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A Carson City Sheriff's deputy arrested Cameron Matthew Haffey, 20, a stocker from Carson City, just before 3 a.m. Wednesday at the 1800 block of North Carson Street. Around 11 p.m. Tuesday officers were dispatched to a north Carson pharmacy on a report of a broken window. Camera footage showed a suspect in dark pants and a dark coat. Later on the same deputy was passing the pharmacy and spotted a suspect that matched that description.

Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, there will be shoulder work on S. Lompa Lane between Edmonds Drive and Grandville Drive. There will also be shoulder work on Edmonds Drive between Fairview Drive and Gentry Lane. Minimal delays are expected.

There will be work at North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. No closures are expected.

A trailer full of books being given away for free to members of the general public. The books belonged to the recently-deceased owner of a local bookstore. Her brother, who said this was his tenth such load of books, has made her collection a gift to the community.

Six weeks after tickets went on sale, The Polar Express™ has officially sold out, according to the Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau.
More than 7,500 riders will board the magical holiday train on the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, the only officially licensed Polar Express event in the region this holiday season.

Support Your Local Sheriff
...and your Mayor...and your Assessor. Now is your chance to show your support and give your community leaders a hearty cheer! Join the fun at Pinkerton Ballet Theatre's 23rd annual production of "The Nutcracker Ballet". Each of our special guest performers brings his own persona to characterize "Mother Gigogne;" an ever-popular comedic character with exaggerated makeup, costume and flamboyant behavior. Mother Gigogne, a role which is traditionally played by a man, is an enormous woman who conceals a whole brood of children beneath her skirts.

The next Nevada Business Connections Monthly Networking Breakfast is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16 at the Gold Dust West Casino, 2171 Highway 50 East, Carson City.

Keynote speakers are Steve Driscoll, Sparks Assistant City Manager, and Chris Lynch, Director, Business Environmental Program, UNR.

Doors open at 7:30 a.m. $20 for members, $30 for guests

Please RSVP (775) 882-8306 or kris@nevadabusinessconnections.com

If you have recently noticed that some of the traffic signals in town don't seem to be giving you enough time to get through them, help is on the way.

The city implemented a new coordinated traffic signal system two weeks ago, and have been making adjustments to it since then to work out the bugs, according to Transportation Manager Patrick Pittenger.

Pittenger said they have had many complaints from citizens during that time about problems with traffic signal timing, especially being able to cross main thoroughfares from side streets.

Shaun Nicholas Day, 29, was arrested Friday night after allegedly firing a .357 revolver at another man in the 900 block of South Carson Street.

According to the arrest report, the victim said Day was a passenger in a car driven by Chandy Atkins, when the car pulled up alongside, and he and Day exchanged words. The victim then said Day pointed a gun at him and fired once, missing him.

A Lyon County woman pleaded guilty this week in Yerington District Court to charges she was high on methamphetamine when she drove the wrong way on Highway 50 East in Stagecoach and struck another ...

The following persons were arrested this weekend by Carson City Sheriff's deputies:

Enrique Lopez Aguilar, 23, was arrested Saturday morning near the intersection of Daggett and Canyon Drive for felony statutory sexual seduction. According to the arrest report, the parents of a 14-year-old girl reported that the subject had come to their residence to drop off their daughter, and they blocked his vehicle so he couldn't leave. A deputy talked to the subject, who allegedly admitted to having sex with the girl, but said she told him she was 18 years old. His bail was set at $15,000.

A 25-year-old Minden man died Saturday in a motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 50 east of the Douglas County line on Spooner, seven miles west of Highway 395 in Carson City, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports.

According to NHP Trooper Chuck Allen, Edwin Bruno-Mazariego was riding his green 2008 Kawasaki ZX600P motorcycle east bound on the four-lane highway. For reasons still unknown, he failed to negotiate a left hand curve and departed the travel lane striking the adjacent section of guardrail.

Proscenium Players in conjunction with the Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino in Carson City are holding open auditions for the murder mystery Dealt A Deadly Hand – Murder at the Carson City Casino Royale. Is nothing sacred? This mystery dinner show spoofs the movie "Casablanca" and the American Dream of winning the jackpot.

Fire crews are finishing up work on a small brush fire that broke out on the east side of Carson City, south of Highway 50 East.

A Nevada Division of Forestry helicopter was seen dropping several loads of water on the area after personnel from Carson City Fire Department and the Bureau of Land Management contained the fire on the ground. There were no structures visible near the fire.

When it first started, a big column of smoke was visible throughout the city, and reports at the time said it is more than one acre and spreading toward Rifle Range Road.

Fire crews quickly knocked down a brush fire Monday afternoon in a field on Highway 50 East, the third brush fire in two days.The fire about 5:30 p.m. near Gold Dust West on Monday was contained to...

Firefighters attacked a brush fire in a field west of Gold Dust West casino, on Highway 50 East, quickly knocking it down despite strong winds at the time.The fire, which started about 5:45, is und...

An motor home fire has shut down the Carson City bypass and the Highway 50 east entrance to the freeway this evening. According to witnesses on the scene and police scanner traffic, the motor home, parked on the freeway between Fairview and 5th Street near the bridge, went up in flames at around 5:33 this afternoon. It was extinguished at around 5:50 p.m.

A motor home engine fire that has spread to the living compartment has shut down traffic on the freeway between Fairview Drive and Highway 50 East. The vehicle fire is in the southbound lanes near ...

By the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
Bats are some of the most misunderstood animals. Join park volunteer and bat expert, Brian Buttazoni, for this informative evening program “The World of Bats.” Learn about what bats eat, where they live, how they are beneficial to humans and how to observe them.

WHAT: An Evening with Bats
WHEN: Saturday, June 25, 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
WHERE: The group area at Dayton State Park, located on U.S. Highway 50 East, one half mile east of the stoplight in Dayton.
WHO: This event is open to the public.

A Carson City man was jailed Sunday morning after allegedly trying to hit a woman with his car, and then eluding officers near Russell Way and Northridge.

According to the arrest report, Anthony Todd Martin, 30, was also found in possession of burglary tools, equipment used for syphoning gasoline, drug paraphernalia, a prescription drug that didn't belong to the suspect, and a cache of jewelry that matched the description of items listed as stolen in a string of recent burglaries in the area.

The following people were arrested by Carson City Sheriff's deputies May 19:

—Sarah Elizabeth Crockett, 21, of Carson City, was arrested in the 3800 block of South Carson Street for felony grand larceny and gross misdemeanor possession of drugs without a prescription. The suspect had been detained by store security after allegedly emerging from a dressing room without the items she entered with. She was also allegedly found to be in possession of a bottle of pills including morphine for which she did not have a prescription. Bail was set at $5,000.

The Clear Creek Bowmen, an archery organization in Carson City, held its fundraising archery shoot on Sunday, May 8 and took in about $1,000 in entry fees to fight cancer. Click to the PDF below for a complete list of winners.

Officials report that there were 67 shooters that participated in the fundraiser. The donation will be made to the Carson Advocates for Cancer Care.

The following activities along Carson City roadways will take place due to utility work:

• On Monday, May 16 through Wednesday, May 18, work is scheduled on Curry Street near the intersection with King Street. There will be single lane traffic with flagger control.
• On Thursday, May 19, there will be single lane traffic with flagger control on Research Way south of College Parkway.

A man who had reportedly flashed a gun and a knife at patrons inside a Carson City bar led authorities on a chase early this morning into Lyon County. It ended with the suspect being tasered and detained at about 1:45 a.m.

Tickets are now on sale for Food for Thought's spring fundraiser, Saddle up For Kids, on May 20 from 4-8 p.m. There will be terrific BBQ from Carson City BBQ, great entertainment from the cast of Oklahoma, and auction items ranging from the use of a Hawaiian vacation home to books from local authors.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or here at Food for Thought at 3579 Highway 50 East, Suite 221.

http://www.nvfoodforthought.org

Because children in our community should never go hungry!

Our warehouse hours are 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM Monday through Friday.

775-885-7770

Road Report as of May 6, 2011. The following information applies to the period of May 9-15:

There will be temporary lane closures due to utility work on Fairview Drive between Highway 50 East and Butti Way and on North Edmonds Drive (old Edmonds) between Highway 50 East and the intersection with Fairview Drive.

Sidewalk improvements will occur on Long Street between Molly Drive and Saliman Road. No lane closures are expected, however JAC bus stops in this area may be temporarily closed.

An accident last week in Mound House claimed its youngest victim this afternoon. Colton Melendrez, 3, died from the injuries he sustained in the Friday accident on Highway 50 East that also kill...

A man and his 8-year-old daughter were killed after a Friday afternoon three-vehicle accident on Highway 50 East at Kit Kat Drive in Mound House. According to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Dan L...

A 12-year-old girl has died, bringing to two people the number killed in a Friday afternoon three-vehicle accident on Highway 50 East at Kit Kat Drive in Mound House. According to Nevada Highway...

An 8-year-old girl died overnight after an accident on Highway 50 east of Carson City in Mound House on Friday afternoon, which also claimed the life of her father, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports today.

The girl's identity has not been released. Her father, David James Melendrez, 30, of Carson City died at the scene of the accident. The condition of a young boy, 3, also inside the car with his sister, and his father Melendrez, is not known at this time, said Trooper Dan Lopez.

The identity of a man killed while riding an ATV across Highway 50 East in Stagecoach was released this morning. According to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Dan Lopez, 61-year-old Donald Anderson wa...