UPDATE: Pack of wild dogs still at large following attack on herd of deer at Carson City Cemetery Friday night

RENO — To adapt to the recent restrictions amid COVID-19, the Nevada Junior Livestock Show will hosts its annual livestock show online this Monday through Friday, May 4-8. Youth ages 9-19 throughout the state and parts of California will be judged on their showmanship and knowledge of their chosen animals through videos they submitted online.

A vehicle pursuit with law enforcement, the second in two days, ended Saturday with arrests in the Gardnerville area, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Is this pandemic over with yet? Nope! Not to beat a dead horse, but what is everyone doing with all this time off? For some, time off would be a fantastic development in their busy lives, and for others, time off would be an awful development because they are not able to pay their bills if they cannot go to work.

The point here is clear: Those who need time off cannot have it, and those who have time off do not want it. This is where hope, attitude, and contentment come into play. It is time for a laugh.

A group of protesters, some dressed in military fatigues and open-carrying guns, gathered outside the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City on Saturday to call on Gov. Steve Sisolak to open all businesses.

While the Boys and Girls Club in Western Nevada in Carson City is currently closed to the public during the pandemic, they have offered their services to a worthy cause: keeping the children of essential first responders safe and happy.

A 33-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 2900 block of Mayflower Way Thursday night for domestic battery second.

According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to a residence on the report of a woman sustaining injuries to her face.

The woman told dispatch she had a busted lip and had been battered by her boyfriend. She advised the man had left the residence approximately twenty minutes before she called 911.

Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske announces that county election officials have begun to mail out 2020 primary election ballots and that voters can expect to receive their ballot in the mail in the next two weeks.

Voters in some counties may even begin to receive their ballots in the mail as early as May 1. Secretary Cegavske previously announced that the 2020 primary election would be a vote-by-mail election due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Quad-County Emergency Operations Center (Quad EOC) is reporting four new positive cases and four additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 96, with 50 recoveries and one death, 45 cases remain active.

UPDATE: According to the Nevada Department of Corrections, the fire wasn't a fire but steam from a steam line that blew a valve. NDOC appreciates the quick response of the firefighters, first responders, and deputies, said a NDOC spokesman.
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Multiple units of firefighters, first responders and sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Warm Springs Prison on report of a structure fire inside the prison Friday afternoon.

According to dispatch the fire was reported to be near class rooms, and inmates were being secured while responders were enroute.

More to follow.

Lyon County officials have reviewed the Nevada United Roadmap to Recovery plan as introduced by the Governor on April 30, 2020. The Governor’s Office provided Lyon County with a questionnaire to determine the County’s ability to enter Phase 1 of the plan.

A car chase involving a stolen vehicle began just before 12 p.m. Friday afternoon on Carson Street.

The driver of the stolen vehicle led deputies on a pursuit going up to speeds of 80 mph heading south on Carson Street into Douglas County.

Spooner Junction was closed at 11:50.

At 11:54 deputies reported a hand was waving outside of the sunroof, appearing to show something deputies could not identify.

At 11:55 the chase was approaching Mica Drive.

At 11:57 the chase passed Stephanie Lane.

At 11:58 the vehicle turned East on Johnson Lane.

I don’t know about you, but the one thing I hate about Spring and Summer are the return of the dastardly mosquito. I’ll be having a perfectly lovely time out in my garden or with my family around the grill, and later when I’m getting ready for bed I’ll find a thousand itchy bites all over my legs and arms.

Gov. Steve Sisolak announced an “active transition” in the next 15 days toward reopening a moribund economy, giving the clearest guidelines yet as to how the shuttered state will take steps to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak will hold a news conference at 5 p.m. Thursday to outline the Silver State's "Roadmap to Recovery" strategy to open business while maintaining COVID-19 medical and safety measures.
The press conference can be viewed here.