Carson City woman arrested after carrying indigestion, pancreatic medication without a prescription present

The 16th Annual Jazz & Beyond Carson City Music and Art Festival is underway, with Friday's opening featuring Rocky Tartarelli Band at the Bliss Mansion.

The Dead Winter Carpenters brought a bluegrass and country flair to the fourth annual Levitt AMP outdoor Music Series on Saturday.

Attendees by the hundreds filled the Change Companies Stage on Minnesota Street at the Brewery Arts Center to soak in another warm summer night with a pair of terrific live performances.

UPDATE SUNDAY 5 p.m. The Clifton Fire has been contained as of 4 p.m., according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch.
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UPDATE Sunday: The Clifton Fire was approximately 66 acres as of early Sunday morning. Air and ground resources were to continue suppression efforts through the night, according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center via Twitter.

Dozens of local non-profit agencies gathered at Our Park in Dayton Saturday during the Our Town in Our Park event.

Non-profit groups including the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Dayton Volunteer Fire Department, JOIN INC, Dayton Valley Dog Park and the Historical Society of Dayton teamed-up to promote wellness, services and career opportunities to the community.

This American Red Cross Babysitter's Training Course will provide youth who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly care for children and infants. This training will help participants develop leadership skills, develop a babysitting business, keep themselves and others safe, understand children from ages 0 to 10, help children and infants with daily needs, help children with their behavior, and become fully certified in pediatric CPR and First Aid.

Register here: https://www.campusce.net/wnc/Course/Course.aspx?c=655

UPDATE 10:03 a.m.: Deputies have one in custody after the chase led to a Colorado Street storage facility. According to deputies, while they were in pursuit, the driver of the vehicle pulled up to the gate, entered in the code, and pulled in. Deputies followed the vehicle in the storage facility. The vehicle then rammed another vehicle; whether it was a deputies’ vehicle is unclear at this time.

The suspect was taken into custody and is being transferred to the Carson City Jail. They remain uncooperative, according to deputies.

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Carson City's newest creative writing group "We're Always 'Write' CC Chapter" welcomes you to share your love of writing with us! Meet fellow writers as we work on creative writing exercises in a fun, safe environment.

Our first meeting will be at the Brewery Arts Center Cafe on August 14th from 1-2 p.m.

The 16th annual Jazz and Beyond Carson City Music Festival took over a sunny Friday evening in the state capital.

A blend of smooth jazz music combined with special art exhibits, demonstrations and art sales brought dozens of attendees to the Bliss and Governor's Mansions.

August 11th is national 811 Day and Southwest Gas wants to warn customers of the dangers associated with digging into a utility line and encourage customers to know what’s below – call 811 before you dig. Most people are unaware that natural gas, electricity, communications, water and other types of utility lines that communities rely on run through corridors directly underneath them. Many of which may be buried just a few inches below ground.

The hotly debated proposed Stewart Street and Carson Street roundabout is in its final design phase according to Carson City via its website Carson Proud, and was presented to the the Redevelopment Authority Citizens Committee, which helped fund the project, during a meeting held Monday.

"This is a major milestone for the project team and one more step toward the start of the construction stage scheduled to begin (by) the end of the year," said the website.

Carson City’s Montessori has been educating a portion of the capitol city’s children for over a decade. They quickly outgrew their space, and have been looking to relocate for about 13 years.

Now, an end may be in sight. According to Carson Montessori Executive Director Jessica Daniels, the school has been looking at the vacant Silver State Charter School complex on Fairview since Silver State shut its doors. After funding fell out more than once, they’re at it again, and a tentative offer of over one million dollars has been offered for the space.

Heading into the weekend, there’s a bevy of activities around the Carson City region to help the next three days breeze by, including the Jazz and Beyond Music Festival, Carson City Library’s End of Summer Learning Challenge, history talks at Mormon Station Park, train rides in Virginia City, a sushi cooking class at Sierra Chef on Sunday and more!

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong and District Attorney Jason Woodbury have released a public service announcement designed to educate the public about Marsy’s Law.

Carson City schools and local law enforcement teamed up at Fuji Park Thursday to discuss action plans for worst-case scenarios to protect students, staff and visitors in the event of an emergency.