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On Friday night, the local Elks Lodge chapter hosted a sold-out dinner and fundraiser event in support of the Carson City Search and Rescue volunteers.

The program included a a live auction, raffle drawing, and presentation of the Elks National Foundation grant of $2,500. These Gratitude Grants are used to support local, charitable activities such as hosting a community clean-up day, purchasing supplies for a homeless shelter, or organizing a school literacy fair.

The Elks Lodge is celebrating 150 years of service.

Join Carson City Sheriff’s Search and Rescue at Firehouse Subs on Wednesday night, Oct. 23 from 5 to 9 p.m. A portion of the proceeds from the meal sales will go to benefit CCSSAR, helping to fund ongoing training and equipment costs. Enjoy some great food and talk with the SAR team. Carson City SAR willl also have a few of its vehicles on display for those wishing to learn more about what they do.

MINDEN — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is hosting their third annual “Fright at the Fairground" during the month of October. The event will be offered at the Douglas County Fairgrounds located off Pinenut Road in Gardnerville and will run every Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening through the month of October.

UPDATE: 7:24 AM: Carson City Sheriff's Office SAR reports the missing elderly woman has been located. She is safe and will be evaluated by Carson City Fire Department. She was found, outside, north of the Carson Plaza Senior Independent Living residence off of East Long Street.
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Carson City Sheriff's Office and Search and Rescue have issued a Silver Alert for a missing 89-year-old woman who suffers from dementia and was last seen Monday afternoon.

Visitors and residents of Carson City were treated Thursday morning to patriotic music and a public reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Sons of the American Revolution, Battle Born Patriots Chapter, at the Nevada State Museum.

An 18-year-old Carson High School student was arrested Tuesday after a disturbance at the school, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

LAKE TAHOE — A 62-year-old Seaside, Calif., man reported as a lost skier Monday remains missing as of Tuesday morning, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

UPDATE 5 PM: MINDEN — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has identified those involved involved in a fatal boating accident that happened Saturday at Topaz Lake.

UPDATE 10:50AM: Missing snowshoer Raymond Murdock was located safe and alive Monday morning, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
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Douglas County Sheriff's Office and search and rescue are looking for a man who became lost Sunday in the upper Kingsbury Grade area of Lake Tahoe while snowshoeing.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit 7 recovered a body from a depth of 1,062 feet in Lake Tahoe on Monday. The recovery was made while searching for a missing person, who reportedly drowned the week prior. The identity of the person has been withheld until the family has been notified.

Two hikers reported missing were found, one Saturday and the other early Sunday morning in the Lake Tahoe area by search and rescue teams from Douglas County and outside agencies.

UPDATE: 8:42AM: From Lyon County Facebook page: Lyon County had its 6th wildfire since June 2. The Upper Colony burned more than 1,000 acres on June 17, 2018. A Type 3 Incident Management Team took the fire over at 8 p.m.
The Smith Valley Fire District did an outstanding job working the fire and bringing in resources. Over 300 people fought this fire with 25 Engines, 3 Helicopters, 8 fixed wing aircraft, and 4 hand crews.

Lyon County opened a shelter at the Smith Valley Baptist Church. LCSO managed evacuations with the assistance of SAR and Douglas County. The Large Animal Rescue Team assisted with sheltering livestock.

On Thursday, March 29 at approximately 4:50 p.m., deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the Tahoe Rim Trail at Spooner Summit for a reported missing person.

Two skiers who became lost Thursday after skiing out of bounds were rescued, one Thursday night and the other plucked Friday morning by a Blackhawk helicopter from NAS Fallon, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Both skiers were wet and cold but otherwise escaped injuries.

Carson City Sheriff’s Office Search And Rescue is recruiting individuals with a desire to serve their community while working in the great outdoors.

Heading a stellar line-up of speakers for the second annual UAS Search and Rescue Symposium, Gene Robinson, who literally wrote the book on how to use drones for search and rescue and disasters, will talk about how to train public safety agencies in the use of aerial and ground robots in emergency response.

A 32-year-old man is lucky to be alive after spending the night lost earlier this week in the mountains of South Lake Tahoe after snowboarding out-of-bounds at Heavenly Mountain Resort.

The first-ever symposium on the uses of aerial robotics systems and autonomous vehicles for emergency first responders is being hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno April 6-8.

Three men in two vehicles were rescued early Monday morning by Carson City Search and Rescue after being stuck overnight south of Brunswick Canyon near Sunrise Pass.

The men were found safe and healthy despite having minimal provisions, said SAR public information officer Bill “Fergi” Fergus. They managed to stay warm by having the engines run in their vehicles.

A day after search and rescue teams in Douglas County went through backcountry training on the east slope of the Carson Range via Heavenly Mountain Resort, members put their lessons into action with a lost skier reported in the same area on Sunday.

A South Lake Tahoe man was issued a citation Saturday for skiing out of bounds at Heavenly Mountain Resort after a search and rescue was deployed when he was reported missing.

The man was found safe and not hurt at 8:52 p.m. Saturday after he was reported missing late that afternoon, said Douglas County Sheriff's Office late that afternoon, said Sgt. Pat Brooks.

UPDATE 4:38PM: This story has been updated. The man who was rescued Tuesday morning has died. Please go here for the updated version of this story.
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UPDATE 1:07PM: An 83-year-old man was rescued late Tuesday morning after being out overnight in the snow in Brunswick Canyon. He was found by a search and rescue team, flown out of by a Washoe County RAVEN helicopter, and then taken by Care Flight. He is in serious condition with hypothermia, said Bill Fergus, Vice Commander of Carson City Search and Rescue.

The first-ever symposium on the uses of autonomous systems, also known as drones, and vehicles for emergency first responders is being hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno Sept. 14-16.

UPDATE 1:35PM: A man stuck up Kings Canyon has been rescued, according to Carson City dispatch. The man is said to be suffering from cold exposure and was treated by a Carson City fire and rescue ambulance team at the Nevada Department of Transportation substation at the top of Spooner Summit. He was taken to the hospital.
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A search and rescue operation is underway this afternoon in the Kings Canyon area. According to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, the man told dispatch that he has been stuck up in the canyon with a vehicle for three days and says he may have frostbite.

The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is continuing their investigation into the disappearance of Alea Clark who was reportedly last seen in the Dayton area on Jan. 6, 2015.

Pursuant to this investigation, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant on Wednesday, Jan. 14 on a Dayton home in the 200 block of Grosh Avenue. Her current residence is in California but she had been in the Dayton and Silver Springs area visiting family and friends when she disappeared.

Wreckage from an airplane that has been missing since early this week was found Thursday afternoon in the Pine Nut Mountains in southern Douglas County, authorities confirm.

At 2:20 pm the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue with the assistance from Lyon County Search and Rescue, Washoe County Sheriff’s Helicopter (Raven) and Civil Air Patrol, located the missing aircraft.

Two kayakers spent Father's Day on the Carson River. A father and son combination put their kayaks into the water near Bertonelli's pit around 2:30pm and left their vehicle at the Santa Maria Ranch Park in Dayton. They got caught up many times on rocks and low water areas and soon found themselves in the dark and unable to continue.