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The Lyon County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident in Silver Springs that happened Wednesday involving the death of dog and the involvement of a Lyon County Commissioner.

A 30-year-old Dayton man was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of felony burglary after admitting to breaking into a home and attempting to take camera equipment, a Carson City sheriff’s detective said.

The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office and Lyon County Human Services are moving into their new building at 620 Lake Avenue in Silver Springs, County Manager Jeff Page said Tuesday.

Healthy Communities Coalition’s Stand Tall member Cimberlin Andrus will speak about tobacco use awareness at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act at the Nevada Governor’s Mansion in Carson City on Dec. 8. Nine additional Stand Tall team members from Yerington, Fernley, Dayton and Silver Springs, and two of HCC’s certified community health workers, Kathy McIntosh and Tammy Sutton, will also attend.

The annual Dayton Christmas Tree lighting is today, Sunday, Dec. 4 beginning at 5 p.m. at Our Park. Festivities include pictures with Santa, a Civil War Christmas display, cookies and hot drinks, music, carols, an ugly sweater contest, plus if you donate a non-perishable food item, you have a chance to be the official tree lighter.

Lyon County officials met Friday with city leaders from Fernley and Yerington to discuss implementing requirements under Nevada's recently passed Question 2, the initiative to regulate and tax marijuana, said County Manager Jeff Page.

South Lyon Medical Center is holding a special veterans recognition ceremony at its long-term care facility in Yerington to honor its military veteran residents, a hospital press release said.

UPDATE 2:44AM: At approximately 1 a.m. Saturday morning missing Dayton juvenile Macon Silvey, 11, was located. He is in good health and has been returned to his family. Sheriff Al McNeil wants to thank the deputies, Lyon County Search & Rescue, the RAVEN helicopter crew from the Washoe County Sheriff's Office and community volunteers involved in the search for their selfless efforts to find the juvenile.

A 35-year-old Utah man was arrested Saturday, 3:12 a.m. in the area of Saliman Road and Jodi Lane for suspicion of gross misdemeanor child neglect, misdemeanor DUI and basic speeding, 89 in a 65 mph.

UPDATE 917PM FINAL RESULTS: Below is the FINAL Carson City General Election results for the Carson City area on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Go here for the Carson City Elections Department.

The following are 100 percent of the votes counted: combined absentee, early voting, Carson City Courthouse election day results and the full list from the Carson City Community Center from tonight. Total voter count is 25,061. Carson City Clerk Sue Merriwether reports 91.79 percent of the registered voters turned out to vote.

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The Lyon County Sheriff's Office received a phone call Sunday morning from a Silver Springs resident, who reported that a body had been discovered in a nearby wash.

Silver Springs, Nevada – At the Governor’s Points of Light Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas on September 29th, 2016, Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchinson presented Kathy McIntosh with a statewide award recognizing her exemplary work as Volunteer Manager at the Silver Stage Food Pantry in Silver Springs.

Silver City, Nevada - Silver City, a Lyon County community located in the historic Comstock region near Virginia City, was highlighted in the Fall 2016 issue of Rural Connections, a publication of the Western Rural Development Center.

Lyon County, Nevada – Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties recently welcomed ten AmeriCorps members who will serve communities throughout the Lyon County region during the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Christy McGill, director for Healthy Communities, explained that “all are Lyon County residents with a stellar history of volunteerism, selected due to their passion for helping others.”

Silver Springs, Nevada – A news feature on Remote Area Medical’s recent visit to Northern Nevada by Peter Krogh Andersen of Denmark was published this week. The article is written in Danish, but even if you don’t read that language, the videos and pictures convey the life-changing things that happen when RAM brings its free, mobile clinic to a town.

A 31-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Saturday 1:38 p.m. in the 3300 block of Market Street for two felony warrants alleging burglary and fraud as well as drug charges, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

The Lyon County Republican Central Committee will hold its next meeting on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at the Dayton Senior Center, 320 Old Dayton Valley Road, Dayton, NV. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. The public is invited to attend and learn more about grassroots politics and meet with Republican officials.

For more information, call Dave at 775-772-2364 or check our website at http://lyoncountynvrepublicans.com.

A 30-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday in the 470 block of Clear Creek for felony suspicion of being a sex offender failing to register and warrants for failing to register in Lyon County, embezzlement and being a fugitive from justice, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Saturday begins the first day of early voting in Nevada. In Carson City, early voting is available for two weeks prior to Election Day at the County Courthouse, 885 East Musser Street (first floor). For Early Voting schedule please refer to your Sample Ballot or to the schedule below:

A 34-year-old Dayton man was convicted and sentenced for a child molestation case, Lyon County District Attorney Stephen B. Rye said Wednesday.

A Silver Springs man has been arrested on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon enhancement in last Thursday’s shooting death of a 48-year-old man in Silver Springs.

Training flights that originate from Reno-Stead, Carson City, Minden and Hawthorne airports also use the Silver Springs runway. “They love to do ...

Lyon County sheriff's detectives are investigating the shooting death Thursday of 48-year-old Silver Springs man after dispatch received several 911 calls regarding a fight in Silver Springs.

UPDATE 12:21PM: NV Energy reports around 60 customers are without power this afternoon in the areas between East William and Corbett streets. In all there are 137 customers around Carson City without power, 1,198 in Douglas County, 1,827 in Washoe County and 1,121 customers in Lyon County.
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UPDATE 9:35AM: NV Energy reports 38 customers in Carson City are without power. High winds are causing multiple extended outages throughout northern Nevada. Crews are out working to restore power to customers as quickly and safely as possible. NV Energy advises to consider any downed power lines as live and dangerous and stay a safe distance from them. Call 9-1-1 to report them.
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Thousands are without power Friday morning from north Carson City through Washoe Valley into the Galena area due to wind and wildfire, according to NV Energy.

The Nevada Department of Transportation’s USA Parkway/State Route 439 project has reached a milestone as paving of the future roadway extension begins.

The Northern Nevada Development Authority in Carson City assisted Cosmetic with the expansion. NNDA set up meetings with state, government ...

A driver involved in a low-speed pursuit that began in Lyon County ended Tuesday afternoon in a parking lot across from a downtown Carson City casino. The driver has been detained and authorities are investigating.

Northern Nevada Development Authority announced Wednesday that Cosmetic Enterprises Ltd. will expand its manufacturing facilities into Dayton, Nev. CEL plans to invest a substantial amount of new money in their new Lyon County facility while retaining their existing manufacturing plant in Pacoima, Calif.

Thanks to Remote Area Medical, Inc., Healthy Communities Coalition and a cadre of volunteers, 323 people received an array of free health care services at a clinic conducted over the weekend at Silver Stage High School in Silver Springs. In doing this, and at just this clinic alone, more than $110,000 in services were provided, costs that otherwise would have to be picked up by either a state or county agency.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified a Lyon County woman who died from injuries in a head-on crash involving a motorhome that happened Friday afternoon east of Lake Tahoe on Kingsbury Grade in Douglas County.