FBI, Carson City Sheriff and Reno Police arrest seven in Child Sex Trafficking sting

CARSON CITY — For the second time, the Carson High School Blue Thunder Marching Band was selected to march in the 2019 Year of the Pig Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Named one of the top 10 Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association, the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia.

Carson City School District is pleased to announce Educator Kristina Britt, speech language pathologist at Bordewich Bray Elementary School, as a winner of GreenNevada’s Growing Resources for Environmental Education in Nevada 2019 Golden Pinecone Sustainability Award.

Reno-Tahoe International is accepting donations of gift cards and cash from the public to help government employees who are not being paid during the federal government shut down. A major donor has kicked off the program with an impressive donation.

The public is invited to attend the 2019 Veterans Legislative Summit in Reno coming up this Saturday. The Veterans Summit is conducted by the Nevada Department of Veterans Services in partnership with the United Veterans Legislative Council.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus declared: “The last shall be first and the first, last.” Today, Harveys’ first 2019 outdoor concert announcement is almost certain to be the last show of the summer series. On Friday, Sept. 6, Dave Matthews — who many consider a rock ‘n’ roll deity — will take the stage.

Hello Carson City and welcome to Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. After a wet, blustery 3-day holiday weekend, sunny skies are ahead for the foreseeable future with a gradual warming trend and daytime highs in the low to upper 40s over the next few days.

A greater variety of birds of prey can be seen this time of year in the Carson City area, including the Cooper's Hawk, a diminutive cousin to the larger Red Tail Hawk.

A 33 year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 1500 block of Firebox Road for misdemeanor second-offense domestic battery, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy said.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Jan. 21-27, 2019. Road closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Hello Carson City and welcome to Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday to honor the civil rights leader. Schools and most all state, local and national government offices are closed for the day. Ahead, skies are clearing and the storm overnight has begun to move out. After 10 a.m. the National Weather services says we will have sunny skies with a high of 39.

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect Sunday night through Monday morning for the greater Reno, Carson City and Carson Valley areas while a Winter Storm Warning in effect at Lake Tahoe and in the Sierra, according to the National Weather Service.

Carson Now will bring live coverage of a press conference today, Sunday, 1 p.m., at the Washoe County Sheriff's Office in Reno. The press conference is regarding an arrest made in Carson City that is linked to the ongoing homicide investigations.
You can follow the press conference on the Carson Now Facebook page here and the WCSO Facebook page here.

Solutions is in full swing, and Carson High School is the only high school in Nevada with this amazing grant. The grant money provides out-of-school-time supports for at-risk students. At risk, a broad term in this grant, includes students who are at risk of not passing a class, at risk of becoming truant, or just in need of a safe-place after school.

The 10th-ranked Nevada men’s basketball team has been a second-half team all season, and the Wolf Pack proved it once again Saturday in a 67-52 victory over Air Force at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.