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Here is the outdoor calendar for the month of June. If you have additions to this calendar, email us and include the activity, date, time and location to: donquilici@hotmail.com or jeff@carsonnow.org.

The summer version of the baseball rivalry between Douglas and Carson started Friday night, and it's nowhere near as heated as a regular-season game.Part of it is because graduating seniors don't p...

Carson City officials are meeting Friday - as are Douglas County leaders - to discuss a newly amended bill calling for the potential withdrawal of Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.Car...

Here is this week's fishing report for the week of May 25 through Memorial Day weekend. The report is for rivers, streams and lakes in Northern Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra.

By the Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District-Sierra Front Field Office, has prepared the Churchill Canyon Grazing Allotment, Environmental Assessment (EA). The Allotment is located in the Pine Nut Mountains of Douglas and Lyon Counties, Nevada.

The body of a man found Saturday near the Carson River in north Douglas County has been identified as Charles Michael Mose, 43.

A Carson City driver who died and a Reno passenger who was injured have been identified by the Nevada Highway Patrol in Sunday morning's fatal rollover accident that happened south of Gardnerville.

A 26-year-old Carson City man died and a Reno man is in critical condition today after an early morning rollover accident on Highway 395 south of Gardnerville, reports the Nevada Highway Patrol.

The Douglas County Sheriff's investigators are working to identify the body of a person that was found Saturday afternoon near the Carson River in northern Carson Valley.The body was discovered on ...

The Douglas County Sheriff's investigators are working to identify the body of a person that was found Saturday afternoon near the Carson River in northern Carson Valley.The body was discovered ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports that it is investigating the death of unidentified person found near the north end of the Carson River today. The identity of the deceased is being withheld until identification can be made and family can be notified, according to a press statement filed by Douglas County Sheriff's Capt. Joe Duffy.
No further information is available.

Staff ReportsA 36-year-old Carson City man was sentenced May 13 to 90 days in Douglas County Jail, suspended, after he pleaded guilty to trespassing in what he said was an attempt to remove belongi...

Troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol-Major Accident Investigation Team are still piecing together the seven-vehicle crash that happened on Highway 395 near Jacks Valley Road in Douglas County Monday that sent several to the hospital and shut down southbound traffic on HIghway 395 for four hours.

Five people were injured in an accident that occurred at approximately 1 p.m. at Highway 395 and Jacks Valley Road. Three of those injured were taken by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

Southbound traffic on South Carson Street was backed up all the way to Colorado Street as of 4:15 p.m. The backstreets are also filling up as people search for a way around the blockage caused by the accident.

Plans for air travel, the future of bike trails in the region and other transportation improvement issues will be the subject of a public open house, May 18 from 4-7 p.m., at the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City.

The Concordia University-Irvine's Handbells and Hand Chimes will present a Carillon Fantasy concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1480 Douglas Ave., Gardnerville.Directed by Dr....

Legislative money committees voted Friday to restore money the governor's budget originally cut from the China Spring and Aurora Pines youth camps in Douglas County.Gov. Brian Sandoval originally p...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help in identifying the person(s) responsible for stealing approximately 4,000 pounds of copper wire from the Buckskin Mine. The theft was discovered on May 5, according to a press statement.

The mine is located in the northeast section of Douglas County, where it borders Lyon County. Access to the mine is made from the Lyon County side of the Pine Nut Mountains, through Mason Valley.

Carson City and Douglas County paramedics are at the scene of an accident involving a motorcyclist who reportedly spun-out in the westbound lane of Highway 50 this afternoon, about 1 mile east from Spooner Summit. Care Flight was notified but the motorcyclist will be transported by ground ambulance, according to dispatch. The accident was reported at around 12:43 p.m.

The daughter of the motorcyclist, who was apparently following him in a white sedan, told dispatch that her father was conscious and alert but somewhat dazed.

It’s that time of the year for a widely-distributed and widely-read annual publication, Fishing The California Alps. Do yourself a favor and pick one up.

The outdoor newspaper is your personal guide to the fishing, camping, sightseeing and vacationing world in our general area and it has 56 pages of detailed, in-depth information provided by lots of experts in their specific areas of knowledge and experience.

A joint session of the Senate and Assembly money committees voted Tuesday to pull the state out of both the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center in Minden and the historic Dangberg Ranch.Ending...

By the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
The State of Nevada announced today that it has reached agreements between the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) and Eureka County, Elko County and Clark County (Mt. Charleston) to continue to provide “all-risk” emergency services to these counties.

These services were scheduled to be transferred back to the respective counties June 30, 2012, per Gov. Brian Sandoval’s recommended budget now being considered by the Nevada State Legislature.

Here is the outdoor calendar for the month of May. Submit your calendar items to donquilici@hotmail.com or jeff@carsonnow.org

May 1 – Opening day of the 2011 fishing season at Hobart Reservoir in the mountains between Carson City and Lake Tahoe.
This season closes September 30.
Call the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) headquarters office in Reno at 688-1500 during regular business hours.

May 4 – First Wednesday of the month:

Here are the most recent fish plants in the western part of the Silver State by the Nevada Division of Wildlife:

April 25: Paradise Pond in Reno: 500 rainbow trout: 10.2 inches in length.
April 25: Rancho San Rafael in Reno: 1,000 rainbows: 10.2 inches.
April 26: East Carson River in Douglas County: 1,450 brown trout: 10.4 inches in length.
April 26: East Carson River in Douglas County: 3,100 browns: 10.4 inches.
April 27: East Walker River in Lyon County: 16,088 fingerling brown trout: 3.3 inches in length.
April 28: Cave Rock Landing at Lake Tahoe: 5,015 rainbows: 9.5 inches.

MINDEN - Carson High's boys and girls track teams finished sixth at Friday night's Big George Invitational at Douglas High School.Reno won the boys meet with 133.5 points followed by McQueen (107.5...

Carson High used some gutty pitching by Christina Gallegos, clutch hitting by Christa McGahuey and Lisa Yamamoto, and some leaky defense by visiting Douglas en route to a doubleheader sweep Saturda...

A manhunt for a Reno resident suspected of assaulting his brother ended peacefully in Zephyr Cove Friday afternoon.Douglas County Sheriff's deputies arrested Wade Richard Kelly, 52, about 12:30 p.m...

Updated: The following is a press release from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office: At approximately 12:30 p.m. today Wade Kelly was apprehended following an extensive manhunt in the Round Hill area of Lake Tahoe. Mr. Kelly was being sought on suspicion of committing battery with a deadly weapon.

It took until the bottom of the sixth inning for the Carson bats to wake up Tuesday against Elko. In the end, the Senators woke up just in time to leave with a 12-11 walk-off win at Ron McNutt F...

With the Opening Day of the 2011 California fishing season right around the corner on April 30, if you are planning to fish, you need to be aware that you will need to possess one or more of the following to be legal:
— The 2011 non-resident annual fishing license is $116.90, and it is good through Dec. 31, 2011.
— A one-day resident or non-resident license is $14.04.
— A two-day resident or non-resident license is $21.86.
— A 10-day non-resident license is $43.46.

Second-Rod Stamp:
A Second-Rod Stamp is $13.53.