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There’s a good chance that you are viewing this on a phone. I think that Alexander Graham Bell would be blown away with how far his invention had come in the 139 years since he first said ‘Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you’. Today is the birthday of the first telephone call."

The athletics program at Western Nevada College is facing drastic cuts. A group is forming to seek ways to fundraise and keep our Wildcats in the game. Head over to the Legislature Building this morning at 10 a.m.; you’re looking for room 2149.

The first harbinger of spring arrived over the weekend, Daylight Saving Time. That’s bound to make this Monday a little sleepier than usual, but there’s good news: it’s National Napping Day! Take back that hour you lost with a cozy catnap, a midday siesta, or a quick snooze and you’ll be bright-eyed in time to watch the sunset at seven.

If you’d like to catch Congressman Amodei at the Chamber of Commerce’s Soup’s On luncheon this week, make sure and RSVP today. This is sure to sell out, as everyone wants to know how the local boy is holding up in Washington.

The wine walk is on the top of the weekend to-do list for many of you, but Carson City has a lot more going on. Ascent Runs is hosting a 5/10K and a half marathon at C-Hill on Saturday. You can register at the race, just make sure you aren’t late. Youth Football season has arrived with sign-ups for SYFL and Pop Warner on Saturday. Cheer on the Western Nevada College Wildcats as their Baseball and Softball teams battle against Salt Lake City Community College.

Carson City Library will be a busy place for youth and teens all month-long during the green month of March. Storytime will continue on Thursdays, March 5, 12, 19, and 26. Two storytimes are available at 10:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. in the library’s Digitorium.

Edward "Bubba" Moser, a 17-year-old Carson City teen, reported as a runaway Jan. 28 of this year, has been found safe and sound in Albany, Oregon, said Carson City Sheriff's Detective Steve Olson.

Yes. You are looking at a bunny with a pancake on its head, but I can explain. Today is National Pancake Day, so head over to the International House of Pancakes for your free short stack and donate to this year’s charity, the Children’s Miracle Network. It is also National ‘I Want You to Be Happy Day.’ Pancake Day and trying to share a smile, ergo silly picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head. Find your own way to share some happiness today.

Avatar: The Last Airbender was a groundbreaking cartoon released ten years ago. It featured an ensemble cast of characters ranging from a woman of color to a young disabled girl, all of whom were integral to the storyline and helped the hero save the day.

The investigations division of the Carson City Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help finding a teen who ran away last month. Edward “Bubba” Moser Jr., 17, was reported as a runaway Jan. 28. Bubba was described as a white male, 6’ tall, 220 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, said Steven Olson, detective with the Carson City Sheriff's Office.

Edward “Bubba” Moser Jr. was entered into National Crime information Center as a runaway.

Please contact the Carson City Sheriff's Dispatch at (775) 887-2008 if you have any information of his location.

UPDATE: A runaway teen, Shailene Garcia, was located and found safe Sunday in Sparks at her grandmother’s residence, said Carson City Sheriff's Office Detective Steve Olson.
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The Carson City Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help finding a runaway teen. Shailene Garcia, 15, ran away from home Monday, Feb. 9. Shailene attended a class at Carson High School that morning, but failed to attend her next classes.

UPDATE: Carson City emergency personnel on scene report the 14-year-old girl received minor abrasions to her elbows and will not require hospitalization. One vehicle was involved in the accident that happened in the crosswalk, according to Carson City Sheriff's Office Sgt. Scott McDaniel. The driver was cited.
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The Carson 4-H Leader’s Council sponsored a pizza dinner prior to the ceremony. The Leader’s Council supports all of our 4-H clubs and holds events to raise funds for our scholarship program. They meet once a month to plan activities and deal with requests from clubs and the community.

Winterfest is upon us here at Carson High School. The upcoming week will be filled with activites and celebrations for the students and staff at CHS. The theme of Winterfest is WinterFlix, like Netflix. Congratulations to the Winterfest Candidates who have been nominated by their classmates. One prince and princess will be chosen by a class vote for the freshmen, sophomores and juniors. One king and queen will be chosen among the senior class. Royalty court will be announced Thursday.

UPDATE: The juvenile driver of a vehicle that struck and injured a teenager on a bicycle going across William Street was cited for causing the accident, said Carson City Sheriff’s Sgt. Darrin Sloan.

The accident isn’t related to the traffic diversions coming off of Saliman onto William Street. The driver appeared to not be paying attention as the teen bicyclist was going across the street with a right-of-way and the teen motorist striking him when making a left hand turn at the flashing yellow arrow light, said Sloan. The bicyclist was struck in the No. 1 lane and there wasn’t a blind spot.

“It was driver inattention causing the accident,” he said.

The condition of the injured teen is unknown. He was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno with a laceration to the head. The collision caused the teen on the bicycle to go into the windshield of the vehicle, said Sloan.

Carson City Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating at 15-year-old runaway. Saurem-August-Perez, 15, was reported as a runaway Thursday and entered into the National Crime Information Center, said Detective Sal Acosta.

She is described as Hispanic, five feet, four inches tall, 135 pounds, brown eyes and black hair. A witness states she was possibly with her known boyfriend, Abraham Cortez, 18, who is on juvenile probation for drug trafficking.

A Carson City Sheriff's Office detective said Tuesday that the sheriff's office has located a missing teen runaway. The 17-year-old was found with her mother, said Detective Steve Olson, after the two were spotted with each other on New Year's Eve.

UPDATE: A Carson City Sheriff's Office detective said Tuesday that the sheriff's office has located missing teen runaway, Ismeray Uribe, 17. She was found with her mother, said Detective Steve Olson, after the two were spotted with each other on New Year's Eve.
Ismeray is safe. Her mother, however, had a warrant for her arrest on a parole and probation violation and was arrested.
The teen was listed as a runaway after leaving her home Dec. 26.
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I don't know about you, but I am ecstatic to hear that this cold snap is on it's way out. It has been a chilly few days and I'm ready for my teeth to stop chattering. This first Friday of the year has plenty of options for fun. Join Mikey and Heidi at the Brewery Arts Center for Improv Night, enjoy some red-dirt country music at Caterpillar's Hookah Lounge (and make sure to wish proprietress, Dana, a happy birthday), or travel just outside our boundaries to see local favorites Notch 8 at the Genoa Bar.

FRIDAY:

When Dejon Smith left home after school on Dec. 11, like any teen facing a snow day the following day, he told his parents he was headed out for the evening. He did not tell them where he was going or with whom he would be.

DeShawn and Taneka Smith, Dejon's parents, were concerned when, at the end of the evening, they hadn't heard from their son.

Carson City sheriff’s detectives say even though it has been a week since the crime they are continuing to actively search for a teenage girl or young adult woman who stole the purse of a 99-year-old woman on Thursday, Dec. 4.

The suspect is described as caucasian with dirty blond hair, five feet four inches tall and heavy set. She was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt. The crime happened at around 2 p.m. on Spear Street in Carson City.

Carson City area teen and national champion whitewater kayaker, Sage Donnelly, is up for the first ever World Paddle Awards as Sports Junior of the Year.

Sage, 14, is currently training for the Jr. World Championships in slalom which are in Foz De Iguacu in April of 2015, and the Freestyle Jr. World Championships in Ottawa, Canada in September.

Seventy-five budding artists from kindergarten through grade 12 entered their art work into an annual contest recently as part of Carson City's annual Silver and Snowflake Festival of Lights.

Each year, the teen board of the Carson City Library chooses a theme to coincide with the Christmas holidays. This year’s theme was “A Novel Christmas,” asking children to draw what Christmas would look like in their favorite novels.

A Carson City man who had a felony warrant for possession of stolen property was arrested Monday at a Brick Road resident on suspicion of felony domestic battery with strangulation, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Stephen Mendes, 42, is being held on $35,000 bail. According to the arrest report, officers were called to the 5000 block of Brick Road for a report of domestic battery. Officers arrived and met with Mendes and asked what happened.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong released the following information this evening about an incident in front of Carson High School this afternoon in which a 16-year-old student had a gun and was threatening to shoot himself as school prepared to let out. The release is as follows:

UPDATE: More details have been released by Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong about an incident today involving a suicidal student with a gun near Carson High School. Click here for the updated story.

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Carson City sheriff's deputies detained a juvenile at around 2:20 this afternoon after he was seen holding a gun to his head in an apartment complex across from Carson High School.

Traffic along Saliman was closed temporarily and then reopened to one lane of traffic. The high school was notified of the situation and advised to lock down. The advisory has since been lifted.

UPDATE: Missing teen has been found, according to the Carson City Sheriff's Office.
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Carson City sheriff's detectives are looking for a teenager who is believed to have run away and is asking the public for help. Dakota Maiden, 15, was last seen on Oct. 20, 2014.

Dakota left his residence on Woodside Drive and failed to show up for school, said Carson City Sheriff's Office Detective Steve Olson.

Library Director Sena Loyd announces the grand re-opening of the Carson City Library and its newly repurposed auditorium, now known as The Digitorium. The event will be held Thursday, Oct. 23, from noon to 7 p.m. The public is invited to explore reconfigured spaces at the library’s 900 North Roop Street main branch.

Currently playing at the Carson City Community Center is the "House of Bernalda Alba" performed by CHS Theater students. The dramatic play had its first show this past weekend. It will continue this coming weekend with performances on Oct. 9, 10, 11 at 7p.m. and again at 2 p.m. on Oct. 11. General admission prices are $10 at the door, $5 for students. Seating is limited, so come early. For more information, contact Ms. Dana Fleming at dfleming@carson.k12.nv.us.

A 31-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday on felony drug trafficking and sales charges after a scale and a shard of methamphetamine, weighing 7.8 grams, was recovered during a search through bushes, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Greg Lynn Franz was arrested on three felony and three misdemeanor charges and booked into Carson City Jail with a bail amount of $34,637. Officers were tipped off about Franz making transactions in the area of Carson and Robinson streets.

UPDATE 1:30PM: The second juvenile who ran from sheriff's deputies this morning has been located. Officers are meeting with him and his parents, according to dispatch. He had led officers on a foot pursuit that went through neighborhoods, over fences and through backyards, and briefly led to a lock down at Mark Twain Elementary after the teenager was seen running through the school.

Authorities were called earlier to a business on Long Street after two juveniles were harassing owners and customers. When officers attempted to make contact with the juveniles, they ran.
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An 18-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday, 2:40 p.m. in the area of North Curry and Sophia Drive on misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and driving on a revoked license, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to the area in reference to a traffic accident where a 1996 Honda Accord had crashed into a fire hydrant and tree. The moderately damaged Honda, which had its airbags deployed, came to rest on a curb at the corner of the intersection.