Annual Share Your Christmas Drive-By Food Drive happening this Friday

UPDATE: Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Thom Reilly and Board Chairman Kevin J. Page plan to visit WNC on Monday, Sept. 18 to gather information for naming an acting or interim president at the college.

They will meet with the WNC Institutional Advisory Committee, Foundation and Associated Students of Western Nevada at 11 a.m. in Reynolds Center Room 102. Members of the public may attend this meeting and provide comments.

There will be an interactive video of this meeting available on the Fallon campus in Piñon Hall Room 202 to allow public comment.

Carson City and Carson Valley are featured in a new food-themed road trip itinerary through northern Nevada developed by TravelNevada and Reno Bites, the food event taking place Oct. 9-15 in Reno.

Northern Nevada is filled with very different people with a wide variety of interests. I strive to make sure that my things-to-do lists reflect the many options available to you. Today, for example, you’ll find a fundraiser for Catmandu, the monthly meeting of the fly fishing club, some country line dancing, jazz and poetry, and a walk along the historic Blue Line Trail. No two Tuesdays are alike (or Wednesdays or Thursdays, for that matter), so it’s always worth checking out. Now that we are moving into autumn, the activities in Carson City change like the leaves.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called early Monday evening to the area behind Home Depot and Walmart for a reported brush fire.

Its not just a picnic basket bears have been after at the Desolation Wilderness Bayview Trailhead last week. Some hikers have returned from the trail to find their cars not only broken into, but ransacked.

A 25-year-old man was arrested Sunday night in the 1000 block of North Plaza Street for misdemeanor suspicion of being a drunken pedestrian in the roadway, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

The historic Virginia & Truckee Railroad and Railway Commission in partnership with Rail Events, Inc. through Warner Brothers Consumer Products, Inc. is looking to cast additional actors and actresses for their annual production of “The Polar Express” train ride for the 2017 season.

This is the 16th anniversary of a national tragedy. It was a day the nation paused, slowed down, and turned toward concern for our fellow man. Rather than destroy us, the attacks of September 11, 2001 pulled us together as a nation like no other recent event. We turned an eye toward pain and showed compassion.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed Executive Order 2017-11 ordering all flags to fly at half-staff beginning from sunrise to sunset Monday, September 11, 2017 in honor of Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — This Monday marks the 16th anniversary of September 11th. For many it's hard to believe it has been that long. "One of those life changing moments," said Pastor Patrick Propster, Carson City Christian Ministerial Fellowship.

On Wednesday, Sept. 20, author Bonnie Boice Nishikawa will share her ‘life experiences’ related to growing up in the Nevada State Children’s Home. Located in Carson City, the facility provided a ‘home’ to hundreds of children, including Ms. Nishikawa and her brother and sister, between 1870 and 1992.

They were known as “The Oak Ridge Quartet” when they were formed in 1945. The name change came in 1961 when they became “The Oak Ridge Boys.” Several members have come and gone over the years, but the mainstay of this group for the last 40 years are the first four men on the cover of this album.

Carson City wasn't left out of the sky candy mix on this last day of the Great Reno Balloon Race. A hot air balloon passed over calm, sunny Carson City skies Sunday morning.

Monday is this generation's day that will live in infamy as millions of Americans remember the sacrifices made by first-responders, the military, airline passengers aboard four jets and thousands of people who worked in the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon.