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UPDATE: The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly single-vehicle rollover that occurred shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday night that took the life of South Lake Tahoe Police Officer Mark Hounsell, his wife Jeanne and one other person.
South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Brian Uhler made the following statement:

UPDATE 2:25PM: Douglas County authorities have identified Michelle Kozlowski as the Gardnerville woman fatally shot during a domestic dispute involving her 27-year-old son, Jarek Kozlowski. Go here for the latest developments to this story.

UPDATE: A woman was found fatally shot early this morning on a street in Gardnerville. The suspect in the shooting is in custody after he was also shot and was taken to the hospital, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded to 1200 block of Manhattan Way for reported domestic violence call with shots fired. At approximately 1:24 am, Douglas County deputies responded to the residence on Manhattan Way.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office along with other law enforcement agencies throughout the State, will be participating in Joining Forces through the month of October. The focus of this event will be impaired drivers and riders.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in Impaired Driving mobilization period. This enforcement detail is partially paid for by a grant from the State of Nevada, Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office along with other law enforcement agencies throughout the state will be participating in Joining Forces through the month of September. The focus will be impaired drivers and riders.

UPDATE: A crosswalk enforcement operation scheduled for Monday has been canceled. However, we are re-running this story to remind motorists to use caution along city streets and roadways as school gets underway.
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With the 2015–2016 school session set to begin statewide, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office is working diligently to urge motorists to be pedestrian aware and share the streets responsibly. In an effort to continue the downward trend in pedestrian fatalities, agencies aligned with Joining Forces will focus on enforcing pedestrian safety guidelines.

Driver inattentiveness, speeding and cell phone use are factors for around 20 percent more vehicle crashes along Carson City area roads this year compared to the first seven months of 2014, a Carson City Sheriff’s Office sergeant said this week.

Not counting those crashes investigated by the Nevada Highway Patrol, there’s been 250-plus crashes from January to July of this year. During the first seven months of 2014, there were 200 crashes, said Carson City Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Scott McDaniel.

Wednesday brings another chance of slow moving thunderstorms expected to develop again over the Sierra and western Nevada, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Watch for the region until midnight.

Over the Independence Day weekend Lyon County experienced rainfall that caused flash flooding throughout the county. Below is a list of roads that were impacted:

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office along with other law enforcement agencies throughout Nevada will be participating in Joining Forces through the rest of the month of July with the focus on impaired drivers and riders. Among the agencies, the Nevada Highway Patrol will hold a DUI checkpoint through the weekend.

The Fourth of July is one of America’s favorite holidays. And why not? Families and friends gather to celebrate our country with food, parades, parties, picnics and fireworks.

The latest disaster movie, San Andreas, has drawn considerable attention, especially when coupled with the real-life earthquake disaster that struck Nepal April 25 and the magnitude 4.8 gentle-reminder earthquake 100 miles north of Las Vegas that rattled homes and highways throughout the valley on May 22.

The Nevada Department of Transportation plans this summer to implement a new brand and communications plan developed by strategic communications students at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department in conjunction with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department will be participating in the Spring 2015 Click It or Ticket mobilization period from today, Monday through Friday, May 15. This enforcement detail is partially paid for by a grant from the State of Nevada, Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety.

Kyle Navarro, a St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church seventh grader, was honored Thursday by AAA Nevada for his leadership qualities as School Safety Patroller of the Year in Carson City.

Kyle has exhibited sound safety skills by making sure students get in and out of cars safely around the school drop off and pick up zone, said Haldon Johnson, AAA Business Manager.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in Distracted Driving mobilization period from now through April 15th. This enforcement detail is partially paid for by a grant from the State of Nevada, Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety.

Hoping to tackle a recent increase in traffic fatalities, Las Vegas legislators are introducing a group of bills that would increase penalties for hit-and-run drivers by ......

Be this year’s MVD — Most Valuable Driver — by being the designated driver on Super Bowl Sunday. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with Joining Forces and the Office of Traffic Safety have provided a limited number of water and cola Koozies to be given to those who choose to be designated drivers during the game.

They are designed in the shape of a football jersey and have been stamped with the MVD and Zero Fatalities Logo.

One thing that can lead to a car crash or road rage is tailgating. This is also known as following too closely. Nevada law states that “the driver of a vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.”

A total of 284 people died in traffic crashes during 2014. That is 18 more than were killed the previous year. A spokesman for the Nevada Department of Transportation said fatalities have increased in recent years af...

Reckless driving on roadways led to an increase in traffic fatalities during 2014 compared to the previous year, according to Nevada Department of Public Safety figures released Monday.

In Carson City there were five fatalities in 2013, and in 2014, there were also five fatalities, according to figures compiled for the Nevada Department of Transportation. What's noteworthy is that in 2013, no fatalities involving motorcycles were reported, while in 2014, three of the five fatalities in Carson City were on motorcycles, said NDOT spokeswoman Meg Ragonese.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office along with other law enforcement agencies throughout Nevada are participating in Joining Forces through December with the task of stopping impaired motorists.

Grant money for this event is provided by the Nevada Department of Public Safety-Office of Traffic Safety. These monies are used to pay for additional deputies who will be out looking for impaired drivers, said Sgt. Scott McDaniel of the Carson City Sheriff's Office.

The first of two “active assailant response” exercises was staged Saturday at the Carson City Courthouse. The scenario involved two shooters in camouflage who walked through the three story courthouse, shooting city employees and members of the public in their path as they went courtroom to courtroom.

The shooters were taken out with gunfire by Department of Alternative Sentencing officers and Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies within two minutes of the scenario, but not after leaving a bloody path of fatally and critically injured victims.

Nevada’s Joining Forces multi-county law enforcement program is launching its “Click it or Ticket” education effort alongside the nationwide effort to encourage motorists to strap on their seat belts.

Between Nov. 13 and Dec. 2, law enforcement officers will fan out across Nevada in search of motorists who are not buckled up. Although seat belt use is not a primary offense in Nevada, seat belts are proven to be a primary factor in decreasing fatalities in a crash.

The Department of Public Safety-Office of Traffic Safety has awarded The Nevada Highway Patrol-Northern Command West $129,500 in federal funds as part of a grant for the “Joining Forces” campaign.

The goal of this grant is to reduce fatalities and serious injuries suffered by motorists involved in traffic collisions. “Joining Forces” is a federally-funded grant geared toward having state, county, and local law enforcement agencies “Join Forces” in an effort to enforce key areas of traffic safety.

The 2014 annual Street Vibrations motorcycle officially came to a close on Sunday Sept. 28. Organizers expected between 50,000 and 100,000 participants. We do have a definitive number of participants but know that there was a phenomenal increase in highway traffic. Over the 4-day event that lasted from Thursday through Sunday, local residents saw an influx of motorcycle riders from all over the U.S.

Boaters taking to Nevada waters this weekend should take note: operating a boat under the influence is the same as driving under the influence. Nevada Department of Wildlife wardens and law enforcement will be looking for boaters operating under the influence this weekend in waters across the state as part of a nationally coordinated enforcement effort dubbed “Operation Dry Water.”

As Dayton transitions from a rural to a more urban community, traffic concerns need to be resolved, but must be done prudently and in the right time.

This was the underlying message at a meeting at Sutro Elementary School Thursday night where more than 70 citizens, county officials, law enforcement and first responders heard from Nevada Department of Transportation officials.

But for a community that has seen countless accidents in past years this was not quite what most had hoped to hear.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife along with local U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and several private businesses in Nevada are joining boating safety advocates across the U.S. and Canada to promote safe and responsible boating during National Safe Boating Week, May 17-23 and through the entire summer.

Warm weather brings out motorcycle riders by the tens of thousands to the open Nevada roads. Public safety officials warn that with spring and summer riding comes responsibility.

Fifty-three motorcyclists died on Nevada roadways in 2013, surpassing the previous year’s number of fatalities by 39 percent, according to the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety.

Across the nation, May is Motorcycle Safety Month, focused on the motorcycle as an important form of transportation, and reminding its riders and all motorists of important safety guidelines.