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The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is investigating three robberies of convenient stores that have suspect similarities, the latest on Sunday at Eagle Valley Market, which was also robbed on Jan. 18.

In a Jan. 3 robbery, the male suspect, race unknown, described as 5 foot, nine inches tall with a skinny build wearing a black knit cap, a bandana covering the face, black hoodie zip up sweatshirt, a grey under shirt, and dark colored pants entered the 7-Eleven store at 3838 Hwy 50 East at around 4:23 a.m.

Substitute teachers can learn insight into providing a more successful classroom environment for their students through two hands-on classes offered this spring at Western Nevada College in Carson City.

Management Methods for Substitutes (EPD 276) helps substitute teachers develop strategies to provide an improved learning environment for not only their students but for themselves. The class meets from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 and 15 and is taught by Dr. Michelle Rousselle.

Substitute teachers can learn insight into providing a more successful classroom environment for their students through two hands-on classes offered this spring at Western Nevada College in Carson City.

Management Methods for Substitutes (EPD 276) helps substitute teachers develop strategies to provide an improved learning environment for not only their students but for themselves. The class meets from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 and 15 and is taught by Dr. Michelle Rousselle.

A family caregiver support workshop is being offered on Saturday, January 25th from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church at 314 N. Division in Carson City. The early registration cost is $20 and space is limited. Please call 775- 882-1534 to register or for more details.

Please join us on February 15th for the fourth annual Carson High School Safe Grad - Safe & Sober 5K Run/Walk. This event is organized by volunteers of the Safe Grad Committee.

Carson High Safe Grad program has been an annual tradition in Carson City for over 20 years. It provides our graduating seniors with a safe and sober, all night celebration on the evening of their graduation, followed by a trip to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom amusement park in Northern California.

A 23-year-old Carson City woman turned herself into Carson City Jail deputies Monday on a felony charge of suspicion of first offense burglary.

Melissa Eleanor Mulder was being held on $20,000 bondable bail. A warrant for her arrest was issued Jan. 2, 2014 out of Carson City Justice Court.

The @ Two Digital Learning Center, on the second-floor of the Carson City Library, has launched learning opportunities by scheduling a new-round of basic computer classes.

Located on the second floor of the library annex, above the current Youth Department, @Two has been a busy community resource for patrons over the last year. Unfortunately access to the second-floor has been unreliable thanks to an aging and highly temperamental elevator.

Western Nevada College Carson City is offering youth piano classes in its high-tech, digital piano laboratory this spring semester. Youth can now enroll for classes in the same Clavinova lab that is a favorite with college students.

Professional pianist Sue Kinney teaches the classes on Friday afternoons. Beginning classes for Kindergarteners and first graders are offered from 4:30-5:20, p.m., second and third graders meet from 5:30-6:20 p.m., and fourth to sixth graders meet from 3:30-4:20 p.m.

The Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company will hold auditions for the Broadway blockbuster "Chicago" on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The Broadway blockbuster won six Tony Awards and has continued to be an international hit. It will play in seven performances on weekends, May 9-18, in Carson City.

Producer and director Stephanie Arrrigotti said parts are open for six leading roles and two dance troupes. “Those auditioning for the primary dance troupe need extraordinary dance ability and well-toned bodies,” she said.

Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies are looking for a man who robbed the 7-Eleven at 3838 Highway 50 East early Friday morning.

According to deputies, the male entered the store at around 4:20 a.m. and waited until the clerk left her cash register and entered the store with a crowbar. He took the cash drawer and left the store on foot.

The male was approximately 5 foot 8 inches to 6 feet tall and was wearing a dark hooded jacket, dark pants and a dark cloth covering his face.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office investigators have released surveillance photos they hope will help them identify the man who robbed a Gardnerville Liquor store the day after Christmas.

The armed robbery was reported at 8:30 p.m., at Lucky Liquor, located in the 1300 block of Highway 395. The male suspect wore a red bandana around his face, a black hooded sweat shirt and red shorts with white stripes and black sneaker style shoes, said Douglas County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Pat Brooks.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office investigators are looking for a man who used a handgun to rob a Gardnerville liquor store Thursday night.

The armed robbery was reported at 8:30 p.m., at Lucky Liquor, located in the 1300 block of Highway 395. The suspect, who wore a red bandana, is described as a Hispanic male, 30 to 35 years old, 6 feet tall, 250 pounds, wearing a black jacket with a hood and black shorts, said Sgt. Pat Brooks.

A 55-year-old Carson City man was arrested Dec. 25, 9:31 p.m. near Nevada and Park streets. He face misdemeanor charges of driving with an expired registration, no proof of insurance and obstructing an officer.

According to the arrest report, deputies responded on a call of a possible DUI driver. The man was stopped by a Carson City Sheriff's Office sergeant for having expired California registration on his vehicle and was unable to provide proof of insurance.

Two Carson City businesses had their glass doors smashed and cash registers tampered with overnight.

The Manger Christian Bookstore, and Dreamwell Comics, located at 4250 Cochise Street in South Carson City at the corner of Clearview were broken into sometime overnight, with the thief or thieves apparently attempting to get money from cash registers.

New Driver Education courses for teens age 15 and older will be offered by Western Nevada College over the winter break and in spring 2014. The cost for the winter break class is $95. After January, the cost will be $100. Each session includes four days of instruction, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WNC will offer one winter break class in Carson City, Monday, Dec. 30 and Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 2, 3, 4 (no class Tuesday and Wednesday, December 31 and January 1) at Silver State Charter High School.

Leading into 2014, business owners have a lot on their minds. Unfortunately, too much of that may be negatively focused. What Works Coaching hopes to refocus business owners and point them in the direction of a profitable year with Mindset 2014: Set the Fire.

A 20-year-old Carson City man was was arrested Thursday and admitted to felony embezzlement from Walmart, his employer.

Kyle James Bettencourt is being held in Carson City Jail on $20,000 bond. According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to Walmart on Market Street and spoke with store security personnel who advised they had been monitoring Bettencourt's cash transactions while he was working the register.

Plans are in the works to relocate the Zephyr Point Fire Lookout at Zephyr Heights on the east shore of Lake Tahoe to a new area above Spooner Summit in Douglas County, the U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday.

The lookout, which was determined to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, would be dismantled from its current location and reassembled at the new site on top of White Hill, according to the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the Forest Service.

The Dayton Valley Corner Store was robbed at 8 p.m. on Monday, the Lyon County Sheriff's Office reports. While a weapon wasn't involved in robbery, the suspect took approximately $200 in cash.

The suspect is described as a white male, 5 foot five inches tall, 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black hat, black sweatshirt with the words CITY on the front, light colored blue jeans and light colored shoes. He was wearing a black ski mask or black bandana over the front of his face and wore black gloves.

A Carson City man was arrested Nov. 5, 7 p.m. near Sherman Lane and Dori Way. He faces a gross misdemeanor charge of being an ex-felon carrying a concealed weapon and misdemeanor charges of failure to register as an ex-felon and not having a bicycle headlight.

According to the arrest report, a deputy patrolling the area stopped the man for not having a headlight on his bicycle. The arresting officer asked the man if he had any identification and the man responded he did not and provided a name and birth date.

Carson City authorities arrested a 27-year-old transient Monday in the 1200 block of Old Clear Creek Road. David Elden Bennett faces a felony charge of violation of probation conditions.

According to the arrest report, Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to the area of Spooner Junction after a report of a man standing in the road.

A 53-year-old man faces a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender. Robert Allgood was arrested Monday, 1:42 p.m. in the 3300 block of Harrison Lane in Carson City.

According to the arrest report, the Carson City Sheriff's Office received information from the DMV that Allgood was a convicted sex offender out of Oregon who was currently living at the Harrison Lane address. DMV advised that the man attempted to obtain a Nevada identification card by supplying an altered Social Security card, the arrest report states.

Unmanned Aerial Systems, also known as drones, may be relatively small, but could have a big impact on Nevada’s economy and natural resources, especially when the necessary pieces and experts come together to do the work and research.

To that end, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the University’s Center for Economic Development at the College of Business, is holding a public workshop on unmanned aerial systems, with a focus on how communities in Nevada can become involved with this economic initiative.

A 29-year-old transient was arrested in the 1800 block of East Long Street in Carson City early Friday morning. William Percy Gary faces a warrant charge of felony burglary, issued Oct. 21, 2013 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $20,000.

Finding ordinary magic just became a little easier for Amanda Aldridge, who teaches high school English in the agricultural community of Yerington, 80 miles outside of Reno. Thanks to money awarded through the Nevada Poetry Out Loud Program, a national poetry recitation competition for high school students, Aldridge added $500 in her budget for resources to help students overcome fears and experience the magic of poetry.

A 41-year-old man with an extensive criminal history in Carson City was arrested Wednesday and faces felony charges of being a felon in possession of a loaded weapon, possession of methamphetamine and prescription drugs. A 25-year-old female passenger with him faces two misdemeanor charges.

Franklin Trevino was stopped for speeding 11:18 p.m. in the area of Saliman and 5th Street. According to the arrest report, officers patrolling paced the Chevy sedan Trevino was driving doing 35 in a 25 mph zone. The vehicle also crossed over and straddled the yellow line for nearly one city block.

Agencies and schools throughout Carson City will participate in an earthquake drill Thursday morning. Along with millions of people worldwide, Nevadans are encouraged to “Drop, Cover and Hold On” at 10:17 a.m. on Oct. 17 for the 2013 Great Nevada ShakeOut.

State agencies throughout the Carson City area, as well as the Public Health Preparedness Program of the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, the Nevada Division of Emergency Management, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources plan to participate in the earthquake drill.

The Western Nevada College Tourism and Hospitality Career Center is offering a training opportunity on Friday, Oct. 18, 1:30-4:30 p.m., to those seeking employment or advancement opportunities in the tourism and hospitality industry.

The Guest Service Gold certification workshop will be at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 10 Hospitality Way, in north Carson City.

"Accelerated Networking" Reception Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. BRIC, 108 E. Proctor Street Carson City, Nevada eWomenNetwork introduces our brand of "Accelerated Networking" to the Carson City. Our philosophy is "Give first; share always." No one makes it alone, so please come share with others who you are, what you do, and tell us what you specifically need for your business in a relaxed, fun environment of local business women and men. Light refreshments will be served.