Carson City area road report for week of Oct. 11-17

According to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s March 2023 economic report, Nevada gained 2,600 jobs over the month. The number of jobs in the state is up 73,000 since March 2022, an annual increase of 5.0 percent.

'Mother Goose' has made her presence known at Fritsch Elementary School, but not with Nursery Rhymes. After she nestled in with eggs under one play structure during spring break, school officials learned once Canadian Geese have established nests, they are federally protected.

The inaugural Mark Twain Days, a three-day celebration of Samuel Clemens time in Carson City, is happening this Friday through Sunday, April 21-23 in the capital city. A variety of free and ticketed events are planned for the festival.

The Carson City School District’s Career and Technical Education Teaching and Training Early Childhood Education students will host a community celebration, ‘The Day of the Child,’ Saturday, April 29, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Carson High School.

At approximately 5:30 p.m. Lyon County investigators assisting in the search for Nike “Toni” Riess located her conscious, alert and injured at the bottom of a ravine in the desert approximately a half mile northeast of where her vehicle was located off of Apache Drive in Stagecoach.

The Carson City Downtown Business Association invites you to stroll through Downtown Carson City and have your Passports stamped inside our businesses between 11am and 2pm.

Enjoy Mark Twain Days with street performers, food, drinks and family fun along the way.

In recognition of National Donate Life Month in April, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) is continuing to elevate the donate-life message for Nevadans. In addition to debuting a custom donate-life decals on a sheriff’s office vehicle for the second year in a row, the sheriff’s office was recently presented with an award from the Nevada Donor Network—a statewide not-for-profit organization that facilitates organ, tissue, and cornea donations statewide.

On the morning of April 18, 2023 the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Communications Division, received a report of a missing Stagecoach resident.

A 29-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Tuesday morning for violating her bail conditions and driving without a valid license after deputies stopped the car she was driving for being without license plates.

When deputies made contact with the woman, they asked if she had a temporary registration card for the vehicle which she said she did not. She did, however, provide insurance for the vehicle.

In 2019, the graduation rate for Carson High School was at nearly 94.6 percent; however, only two years later in 2021, the rate dropped significantly with only 88.7 percent being awarded their diploma.

Thank you to the community for your overwhelming response to the first class offered at the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum. This class, "Cooking with Nettles" taught by Melanie Smokey, Washoe/Yomba cultural plant medicine expert, is now full and closed to registration. We will post a notice if this class is offered again in the future.

Liquid Blue Events is thrilled to announce it will produce the Reno Chalk Art & Music Festival in 2023 on behalf of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. Now in its 7th year, the three-day event features live art installations, live music, food and drink experiences, artist and craft shops, and a Kids Zone.

Join us this Thursday for our Take2 Series. We are now offering a second movie each month. This one on the third Thursday of the month. This movie will be this Thursday, April 20 in the Black Box Theatre in the Brewery Arts Center at 449 West King Street.

DAYTON, Nev. — National Prescription Drug Take Back events offer safe ways to dispose of expired or unneeded prescription drugs.

This weekend, as part of National Drug Take Back Day, Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties, Lyon County Sheriff's Office, and Smith's have come together to host a drop off location in Dayton for unneeded medications.