Carson High Crowns 2021 Homecoming King and Queen

UPDATE 6:17PM: The Earthstone Fire burning in the Sparks area has grown to 3,000 acres, according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center.
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Carson City Fire Department sent a Type 1 fire engine staffed with three people Monday to a fire in the Sparks area that is threatening homes.

The Fourth of July remains one of the deadliest holidays on our nation’s roadways. Law enforcement agencies statewide, including the Carson City Sheriff's Office, have joined forces to remind motorists and motorcycle riders to have a safe summer and extended holiday July 4 holiday period. Law enforcement officers are increasing patrols for impaired drivers and riders between now through July 14.

Fire crews are battling a growing brush fire in northern Nevada between Wadsworth and Nixon, three miles north of Interstate 80, according to the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District.

Carson Car Center (CCC) has purchased Carson City Hyundai from the Dick Campagni Automotive Group, said CCC General Manager Wayne Lew.

Equestrienne Samantha Szeciorka will speak on her latest “Nevada Discovery Ride” on Sunday, July 9, at 10:00 am at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park. This presentation is free.

A traffic stop for speeding led to the arrest of four people Saturday night, including the driver for suspicion of drug trafficking and a fourth DUI, a Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team sergeant said.

Let the good times roll. Head over to Mills Park in Carson City for the annual RSVP Carnival and catch some high-flying skate-boarding action. You’ll find the historic Wungnema House open for tours at the very east end of the park. One price gets you unlimited rides at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, and plenty of photo opportunities with their historic steamer. The classic thriller, Jaws, plays on the big screen at the Galaxy Theater, just in case you forgot what might be hiding in the water. Here's what's happening today:

Carson City Fire Department, Sheriff's Office and Parks, Recreation and Open Space officials appear in a video produced Friday that explains a shooting ban on city, state and federal land due to extreme fire danger.

Cara Strasser, a member of the Great Basin Bee Keepers Association, places a swarm trap in the tree at Carson City's Foreman-Roberts House Museum, 1207 North Carson Street in Carson City on Friday, in an attempt to capture and relocate a swarm of honeybees.

Savannah Penman, 4, rolls the dice during a game of life-size Chutes and Ladders at the Carson City Library on Saturday, July 1.

For more information about ongoing Summer Learning Challenge activities, go to carsoncitylibrary.org/

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) has reported a pedestrian has died from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run accident involving a motor vehicle early Saturday morning.

A 29 year-old Yerington man was arrested early Saturday morning at 2:08 a.m. in the area of Carson River Road and East Fifth Street for a second driving under the influence (DUI) offense, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy said, this one involving a combination of alcohol and marijuana use.

Intellectually, I always realize summer is coming. But, I never actually believe in it untilthe temperatures soar and then, suddenly I miss spring.

Carson City Dispatch is reporting an unknown single vehicle accident at Center and Racetrack drives occurring just before 6:30 a.m. and involving an electrical transformer near the road way.