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The Lyon County Republican Central Committee (LCRCC) will hold its next meeting on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Fernley High School Library, 1300 Highway 95A, Fernley. 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.

The project called The Vintage At Kings Canyon was presented by the managers in an open meeting at the Fritsch School on April 7th to a crowd estimated at 250-400 people.

On April 25 it was again the topic of another public meeting at the school. This time the meeting was called by the neighbors, and drew over 200 highly interested people, along with the mayor, two candidates for mayor, a supervisor, a candidate for supervisor, a reporter, a retired reporter, and other retired reporter also a candidate for supervisor.

Since the early 1980s, May has been a month for celebrating historic preservation and archaeology in Nevada. This year, the theme acknowledges the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, which helps to stabilize neighborhoods and downtowns, contributes to public education, attracts investment, creates jobs, generates tax revenues, supports small business and affordable housing, and powers Nevada’s heritage tourism industry.

A Carson City man was arrested Saturday in the 500 block of East William Street on suspicion of felony DUI, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

The week of April 10 through 16, 2016 is Public Safety Telecommunications Week (Emergency Services Dispatchers). This time is dedicated to the recognition of the dedicated men and women who serve as public safety telecommunicators, more commonly known as “dispatchers.”

At the beginning of April, we headed back down to the Wilson Canyon area in Lyon County for further exploration. When we rode there back in November, we had barely scratched the surface on interesting places t ...

UPDATE 10:30AM: From Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Duncan Dauber: Two people involved in a crash at Highway 50 and Six Mile Canyon Road near Dayton this morning were flown by Care Flight and, at this time, have non-life threatening injuries.

The injured motorists are an adult female from Silver Springs driving a red Ford Explorer and an adult male, also from Silver Springs, driving silver Ford F150 truck.

Two helicopters landed at Fort Churchill Road to take the two injured motorists to Renown Medical Center in Reno.
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UPDATE: At least two people were flown by two Care Flight helicopters this morning following a vehicle crash at Highway 50 and Six Mile Canyon near Dayton.

Two SUVs that became stuck in the mud overnight in El Dorado Canyon southeast of Carson City were found Monday morning. One person was flown by Care Flight for an injury, a Carson City Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue official said.

UPDATE 5:30PM MONDAY: Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday that involved a black Ford Excursion and a black Honda Civic, according the Nevada Highway Patrol.

NHP Trooper Duncan Dauber reports the driver of the Honda, from Silver Springs, was injured after the vehicle rolled over and he was pinned briefly inside. He was flown by Care Flight with serious but non-life threatening injuries. A juvenile passenger in the Honda had minor injuries and was taken to the hospital by ground ambulance.

The Honda rear-ended the Ford in the eastbound lane at Highway 50 near Affonso Drive, said Trooper Dauber. The driver of the Ford Excursion, from Yerington, was not injured.
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Lyon County and Carson City rescue crews, the Nevada Highway Patrol and Care Flight were called to a crash Sunday off of Highway 50 in Mound House at Affonso Drive near the Shell station.

The crash was reported to NHP at 4:54 p.m. with dispatch advising that at least two vehicles were involved.

The National Weather Service in Reno was tracking a series of strong thunderstorms that began at around 5 p.m. that extend from Fernley to Dayton with lighting strikes and rain already arriving in Carson City.

A motorcycle rider was flown by Care Flight after it crashed into a school bus Friday afternoon in Dayton. The crash happened near the intersection of Fortune and Monte Cristo. The was reported to be at least one student on the bus and they were not injured, according to scanner reports.

Law enforcement agencies from around Nevada convened in Reno this week for a conference on gangs. The event, which wraps up Wednesday, was hosted by the Tri-County Gang Unit that represents Carson City, Lyon County and Douglas County.

An alarming number of overdoses and at least nine deaths in the Sacramento area has prompted a public safety alert from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration concerning counterfeit Hydrocodone tablets containing Fentanyl.

A San Fernando, Calif., woman was booked Tuesday into Carson City Jail on felony warrant charges of drug trafficking and conspiracy to violate the Controlled Substance Act, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A Dayton couple arrested Friday on suspicion of assaulting a Walmart security officer face additional charges after a stolen credit card was used earlier at the store, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Carson High School students are not only given myriad opportunities in which to participate, they are afforded these privileges by parents, teachers, and local and national non-profit organizations whose sole purpose is to give elementary, middle, and high school students the freedom to shine like the sun.

Hello, my name is CJ Gueldner. Several months ago I was driving down that Loneliest Highway that we all love from Mound House to Silver Springs when I caught sight of some adorable community garden style lawn art.

Night in the Country Music Festival has added Craig Morgan and Old Southern Moonshine Revival to the 2016 lineup at the Lyon County Fairgrounds in Yerington, July 21–23.

Night in the Country is celebrating its 15th year with the largest lineup in its history, featuring some of the biggest country artists in the world including headliners Tyler Farr, Chase Rice and Kip Moore.

UPDATE: Lyon County sheriff's spokesman Michael Carlson said a U.S. Postal Service delivery worker who was killed on the job in northern Nevada was delivering mail to her own home, and her husband first reported her shooting death as an accident, according to KTVN. The husband of Johnie Nicole Shadden was questioned but not arrested after Shadden was pronounced dead outside the house about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday near Yerington.
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Lyon County Sheriff's Office authorities, the US Postal Service and the FBI are investigating the Tuesday shooting death of a 26-year-old Mason Valley mail carrier.

Operation Safer Streets, a multi-agency collaborative effort to perform personal contacts on high risk offenders under the supervision of the Division of Parole and Probation, was conducted in the Carson City, Douglas, Washoe and Lyon County areas.

The Lyon County Republican Central Committee (LCRCC) will hold its next meeting on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the Senior Center, 2945 Ft. Churchill, Silver Springs. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:00a.m. The public is invited to attend and learn more about grassroots politics and meet with Republican officials.

For more information about the LCRCC, call Dave at 775-772-2364 or check our website at http://www.lyoncountyverepublicans.com

A 44-year-old Dayton man turned himself into Carson City Sheriff’s Office deputies Sunday on multiple warrants, including felony burglary, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

The following was issued on the Lyon County School District Facebook page at 11:27 a.m., regarding an incident Monday morning near Riverview Elementary School in Dayton:

One person died in a Silver Springs structure fire that happened Monday morning. It is the second fatality involving fires Monday morning, with an elderly man who died in an early morning Carson City apartment fire.

The school superintendents of Carson City, Douglas County and Lyon County districts will be discussing Title IX implementation in their districts on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 7:00 PM at the Marlette Hall in the Cedar Building on the WNC campus.

Authorities have identified a Reno man as a suspect who died late Thursday after an officer involved shooting in which a Lyon County Sheriff’s Office deputy was wounded while investigating a carjacking.

This story has been updated. Go here for the latest developments.

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A Lyon County sheriff's deputy is recovering after being shot and wounded in the hand Thursday night as he investigated a vehicle outside a Silver Springs casino that was involved in a Sparks carjacking earlier in the evening. A suspect involved died.

The Lyon County Republican Central Committee (LCRCC) will hold its next meeting on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the County Office Building, 27 S. Main Street, Yerington, NV. Our meeting starts promptly at 10:00a.m. We welcome the public to attend and learn more about grassroots politics and meet with our Republican officials, both county and state.

A new and long awaited 2,000-acre rail center and industrial park development is going forward in Lyon and Churchill counties, officials tied to the project announced Thursday.

The Gateway Commerce Center project will be built near Hazen, Nev. on U.S. Highway 50 Alternate, according to a joint announcement by Northern Nevada Development Authority, Gateway Commerce Center LLC and Watco Companies, LLC.

UPDATE 11:15AM: Carson City is experiencing minor, localized flooding, according to the city's Facebook page. Sandbags are available at Public Works Corporate Yard on Butti Way. Call 887-2355 if you need more information. As of 11:15 there were 14 NV Energy outages in Carson City with 253 customers without power. Douglas County has 16 outages with 165 customers without power. There is one outage in Lyon County with one customer without power.