Driver suspected in Wisconsin parade rampage was convicted of sex crime in Washoe County

DAYTON — The word of the day from players as they signed their scorecards was “brutal”. Yet four players managed to card 4-under par 68 to share the first-round lead in Stage One Web.com Tour Qualifying at Dayton Valley Golf Club.

CJ Manthe from Carson City will be honored in November by the Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada at the 16th annual Triumphant: Celebrating Women in Leadership Awards Dinner.

The Carson City community is invited to experience the new look of Vitalant, formerly United Blood Services, during a special open house event this month at the Carson City donation center.

Elvin Bishop seems like the happiest guy in the world. If he’s not, then he is fooling a lot of folks. At the age of 75, Bishop is lookin’ good and playing great. He’s prepared to put the clear plastic over his year-round garden to create a “big-ass greenhouse,” practices learning Japanese by reading a daily newspaper each morning and has just released a second album with his newest project, Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio. The first album was nominated for a Grammy Award.

When Patti Ferguson started looking for volunteer opportunities eight years ago, she naturally gravitated toward something literary. “I love to read, and I love books,” she said.

John Wood is a candidate for Carson City Board of Supervisors Ward 1. Mr. Wood recently stopped by the KNVC studios and recorded the following interview with Brian Bahouth.

UPDATE: Westbound travel lanes have reopened.
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The Nevada Highway Patrol reports there was a fatal crash Monday evening involving a pedestrian in the area of Highway 50 and Red Rock in Mound House, east of Carson City.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man discovered Monday morning near the Chichester housing development in Gardnerville.

Lance Gilman and his team have changed the face of Northern Nevada. So much so, that Northern Nevada is now facing a critical shortage in housing and workforce.

If you are planning to enter the Nursing program or enroll in medical-related courses at Western Nevada College, attend an informational meeting on Thursday, Oct. 11 from 4 to 5 p.m. in Marlette Hall on the Carson City campus to get your required enrollment documents in order.

Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space will host its first ever volunteer post Nevada Day Clean-Up on Oct. 28, 2018 from 8 to 10 a.m. The department will provide all of the trash bags and gloves necessary for the clean up.

Nine out of the 10 Carson City School District schools earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star certification, which signifies their buildings perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA.

UPDATE: If you watched the skies over Carson Valley late Monday morning, there's a good chance you may have caught a glimpse of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.

With the 2018 Aviation Roundup days away, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels landed at the Minden-Tahoe Airport this Monday, Oct. 8. In addition, Fat Albert, the C130 transport plane for the Blue Angels, arrives.

Visible in Carson City and throughout Northern Nevada, at 7:21 p.m. Sunday night, SpaceX successfully launched the SAOCOM 1A satellite from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The satellite was deployed about 12 minutes after liftoff.