Carson City emergency crews respond to crash at South Carson Street and Old Clear Creek

In honor of Read Across America, the Carson City Library will be releasing literacy and activity videos every Saturday in March and first week of April for our virtual Family Reading Program series. Go here to register for the first video.

Dan Meyer, Senior Naval Science Instructor of the NJROTC at Carson High School, submitted the following:
All Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp programs are required to be inspected by the Area Manager, who is the liaison between the units and the US Navy, at least once every other academic school year to determine whether or not requirements and standards for retention of units in the program are being met.

Lyon County Libraries Director Amy Geddes reports that beginning March 2, 2021 the Silver Springs and Fernley Library branches will have new extended open hours to the public.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the cancellation or postponement of Spring and Summer activities in 2020, which Carson City locals and beyond have marked on their social calendars as ‘until further notice’.

With restrictions loosened on Feb. 15 in a “safe reopening” effort through May 1, regional event coordinators have begun to plan 2021 entertainment in anticipation of lifted regulations.

Carson City deputies arrested Timothy George Heney Jr. on a warrant issued out of Carson City for multiple felony counts involving grand theft, identity theft, and more.

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting 11 new cases and 46 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 11,207, with 8,943 recoveries and 207 deaths; 2,057 cases remain active.

To prepare for daylight savings time, the Carson City Rifle and Pistol Range will adjust to its spring schedule starting March 1. The Range will be open to the public for drop in use Tuesdays through Sundays 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., weather permitting.

The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Nevada Chapter developed an innovative modeling system to guide and improve land management actions, like ecosystem restoration, that has helped land managers improve their return on investment. A $750,000 grant from the Bretzlaff Foundation, a family foundation based in Nevada, will advance the chapter’s Landscape Conservation forecasting system and integrate its predictive vegetation modeling with sociopolitical modeling.

A 28-year-old Incline Village man was arrested early Thursday morning in the 4100 block of S. Carson Street for a second DUI, failure to maintain a lane, driving without a valid driver’s license, driving with an open container in the vehicle, failure to lead to an emergency vehicle, and driving without proof of insurance.

In 1991, the 45,000-square-foot V&T Roundhouse in Carson City was demolished over the course of five weeks in a decision that was as controversial then as it remains today. However, the memory of it is still with many Carson City residents, and a move to install one of the arches of the historic building is currently being discussed.

The Carson City Planning Commission voted unanimously to revoke the Special Use Permit for Tahoe Western Asphalt Plant after finding there was evidence of failure to comply with conditions of the permit and that the business was creating a public nuisance that is detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare, including emitting noxious odors into surrounding neighborhoods.

An underdog once again, Carson City’s Diego Elizondo boxes Saturday in a nationally televised bout.

The 22-year-old lightweight with a 3-2-2 record will face highly touted Anthony Cuba, who won his professional debut Oct. 31 with a second-round knockout. In previous televised fight cards, it was uncertain beforehand whether Elizondo’s bout would be included on the broadcast. Not this time.

A suspect was taken into custody Thursday afternoon in connection to the theft of a utility trailer from a Carson City construction site earlier this week.

A 40-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for suspicion of suspected heroin and methamphetamine possession and other offenses, a Carson City sheriff's booking report states.