the Nevada State Capitol.