The League to Save Lake Tahoe and ECO-CLEAN Solutions are kicking off the 2023 summer season by expanding their robot-powered, beach-cleaning initiative to cover entire Tahoe beaches.

The BEBOT – an all-electric, solar and battery-powered, sand-sifting robot – completed the first-ever full cleanup of a private beach in Lake Tahoe, combing through Tahoe Beach Club’s shoreline at Stateline, Nevada. More full beach cleanings at sites around the Lake are on tap for the coming months, and a second machine will be added to the robot fleet.

The Proscenium Players Inc.’s (PPI) upcoming production of Gaslight will raise money for Carson City’s Meals on Wheels program. The encore performances take place July 7th, 8th and 9th in the Bob Boldrick Theater inside the Carson City Community Center.

Douglas County, Nevada - The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) is preparing for the upcoming Fourth of July celebration and would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Independence Day. Due to the volume of celebrants within the Stateline casino core, Nevada Beach, and Zephyr Cove areas throughout the holiday, DCSO is reminding our residents and visitors to be safe and mindful of the laws surrounding the festivities.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The Fourth of July holiday is next week and marks one of the busiest times of year in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) has provided the following helpful information and links to ensure a safe holiday weekend at Lake Tahoe.

On behalf of the Carson City School District Board of Trustees, this message serves as notice that the July 11, 2023, school board has been cancelled. The next school board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

On Tuesday, Carson City Pop Warner announced on their Facebook page that they had been “released to resume operations” and are moving forward with the 2023 Football and Cheer season.

A 30 day "pause" was initiated after it was reveled that the CCPW president and board had knowingly allowed a convicted sex offender to attend games, practices and trips with his wife, who recently was promoted to Cheer Coordinator.

This year the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, will be holding our 20th Annual Police Motorcycle Training and Competition. The event is being held on July 14th, and 15th at Battle Born Harley Davidson in Carson City, Nevada.

This two-day event brings together Officers, Civilians, and for the first time ever, Retired Military and National Guard Motorcycle riders from across the region and state.

UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: The Carson City Fire Department provided the following:

Earlier this morning your Carson City Firefighters worked to extricate the driver of a concrete truck that rolled over near William St & 580. Safely removing the driver was a difficult and technical rescue. Once the driver was extricated from the truck he was flown via Care Flight to Renown Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.
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An overturned semi-truck caused a closure of the I-580 on ramp at Highway 50 E early Tuesday morning.

It is not known at this time if injuries were sustained or if any other vehicles were involved.

The 34th Annual Dayton Valley Days will be held on September 16-17, 2023 and at Wednesday's (6/21/23) Room Tax Board meeting in Yerington, the Board awarded the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce $7,725 for advertising and promotional funds for the event.

Central Lyon County Fire Protection District on Monday opened its combination stations 32 and 39, fulfilling its promise to voters who agreed to November's question 1 ballot measure. The ballot measure was passed by more than 64 percent of voters within the district.

Spirited Investigations is hosting a unique paranormal and historic experience with a BBQ cook-out and paranormal investigation at the iconic Sutro Tunnel and the surrounding ghost town in Dayton.

The Carson City School District’s McKinney-Vento Students in Transition program is requesting gift card donations valued between $10-$100 to help assist pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade students in transition. Students in transition are those individuals who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence including children and youth sharing housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or similar reasons.

A message to my fellow menfolk: Shun the fireworks. Everybody knows all the bodies exhumed from Pompeii were men. When Vesuvius erupted the women fled, while the men gathered together in the courtyard to watch the eruption, and place bets on how long it would last.

There's great news for existing and future tennis players in Carson City. Centennial Park public tennis courts will be rebuilt and resurfaced.