TOCCATA Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus holiday concert coming to Carson City, Gardnerville

Nevadans celebrated both Flag Day and the U.S. Army’s 242nd birthday Wednesday during a ceremony at the Nevada Veterans Memorial on the state capitol grounds in Carson City.

Almost the instant we finished getting the bikes loaded up with our gear, it started raining. Tearing everything down and retreating to the car didn’t seem like an option, so we took shelter under the eaves of the Susanville Depot, hoping the storm would pass soon. Twenty minutes passed, and the ...

UPDATE WEDNESDAY 11:20 AM: A Pony Express rider arrived at 2nd and Curry street more than an hour ahead of schedule with the Carson City mail exchange now having been made.
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UPDATE WEDNESDAY: The Pony Express re-ride is running around an hour ahead of schedule, organizers say. The exchange at 2nd and Curry streets in Carson City is expected to happened at around 11:30 a.m.
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Imagine the year 1860 with vast wilderness and wide-open plains between Missouri and California. You're one of the chosen riders on top of a horse with a mochila strapped on your saddle, navigating along the trail where unknown dangers lay ahead.

Carson City Fire Department was called late Tuesday night to the Nevada Legislative Building for a report of a small fire inside the building.

UPDATE 9:30PM: A fire that started in the kitchen area of a Rawhide Way residence and spread into the attic was quickly knocked down Tuesday night, said Carson City Fire Department Battalion Chief Tom Raw.
It started as a cooking fire and went into the exhaust system, extending into the attic, he said. It was knocked down within 15 minutes upon arrival.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in attempting to locate a runaway juvenile. Engel Mulhauser, aka Harley, 16, was last seen Sunday, June 11 at her residence in Carson City.

First it was warm then it wasn't. Then came the valley rain and Sierra snow Monday. Now it's warming up again with a chance some areas of western Nevada could inch close to 100 by Sunday into next week, according to the National Weather Service.

Paul Sampson broke 27 bones in a stock car crash and knocked out 17 teeth, but the injuries did nothing to dull his passion. “I’ll just always love cars,” he said.

As a country phenomenon, Garth Brooks once said, "It's bulls and blood, it's dust and mud, it's the roar of a Sunday crowd. It's the white in his knuckles, the gold in the buckle, he'll win the next go 'round. It's boots and chaps, it's cowboy hats, it's spurs and latigo, it's the ropes and the reins, and the joy and the pain and they call the thing rodeo."

A 62-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday in the 1500 block of Old Hot Springs Road for a burglary warrant issued in May 2014 out of Clark County, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Each summer since 2003, the historic Comstock community of Silver City has offered free, public programming in science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM). Last week the annual program kicked off with a blues concert in the park, and this Tuesday, June 13 the program continues with science activities led by Jim Barcellos of University of Nevada Reno Cooperative Extension (UNCE).

The Journey of Hope team will be arriving in Carson City on Friday June 16th for a visit with the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada and The Nevada Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities.

This overnight stop comes after a 35-mile ride from Lake Tahoe, Calif., the sixth day of a 3,720-mile cycling event across the country. The team will dedicate their summer to enhancing the lives of people with disabilities through grant funding and community engagement.

Seek and you shall find. This week in Carson City, participants in a local scavenger hunt will be searching for four purple-painted parking meters placed indoors at public venues throughout the Nevada state capital.

Hundreds of American Indian dancers, drummers, artists, craftsmen and cultural enthusiasts will converge on Carson City this Friday through Sunday for the annual Stewart Father’s Day Powwow.