Congressional letters help send Carson High School senior to Naval Academy

“This is the first night of the ‘High As Hope Tour.’ If you’re sitting down, you’re going to want to stand up so you can dance with us.” So began Florence Welch addressing the audience at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys on a warm, wildfire-smoky night.

Nevada Outdoorsmen in Wheelchairs has announced its 2018 hunt participants. The upcoming hunt commences in Elko, Nev., on August 22, 2018 and will celebrate the organization’s 10th Anniversary. Selected from this year’s pool of applicants are: Tony Sosby from Paris, Kentucky and Elko resident, Lizzy Pritchett.

A 21-year-old woman was arrested early Thursday morning for felony suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and other charges, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A small group of the wild Nevada Mustangs at one of their favorite watering holes; the Little Washoe Lake. Behind us were another dozen or so. Such beautiful and majestic creatures, they migrate here regularly in herds of 50 or more. If you see them beside the road (East Lake Blvd) stop and let them cross so they can reach their water and grasses.

During the winter, the homeless population of Carson City can find warm beds to sleep at our rotating local churches nightly, but during the summer, no such places exist.

This is why Carson City Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Craig LaGier, who is also a deacon for St. Teresa of Avila’s Catholic Church, as well as the St. Vincent Advisor and Homeless Ministry, said sleeping bags and Y Athletic socks are the most important item he gives to the homeless.

Despite smoke-filled skies from regional wildfires, the 2018 Carson City National Night Out held Tuesday night at Mills Park generated a crowd of several thousand and likely matched last year's record crowd, organizers said.

Returning for its third year, more than 250 dirt bikes will roar and race in south Carson City with riders chasing their share of a $10,000 purse at the Fuji Park Flat Track dirt bike races on Saturday, August 25 at Fuji Park.

In 1997, President Bill Clinton traveled to Lake Tahoe, which straddles California and Nevada, to inaugurate what would become an annual bi-state forum focusing on environmental challenges at the lake. More than two decades later, the conversation has shifted, implicitly and at other times explicitly, for a new century and a Lake Tahoe watershed that must contend with changing weather dynamics, from warmer water to increasing wildfires.

A 46-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for felony suspicion of attempting to break into a vehicle at a south Carson City Park and Ride area, a sheriff’s deputy said.

CARSON CITY — With the first day of school fast approaching August 20, Carson High School wants all students and parents to be aware of some important back-to-school information, event dates and a new electronics policy effective this year.

CARSON CITY — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed Executive Order 2018-21 on Wednesday, lowering flags in honor of former Nevada Governor and U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt.

For the past four years, Angels With Flowers has donated floral arrangements to hospitals and senior care centers throughout the Carson City area. On Monday, the program, established by local florist Lori Morris, donated its 99th and 100th arrangement of 2018.

Next Friday night, August 17, beginning at 6 p.m., the cool Carson City Community Center will be swinging as the hot USAF Band of the Golden West Commanders Jazz Ensemble performs tunes from some of the greatest swing bands of all times.

Hundreds of Carsonites attended a cast call Tuesday hosted by the Carson Nugget, hoping to become extras in a new TV show "Casino Boss," that will begin filming its pilot this week.