Lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly on Friday introduced nearly identical resolutions to amend the state constitution so Nevada can collect more tax revenue from the mines.
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting 16 new cases and eight additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 681, with 532 recoveries and twelve deaths, 137 cases remain active.
Nevada officials said Friday that unemployment statewide has risen again to 24.9%, with a wave of more than 18,000 people filing initial claims for benefits last week during an ongoing economic slump following mid-March coronavirus closures.
Lawmakers on Day 1 of the 32nd special session introduced a bill that would prohibit Nevada police from using choke holds or physical restraints that interfere with a subject’s breathing or blood flow to the brain.
Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada and Girl Scouts of the USA are starting up a new Make New Friends virtual series entitled “Ready, Set, Kindergarten!” for girls in kindergarten to help them develop social and problem-solving skills before school starts in the fall.
Gov. Steve Sisolak convened the Nevada Legislature on Friday for a special session to address policy issues related to the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests that swept Nevada and the nation in May and June.
Sports Fodder . . .The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association cares about the health and safety of your sons and daughters. That was never more apparent than this past week when the NIAA announced it is delaying the start of all sports practices and events until at least January.
The board for the 35th annual Fallon Cantaloupe Festival and Country Fair decided it was too risky to have it this year because of the various state restrictions placed on the number of people attending large events. The festival joins a long list of cancelled events in Northern Nevada including the Reno Air Races, Candy Dance and the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division is asking for assistance in identifying an unknown suspect, alleged to have forged checks and fraudulently cashed them.
LAS VEGAS — Prosecutors in Las Vegas have filed four more felony charges Thursday against a 20-year-old man accused of attempted murder in a shooting during a Las Vegas Strip protest that left a police officer wounded and paralyzed.
CALIENTE — Two small air-tankers collided in mid-air in southeast Nevada on Thursday while battling a growing wildfire about 150 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Nevada lawmakers will return to Carson City at 9 a.m. Friday morning for another special session. Gov. Steve Sisolak issued a formal proclamation Thursday evening. The proclamation calls for the legislature to:
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting two additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. The individuals were a male Lyon County resident in his 80s with underlying conditions and a female Lyon County resident in her 80s with underlying conditions.
H. Bonney Matton, 76 of Dayton, passed away on July 28, 2020, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 775-888-6800.
Mercedes Ella Horton, 84 of Carson City, passed away on July 29, 2020. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 775-888-6800.
I can’t believe what I’ve been doing this past week. All gardeners realize there are a lot of repetitive, often tedious, tasks involved in gardening successfully. But seriously! I have been snipping off hundreds, no thousands, of crabapples. Most people let the crabapples stay on the tree for fall color. Believe me, I would like to do that, but…
In passing the other day I mentioned to a friend that I love enchiladas of any kind: chicken, beef, bean or cheese. It’s the delicious combination of sauce and filling that makes such a great Mexican flavor.
RSVP has free Farmers Market coupons available for Carson City low-income seniors. “The SFMNP is a cooperative effort provided by RSVP, the USDA, the Nevada Department of Agriculture, and the State of Nevada Division for Aging and Disability Services,” said Susan Haas, Executive Director & C.E.O. “RSVP distributes these coupons each year to ensure that low income seniors, who may not be able to afford fresh produce, have the opportunity to enjoy the bounty of the farmers markets.”
Single lane closures will take place on U.S. 50 between Carson City and Spooner summit beginning Thursday, July 30 as the Nevada Department of Transportation wraps up a project to reduce roadside erosion and help preserve water quality. Between July 30 and Aug. 7, drivers will see single lane closures from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays on both directions of U.S. 50 in areas between Tahoe Golf Club Drive and Spooner Summit.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
The legislative Interim Finance Committee on Wednesday approved more than $100 million in CARES Act funding, the majority of the money to support laboratory and epidemiology programs for both testing and contact tracing.
With the exception of the Strip and downtown Las Vegas, Nevada’s gaming markets made a strong rebound after being allowed to reopen in early June. The Strip was down 61.4 percent compared to June of last year and downtown off 55.5 percent. Because of the slow recovery in the south, statewide win was down 45.55 percent to $566.8 million for the month. A year ago, total win topped $1 billion.
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting sixteen new positive cases and twenty-seven additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 652, with 504 recoveries and ten deaths, 138 cases remain active.
Raymond Milton Park (Mickey) July 14, 1948 - April 2, 2020
Paula Baker, age 68, of Carson City, NV passed away on July 19, 2020. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry's Funeral Home. (775) 882-2644.
Catherine Mary Bodnar, 60 of Silver Springs, passed away on July 28, 2020, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 888-6800.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued a directive setting the rules for re-opening schools in Nevada. The rules include reducing social distancing requirements for pre-K, kindergarten and middle school students to three feet. He said that is in line with the recommendations by the American Association of Pediatrics.
The Carson City School District is seeking input from parents and families about whether they intend to participate in school through full-time online learning or a hybrid learning model in which students would attend class in-person twice a week and remotely three days a week.
Nancy Joy (Brown) Dunlap May 24, 1944 - July 8, 2020 Nancy Joy (Brown) Dunlap passed away July 8, 2020 in Carson City.
A Californian admitted Tuesday he was high on methamphetamine last year when he crossed the centerline on Highway 50 at Lake Tahoe and caused the death of a Carson City father of three.
The Carson City School Board on Tuesday approved a hybrid model for its school reopening plan in a 4-3 vote after a lengthy discussion covering special considerations such as sanitizing school campuses or how the district might support working parents.
Minutes before addressing his team, Churchill County High School football coach Brooke Hill felt relieved.
A poker run to help raise funds for Fallon’s annual Wreaths Across America program is Saturday.
Cmdr. Zathan Baker eulogized his close friend as a man who embodied life, liberty and country in a memorial service Monday morning conducted at Naval Air Station’s Fallon’s Hangar 7, home of the Longhorns Search and Rescue.
The first steps were taken at a special Churchill County Commission meeting Friday to begin work on a county civic center near the arena at the fairgrounds.
Do you and your dog need a break from the boredom of pandemic shut-in? A fun solution is Dognition. Dognition is the brain child of Dr. Brian Hare from Duke University. He and his team designed activities that assess your dog’s abilities. You work with your dog doing the activities and record the data on line.
Get ahead. Receive a personalized academic plan. Expand your perspective. Challenge yourself. Form friendships that will last forever. Save money.
This spring and summer, five youth in the Nevada 4-H Youth Development Program dedicated some of their time during the COVID-19 quarantine preparing four wild horses and one burro for adoption. On Saturday, the girls will show the animals, and two of the horses will be auctioned off for adoption at Nevada’s first-ever Halter-started Wild Horse & Burro Event and Adoption auction.
The Union Pacific Railroad’s Community page earlier this year stated, “The average U.S. Household (2.6 people) uses 409 regular-sized toilet paper rolls per year, according to the manufacturer Georgia-Pacific.”
Banner Churchill Community Hospital along with Vitalant will be hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 at the Banner Churchill Community Hospital Tahoe Room.
Churchill County High School sophomore and Girl Scout Senior Arian Evans is one of three finalists for PBS Reno’s Extraordinary Young Neighbor Award.
One of the many projects constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Nevada in the 1930s was Virginia Lake, located south of Plumb Lane between South Virginia and Plumas streets.
The following results are from the Summit ET and Junior Drag, ET Challenge and Junior Dragster Challenge on July 11-12 at Top Gun Raceway.
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting twenty-one new positive cases and sixteen additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 636, with 477 recoveries and ten deaths, 149 cases remain active.
Joshua Dustin Reynolds April 12, 1982 ~ July 25, 2020 Joshua pasted way in his sleep Friday night from a heart attack.
Joseph R. Handley, 39, died July 24, 2020 in Fernley, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial 775-882-1766.
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings, today released the 2020-21 Best Hospitals rankings, naming Carson Tahoe Health #1 for Best Hospitals in Nevada.
Nevada’s Parks Division is seeking pre-applications ahead of the Federal Highway Administration’s 2021 recreational Trails Program.
The Nevada Humane Society will be livestreaming its Duck Race event from its Reno shelter this year at noon Aug. 29. To determine this year’s raffle prize winners, the NHS’ own shelter pets will compete in fun games and contests including:
Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed emergency regulations that will allow motorists to renew their licenses online or by mail and give seniors automatic one-year extensions of their licenses.
LAS VEGAS — Health officials in Las Vegas warned Monday of a spike in deaths involving the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl and similar drugs, saying the region has had more than twice as many fentanyl overdoses this year than last year.
The Carson City Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a male. At approximately 9:21 a.m. Tuesday, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office received a report of a dead body in a field at the corner of Silver Sage Drive and Stafford Way in South Carson City.
LAS VEGAS — Nevada has a new state Gaming Commission member, and a longtime commissioner has been promoted to chairman of the five-member panel.
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development has awarded $150,000 in federal grants to 30 small Nevada businesses. Gov. Steve Sisolak said the grants are designed to support the expansion of those businesses into foreign markets. These grants follow the $204,000 awarded to 38 businesses through the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP).
The Carson City Airport received an $80,000 grant from the U.S. Secretary of Transportation on Tuesday for infrastructure work. Minden-Tahoe Airport received $187,570 to install weather reporting equipment.
Every transaction has dozens of decisions to be made in a multitude of expertise arenas, each with its respective consequences. As things occur Buyers and Sellers have questions about what is happening, what happened, or what is going to happen. Agents usually explain in a cursory manner so there is a logical explanation as to what is going on and why they are doing, or not doing, something.
Single lane closures will take place on U.S. 50 between Carson City and Spooner summit beginning July 30 as the Nevada Department of Transportation wraps up a project to reduce roadside erosion and help preserve water quality.
Retired Army Col. Alvin Bolton of Reno has been named the Nevada National Guard's first chief diversity officer and he will begin his new position in Carson City on July 28. In his position, Bolton will manage the Nevada Guard's equity and inclusion programs and initiatives and advise Nevada Military Department managers, supervisors and employees on all matters concerning diversity and inclusion. Bolton will also monitor the composition of the Nevada Military Department's employee workforce and identify underrepresented classes in certain military occupations and ranks. Additionally, he is set to boost the Nevada Guard's community outreach efforts and will participate in meetings with community action organizations aiming to on improve their equity, inclusion and equal employment opportunity relationships.
CARSON CITY -- Undeterred by nation’s prevailing real-world biological hazard of coronavirus, the Nevada National Guard’s 92nd Civil Support Team was declared fully trained and validated by U.S. Army North evaluators at the conclusion of the “Quenching Steel” exercise July 23 here in the Silver State’s capital. The results of the evaluation were released July 24.
RENO — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says there's enough scientific evidence that two rare plants in Nevada's desert could go extinct to warrant a year-long review of whether to list them as endangered species, including one at the center of a fight over a proposed lithium mine.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Monday that he planned to scrap the phased reopening plan put in place in March and replace it with a “long-term mitigation strategy” that will rely on more local indicators of the spread of the coronavirus and provide a clearer picture of the state’s reopening plan for businesses, residents and local officials.
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting fifteen new positive cases and six additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 615, with 461 recoveries and ten deaths, 144 cases remain active.
David N. Harris, age 63, of Carson City, NV passed away on July 21, 2020. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry's Funeral Home. (775) 882-2644.
David J. LaCour, age 74, of Dayton, NV passed away on July 21, 2020. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry's Funeral Home. (775) 882-2644.
The Jazz & Beyond festival committee is rescheduling many of the events originally planned for August 2020 because of the recent rise in coronavirus cases. However, the committee plans to go ahead with the second annual Open Studios Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 22-23. Admission is free.
Robots, sports complexes and water purification systems came to life in the hands of creative campers this week at Bethlehem Lutheran School’s Camp Invention, a nonprofit summer enrichment program for youth. The summer science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program conducted with the National Inventors Hall of Fame along with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
One of the “benefits” of this COVID crisis is a nicer IRS. I know, you’re saying, “Kelly! Are you kidding me? It’s not in the IRS’ genes to be nice.” Well, maybe President Trump is forcing them to be nice, but in either case, at least for now, we can enjoy a “friendly” IRS. Here are some of the things the IRS is doing right now to make it easier for folks suffering financial hardships due to the COVID disaster.
Reno transportation planning firm Headway Transportation LLC presented its Safe Routes to School draft master plan to the Carson City School Board demonstrating areas to improve walking and biking safety measures around some of the district’s public schools.
RENO — A toxic algae bloom has shut down Pyramid Lake north of Reno.
LAS VEGAS — Nevada health officials report 1,018 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths around the state as of Sunday. The numbers released by the state Department of Health and Human Services pushes the total number of known deaths to 734 with 42,843 coronavirus cases.
Master Sergeant Charles W. Pumphrey III, age 72, of Dayton, NV passed away on July 21,2020. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry's Funeral Home. (775) 882-2644.
RENO — Martane Wade, 39, of Las Vegas was sentenced in Reno on Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison.
The world, at least as far as the Nevada Wolf Pack and its loyal silver and blue supporters were concerned, was about to become a whole lot smaller.
With the announcement that the Little Nugget in downtown Reno is closing its doors, some folks seem to have gotten confused and think the Carson Nugget is the casino closing. Carson Nugget CEO Dean DiLullo said the Nugget, now in its 66th year of continuous operation, isn’t going anywhere.
The Carson City School Board of Trustees meets Tuesday to provide an update on the 31st special session of the Nevada Legislature, with district chief financial officer Andrew Feuling leading the discussion.
Road Report as of July 23. The following information applies to July 27-Aug 2: Road closures are expected at the following locations due to road/utility work: • Airport Road remains closed in both directions to through traffic between U.S. 50 and Woodside Drive, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Friday-Sunday, 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Residential and business access will be allowed. JAC service will continue; however, detours will be in effect.
Watching the news on the Numbers Fire south of Gardnerville reminds us how important it is to create and maintain defensible space around your home. The fire burned 18,380 acres in the week it took to get it contained. Have you taken responsibility to make your home/landscape defensible and survivable?
Both the U.S. Senate and House passed on Thursday their versions of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which renewed land for military training for both Naval Air Station Fallon and Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada.
Like many of you, I have been following the governor’s command to “Stay Home for Nevada,” and in doing so, I now have a cleaner home, an almost weed-free yard, and have rediscovered my kitchen.
A total of 15,548 people filed for unemployment in the week ended July 18, an increase of 882 initial claims over the week before. Continued claims — those already receiving benefits —increased by 10,083 to 306,077. That is the third straight week of increases in continued claims.
We saw a second driver lock into the NASCAR Cup playoffs in Kentucky last Sunday as Austin Dillon took his first win of the season for Richard Childress Racing. Kyle Busch did the triple and took the checkered flag in both the Xfinity and Gander Truck series, but a disqualification dropped him to last in the Xfinity order. He finished second to Dillon in the Cup race. And in an unusual Thursday night race, Denny Hamlin resumed his winning ways at Kansas, scoring his fifth season win for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Super Start Batteries 400. The Cup drivers can now rest until Aug. 2, when they visit New Hampshire for the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301. Today both the Xfinity and Gander Truck series are on tap, the trucks for the second day in a row. The truck race will air at 11:30 a.m. on Fox Sports 1 with the Xfinity cars on NBC Sports Network beginning at 2 p.m. And X-Games star Travis Pastrana will return to NASCAR for a one-off ride today in the No. 40 Chevy usually driven by Ross Chastain.
RENO — A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court denied a Dayton church's request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50-person cap on worship services as part of the state's ongoing response to the coronavirus. In a 5-4 decision, the high court refused to grant the request from the Christian church to be subjected to the same COVID-19 restrictions in Nevada that allow casinos, restaurants and other businesses to operate at 50% of capacity with proper social distancing.
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting an additional death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. The individual was a male Lyon County resident in his 80s. It is unknown at this time if he had underlying conditions. CCHHS is also reporting 13 new positive cases and 11 additional recoveries. This brings the total number of cases to 567, with 430 recoveries and 10 deaths, 127 cases remain active.
Paulette Bloomfield January 15, 1948 ~ July 19, 2020
Alan Carl Edwards July 13, 1932 - February 6, 2020
The Courthouse is located at 885 E. Musser St. The public is invited to the second-floor gallery which is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All of the artists’ work is focused on the theme of water, selected as an appropriate and cooling theme for Carson City’s hot and dry summer days.
As of Friday, Nevada has recorded 40,885 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 966 cases since Thursday.
Spike McGuire hopes to “make things feel a little bit normal for a day” on Saturday when he brings live music to Carson City. McGuire and two members from his band, Six Mile Station, will perform as part of the Brewery Art Center’s Flatbed Concert Series.
Hello Carson City, it’s great to be back. Here we are 16 months after the tragic fire at Adele’s where Mark and I worked for almost our entire careers.
LAS VEGAS — A university administrator and African American families researcher from Detroit has been hired as the new president at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, university officials announced Thursday.
Minutes before addressing his team, Churchill County High School football coach Brooke Hill felt relieved. His team will still have a season, but it won’t start until February after the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association announced on Thursday that fall sports would be pushed to 2021, while winter sports will start almost two months later.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported 12 new positive cases and 23 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Thursday. This brings the total number of cases to 555, with 419 recoveries and nine deaths, 127 cases remain active.
Lennard I Carlson, 77 of Stateline, passed away on July 20, 2020, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations, 775-888-6800.
The Mile High Jazz Band Assoc. recently produced a video, “Virtual Jazz & Poetry: Running Out.”
The NIAA announced Thursday afternoon that all athletic competition will be moved into January of 2021.
As of 6 p.m. forward progress on a 25-30-acre fire burning between homes and watershed on Topsy Lane. Set by lightning around 4 p.m. the fire resulted in Topsy Lane east of Highway 395 being closed. Firefighters say two outbuildings have been lost with damage to one home.
RENO — Invoking President Trump's executive order streamlining environmental reviews of projects critical to U.S. security, federal land managers have launched an expedited permitting process for the first U.S. vanadium mine at a high-desert site in Nevada.
Carson High School athletic director Blair Roman confirmed Thursday the fall high school sports season in the state of Nevada is being moved to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nevada Builders Alliance says it is closing in on finishing the renovation of the Bank Saloon in downtown Carson City. The historic stone block structure across from the Nevada Legislature first opened as the Bank Saloon in 1899. For years until it closed, it was known as Jack’s Bar where countless legislative compromises were worked out.
The Nevada Wolf Pack football team has been picked to finish second in the West Division of the Mountain West by the league’s media. San Diego State received 19 of the 21 first-place votes (the Pack got the other two) and was picked to win the division. The Wolf Pack should have been picked to win the division. The Wolf Pack beat San Diego State 17-13 last year in San Diego. The Pack beat San Diego State in 2018 at Mackay Stadium. The Wolf Pack returns practically its entire offense this season. San Diego State hasn’t had an offense since Rashaad Penny’s last year in 2017. The Aztecs have a new coach (Brady Hoke) this year after Rocky Long retired. The Aztecs have to come to Mackay Stadium this fall. This is the Wolf Pack’s year. The Pack is the team to beat in the West.
Miles Construction was awarded Retail Development of the Year for the Carson City Nissan dealership during the annual Summit Awards. The annual awards acknowledge and recognize commercial real estate development and brokerage agencies for work completed in the prior year.
TUCSON, Ariz. — An Incline Village resident has been sentenced to three years of probation for voting twice by mail in the 2016 general election. State prosecutors said 62-year-old Randy Allen Jumper of Incline Village, formerly of Tucson, had pleaded guilty last month to one felony count of attempted illegal voting.
In Northern Nevada, local experts having been developing programs to combat social isolation and to continue meeting basic physical needs for seniors who are unable to easily leave their own homes. Lyon County’s Senior Services Division Manager Rebecca Williams looks forward to the possibilities some new grant funding will provide in helping its older population to socialize through the use of tablets.
On July 22, at approximately 6:52 a.m., the Churchill County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from the Ridenour residence advising of a male subject that was down and unresponsive. Personnel from the Sheriff’s Office and Banner Hospital responded while family initiated CPR on scene.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported 11 new positive cases and 14 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Wednesday. This brings the total number of cases to 543, with 396 recoveries and nine deaths, 138 cases remain active.
James Scott Foster, 58 of Carson City, passed away July 21, 2020. Walton's Chapel of the Valley is in charge of the arrangements, 775-882-4965.
Joan Ruth McDonnell 1930 - 2020
LAS VEGAS — A state official on Wednesday attributed a second straight daily record number of reported COVID-19 deaths to what people were doing five weeks ago — before Gov. Steve Sisolak made mask use mandatory and closed bars again in late June.
As Congress negotiates a second coronavirus aid package, every local government in Nevada besides Clark County and Las Vegas is waiting for relief money the state received from the U.S. government. The delay has stymied local response efforts amid rising virus cases, officials say.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded Nevada $18.4 million to buy Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for essential workers.
There’s never a good time to hear one of your friends has passed away.
Simerson Construction has built a new headquarters at 1617 Forrest Way in Carson City. The $1,250,413 deal included a 3.204% interest SBA 504 loan, with only 10% down, facilitated by Nevada State Development Corp. Heritage Bank of Nevada partnered in the financing package.
There’s nothing better than fresh air to restore the mind, body, and soul, and in these troublesome days when we must wear masks just about everywhere, it is nice to be able to breathe in fresh air as we exercise our bodies and clear our troubled minds.
After years of waiting and more waiting, the Nevada Department of Transportation will let the lights shine on Churchill County.
From his role as senior flight surgeon at the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC) to riding with the Longhorns Search and Rescue team to being a doting father of four sons and keeping a strong tie with his own family, Joas made a mark.
Among the things that first-time visitors to the University of Nevada, Reno immediately notice are the presence of plenty of trees and other foliage. The 320-acre campus is a virtual nursery of mature trees, shrubs and other landscaping.
Earthquake damaged buildings, bridges and other critical infrastructure may be evaluated more quickly for safety and response options following an event with new optical sensor technology and software that is being developed and field tested by the University of Nevada, Reno and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Watson here and since we have been staying home, I’ve been getting extra attention. Yes, everyday mom or dad brushes me, cleans my teeth, and makes sure I’m comfy. Actually, I’m spoiled rotten. Recently, during one of my brushing sessions, mom uncovered flakes.
In less than a month, student-athletes and coaches report to their respective campuses to begin fall sports.
The Greenwave tennis program is getting back into the swing of things after the pandemic put sports on hiatus.
Sagebrush Pop Warner and Sierra Youth Football League jointly announced last week the cancellation of their football and cheerleading season.
Carson City resident Mary Liveratti’s father Edwin Burns lived to be 95. A Marine for 22 years and a teacher, he was a lifelong learner, grabbing an encyclopedia and always engaging in conversation with others at every chance, his daughter recalled.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported the ninth death due COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Tuesday. The individual is a female Carson City resident in her 60s with underlying health conditions. CCHHS is also reporting seven new positive cases and three additional recoveries of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases to 532, with 382 recoveries and nine deaths, 141 cases remain active.
Kathleen L. Cass, 89, of Carson City, passed away July 20, 2020. Walton's Chapel of the Valley is trusted with the arrangements, 775-882-4965.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Western Nevada College has maintained service to the public remotely throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the college is officially welcoming students and the public back to all campuses beginning Monday, July 27. After conducting classes and business virtually since closing its three campuses to the public in mid-March, WNC has been given the OK by state officials to reopen in preparation for fall semester.
Nevada reported 28 additional COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday, the highest single-day total since the start of the pandemic, bringing the statewide total to 676 deaths.
RENO — A Dayton church trying to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend Nevada's 50-person cap on worship services is accusing Gov. Steve Sisolak of adding the church's county to a list of those with elevated cases of COVID-19 as part of a "litigation tactic."
June’s partial reopening of the Nevada economy restored nearly half of the jobs lost to the shutdown. The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reports that the jobless rate fell from just about 30 percent in April to a raw rate of 15.2 percent in June.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in locating a missing endangered person.
Western Nevada College is now offering a four-year Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Organization and Project Management that provides a career advancement pathway for students who’ve earned an associate degree. The bachelor of applied science degree blends leadership and management studies with 21st century skills such as project management and data informed decision making.
April 10, 1953 - July 13, 2020 Lily Reedy died peacefully at home on July 13, 2020 in Carson City with her two sons and husband by her side. Lily bravely battled Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) for the last two years, and advocated to turn it to a chronic and treatable disease even in the last days of her life.
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge said Monday the state unemployment office has to begin paying pandemic relief benefits to out-of-work gig and independent workers who haven't completely stopped working and were cut off from receiving payments. Judge Barry Breslow in Reno ruled that Pandemic Unemployment Assistance payments should begin next week, said Mark Thierman, an attorney representing nine plaintiffs among a group he said totals nearly 190,000 people. Another hearing is scheduled July 30.
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The Nevada Treasurer’s Office is now accepting applications for the state’s short-term rent assistance program. The financial help is available to Nevada tenants with a current lease who owe back rent. Treasurer Zach Conine said applicants must be able to demonstrate financial hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That means loss of employment, reduction in work hours and/or a reduction in wages.
Partnership Carson City, a local organization that inspires a healthy community by building strong families and successful youth, announces two new team members joining the ranks to support education, collaboration and engagement with residents.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported 12 new positive cases and 19 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Monday. This brings the total number of cases to 525, with 379 recoveries and eight deaths, 138 cases remain active.
Chris Pincoffs April 17, 1959 - July 10, 2020 On Friday, July 10, 2020, Chris Pincoffs, loving father of three children, passed away at the age of 61.
Marjorie Ann Lister June 17, 1932 - July 15, 2020
Calvin W. Mickelson, 86, died July 20, 2020 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial 775-882-1766
Paulette Bloomfield, 72, died July 19, 2020 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial 775-882-1766
As of Monday morning, Nevada had reported a total of 36,714 COVID-19 cases. Of those, pandemic response officials Caleb Cage and Julia Peek said 880 of the new cases were in Clark County and just 54 in Washoe.
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada company that started in 1973 with a single hotel-casino in Reno announced Monday it has completed a $17.3 billion buyout of Caesars Entertainment Corp. and will take the iconic company's name going forward as the largest casino owner in the world. Eldorado Resorts Inc. said the combined company will now own and operate more than 55 casino properties in 16 U.S. states, including eight resorts on the Las Vegas Strip.
A Dayton auto parts store is one of two businesses cited for violating health and safety measures, according to a news release from the Nevada Department of Business & Industry. O’Reilly Auto Parts, 9 Retail Road number 2 in Dayton, was cited July 17 and penalized $8,675, according to the release. The citation at O’Reilly Auto Parts was issued after officials observed noncompliance with one or more requirements of general and industry-specific guidance and directives during both the initial observation and a follow up visit by division officials.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office will be joining forces with other Nevada law enforcement agencies from July 20 through Aug. 3 to be on the lookout for distracted drivers.
The online system for self-employed and gig workers to appeal benefit denials is now up and running.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Gov. Steve Sisolak issued a statement Sunday afternoon saying the plan to call a second special legislative session is, for now, on hold.
Having made substantial progress, lawmakers deliver the final piece of legislation to the governor’s desk about 7:15 p.m. Sunday. AB3 is the bill that actually cuts and repurposes state General Fund spending. AB1 was originally the companion measure that included state worker furloughs, redirecting the Governmental Services Tax and other changes.
The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum received approval of a grant from the Western States Arts Federation CARES Act Fund in the amount of $20,000.
One of the greatest football coaches in college football history learned his trade on the high school fields of Northern Nevada.
Police reform advocates are demanding lawmakers use a special session to repeal a recently passed state law that strengthens protection for officers facing misconduct allegations.
Jon K. Peters 81, of Carson City, passed away July 10, 2020. Walton's Chapel of the Valley is trusted with arrangments 882-4965.
James S. Dondelinger 23, of Carson City passed away on July 12, 2020. Walton's Chapel of the Valley is trusted with arrangements 882-4965.
Steve M. Charles February 6, 1960 - March 22, 2020 It is with great sadness to the Charles family to announce the passing of their loved one Steve M. Charles.
Road Report as of July 16. The following information applies to July 20-26. Road closures are expected at the following locations due to road/utility work: • Airport Road remains closed in both directions between Woodside Drive and Menlo Drive for installation of new sewer and water utilities. Airport Road will also remain closed to through traffic between U.S. 50 and Woodside Drive, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Residential and business access will also be allowed. JAC service will continue; however, detours will be in effect.
If you take one step inside of Pete Sinnott’s office, you can tell what his time coach Carson High cross country has meant to him.
The Pac-12 and Big 10 have already announced they will play only conference football games this season. The SEC, ACC and Big 12 are supposedly thinking about doing the same.
We are in the middle of a global pandemic with interest rates so low they are practically paying borrowers to take the money and the market is booming. Despite having to practice social distancing by meeting buyers at the home in separate cars, wearing masks to enter homes, and being limited as to what we can touch in the home, houses are jumping off the proverbial rack.
Social gatherings caused a recent jump in coronavirus cases, according to public health officials. “The surge is due to Fourth of July parties,” Nicki Aaker, director, Carson City Health and Human Services told the Board of Supervisors Thursday.
Another busy week of racing behind us, and another ahead as all the major series try to make up for lost time. NASCAR is at Texas Motor Speedway, IndyCar is at Iowa Speedway for the second doubleheader in a row, Formula 1 is in Hungary, IMSA has the 12 Hours of Sebring, and the NHRA is at Lucas Oil Speedway in Indianapolis for the second weekend in a row.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported seven new positive cases and 10 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 501, with 348 recoveries and eight deaths, 145 cases remain active.
A new way to explore the Carson River Canyon on the V&T Railway is coming soon. Carson Canyon Rail Bike Rides, operated by the V&T Railway Commission and Freedom Rail, is expected to launch on Aug. 4.
LAS VEGAS — The largest manufacturer of bump stocks, the firearm attachments used by the Las Vegas gunman in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, has filed a claim against the deceased gunman's estate that could divert money expected to go to victims' families.
Carolyn Dolan & Big Red bring the blues to Carson City as part of the Brewery Art Center’s Flatbed Concert Series Saturday.
A $17.3 billion buyout creating the world's biggest casino company won final approval Friday, with New Jersey gambling regulators agreeing to let Nevada-based Eldorado Resorts Inc. acquire Caesars Entertainment Corp. It comes after an antitrust analyst had assured the New Jersey Casino Control Commission that the deal affecting four of the nine casino-resorts in Atlantic City would not concentrate too much of the local gambling economy in one company's hands.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has announced that Nevada health care providers will receive $53.27 million in grants from the federal Health and Human Services department.
After a week of mostly behind-the-scenes discussions, the Nevada Legislature's emergency special session grew contentious Thursday during middle-of-the-night sparring over a proposal to cap tax deductions for mining businesses that stalled hours after it was introduced.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
I’ve fallen in love with some impressive summer-blooming plants given to me by my friend Peggy. They are Crocosmia “Lucifer,” sometimes called coppertips.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported 15 new positive cases and no additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Thursday. This brings the total number of cases to 494, with 338 recoveries and eight deaths, 148 cases remain active.
The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations fined both Carson City Walmarts, the Jacks Valley Road Home Depot and the Dayton Grocery Outlet for violations with COVID-19 safety measures. Nevada OSHA in a Thursday press release said the Carson City stores were all fined $8,675.
Carson City is in a “yellow zone” with recommendations for more stringent guidelines to mitigate the community spread of the coronavirus, according to the White House Coronavirus Task Force. The unpublished document from the White House was forwarded by the Nevada Association of Counties to the Carson City mayor and city manager Thursday afternoon.
Mid-March gave Fallon’s Josh Morrison an uneasy feeling. With Major League Baseball teams closing down their spring training camps in Florida and Arizona because of coronavirus, hundreds of players and staff members were left in limbo.
Update from the Carson City Sheriff's Office: The woman was released from custody. She has been cooperative with authorities; further details will be provided pending the results of the autopsy report.
A man was shot during a home invasion in Carson City on Thursday morning, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office news release.
LAS VEGAS — At least 123 visitors to Nevada tested positive for the coronavirus while visiting the state in recent weeks or shortly after returning home, according to state health data.
RENO — Nevada's lawyers urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject a Dayton church's appeal to the state's 50-person cap on attendance at worship services. The lawyers claim the church's assertion that the restriction infringes on the constitutional right to exercise religious beliefs is false, arguing that protecting Nevadans against the spread of the coronavirus weighs "heavily against injunctive relief."
The Churchill County School Board voted Wednesday to open schools on Aug. 25 after discussing the district’s plans for almost three hours.
COVID response officials say Nevada now has over 30,000 positive cases of the virus.
Harry Reid, the former U.S. Senate majority and minority leader, said Tuesday that Donald Trump is making Democratic chances to reclaim the majority in the Senate a strong possibility. “What we have every day with Trump talking and tweeting, every day is a good day for Democrats because he’s making a fool of himself,” said Reid in a Zoom press conference with Nevada reporters. “People are interested in people who want to be constructive. They know that President Trump has done a terrible job.”
Late Wednesday, the Nevada Senate passed the bill that will pump money into the General Fund by pre-paying the Net Proceeds of Mines tax, taking a huge chunk of the Governmental Services Tax and granting an amnesty if delinquent taxpayers pay up.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported five new positive cases and 16 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region Wednesday. This brings the total number of cases to 479, with 338 recoveries and eight deaths, 133 cases remain active.
Members of the Assembly finally got into the meat of the special session on Wednesday, undertaking a detailed review of AB3, the measure that will cover the vast majority of the estimated $1.2 billon shortfall in Nevada’s fiscal 2021 General Fund budget.
Tomasa "Tammy" Raye Sherman Lee June 8, 1962 - July 10, 2020
Monday afternoon, the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) announced that most fall sports will be moved to the spring.
Carson City School District Superintendent Richard Stokes presented a draft plan from his Reopening Instructional Committee during Tuesday’s school board meeting that includes a hybrid model combining on-campus and distance learning for all levels.
Nevada’s unemployment rate dropped from more than 25 percent to 15 percent in June as the state added back 98,900 jobs. A spokesman said the vast majority of those jobs were in the hospitality industry as hotel-casinos across the state reopened for business — 72,700 of the total.
The Legislative Interim Finance Committee on Tuesday approved acceptance of four federal pandemic relief grants totaling nearly $35 million. The money will support distance learning for K-12 students, rent relief, augmented food stamps funding and programs for seniors in assisted living facilities.
A Las Vegas man who was wrongfully convicted in a 1994 murder and freed from prison in 2017 after more than 22 years behind bars has been granted a certificate of his innocence and approved to receive $2.25 million in damages.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation will activate a permanent traffic signal at the intersection of U.S. 50 and Sheckler Cut Off in west Fallon this month, according to a news release.
NEW YORK — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements.
The National Weather Service has issued a “Fire Weather Watch” for Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds. The watch covers Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, Storey, and southern Washoe counties.
A sensible approach to protecting agricultural land as a buffer to Naval Air Station Fallon has been a win-win for local ranchers, Churchill County and the military.
A regular meeting of the Churchill County Board of School Trustees will be held Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the in the Virtual Platform of GotoMeeting, 690 S. Maine St., Fallon, Nevada 89406.
The executive director of the Fallon Food Hub has been appointment to the Nevada Food Security Council as a representative of an organization involved with the processing and distribution of food.
Churchill County commissioners meet Wednesday at 1:15 a.m. at the Churchill County Administrative Building, Commission Chambers, 155 N. Taylor St. This meeting will also be conducted on Zoom.
Seven Nevada counties have been ordered to close their bars at midnight to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
For years, a trek to Jarbidge has been on my unofficial bucket list. I’d seen plenty of photos and videos, and read lots of travel guides, but for some reason I had never made it to the town that is said to have the some of the purest air in the United States.
I recently saw the greatest lawn sign I have ever seen. The sign had a large photo of an orange cat and the following message: Please do not throw your cigarette butts on our lawn. Our cat sneaks out at night and smokes them. We are trying to get her to quit. Please help us!
Veterans and active duty service members will take to the streets of Reno on July 18 for the Irreverent Warriors Silkies Hike to bring awareness to veteran suicide.
A new Carson City apartment complex is on the drawing board. A five-story, 248-unit development planned for 906 S. Stewart St., underwent a major project review with the city. The complex is slated for the 3.4-acre vacant lot at the corner of Stewart and 9th streets, where Copeland Lumber was formerly located.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported 14 new positive cases and five additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Thursday. This brings the total number of cases to 474, with 322 recoveries and eight deaths, 144 cases remain active.
Pamela Lee "Cordoni" Ross October 27, 1947 ~ June 19, 2020
Willida Jeanne Lord, 84, of Carson City Nevada, passed way on July 9, 2020 and is in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations. (775) 888-6800.
The Senate on Tuesday amended and approved the bill designed to provide state government with a line of credit — essentially a short-term loan — to cover any unexpected, emergency funding issue. Treasurer Zach Conine, whose office developed the plan, said Senate Bill 4 would give the state Board of Finance several mechanisms of covering an existing, legislative approved debt if it was temporarily unable to pay that bill. The line of credit, note or debentures would be backed by future state revenues and would only be good for three years.
LAS VEGAS — A record high on Tuesday in the daily number of positive coronavirus tests in Nevada may be the result of lax mask-wearing and a lack of social distancing during the Independence Day holiday, state officials said.
TAHOE CITY, Calif. — California's popular Squaw Valley Ski Resort is considering changing its name to remove the word "squaw" — a derogatory term for Native American women — amid a national reckoning over racial injustice and inequality.
LAS VEGAS — A U.S. casino company with 29 properties in 10 states is laying off thousands of employees, citing a slow restart to business following closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp. said in a statement Monday that an unspecified number of furloughed employees will not return to work.
Naval Air Station Fallon released on Monday the name of a medical officer who was killed Tuesday (July 7) in a single-engine airplane crash in the South Lake Tahoe Basin.
LAS VEGAS — The man whose name is synonymous with Nevada's opposition to building a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain northwest of Las Vegas is ending a career after three decades of service under Democratic and Republican governors.
The Sisolak administration on Monday released documents laying out the CARES Act and other federal money Nevada has received to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
After five days, lawmakers in the 31st Special Legislative Session finally voted on two bills, passing them late in the evening and sending them to the governor’s desk.
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting seven new positive cases and two additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 460, with 317 recoveries and eight deaths, 135 cases remain active.
Matthew Lafayette Mahe December 31, 1981 - June 30, 2020 It is with great sadness that the family of Matthew Mahe announces his passing.
Laura Lee Daniels September 18, 1957 ~ July 1, 2020 Passed away unexpectedly in Carson City, NV at the age of 62.
Dora Mollie Ellen Rogallo June 29, 1917 ~ July 9, 2020
Ivar Norman Jones, 88 of Gardnerville, passed away on July 9, 2020, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 775-888-6800.
RENO — A federal judge has upheld the U.S. Forest Service's authority to keep a 250-mile motorcycle race out of sage grouse habitat in Nevada's high desert, rejecting a lawsuit by off-road vehicle enthusiasts who argued the agency illegally short-circuited the environmental review process.
The Carson City Chamber Institute Leadership Class of 2020 graduated on Wednesday, July 8. Twenty students were presented their Leadership Certificate of Completion by Mayor Robert Crowell — honorary graduate of the Class of 2012 — who has presented each class with their certificates since becoming mayor in 2008.
As the big leagues look to open in the coming weeks, high school baseball in Northern Nevada has been quick to re-launch after losing a majority of the spring season.
Many high school seniors and current college students will have difficult decisions to make before entering or resuming their college education this fall. In wake of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the way instruction is delivered, many students are waiting to see what colleges and universities are planning for their mode of instruction for fall semester and what contingencies are in place.
The Nevada Department of Agriculture Animal Disease Laboratory has confirmed seven positive rabies cases in bats in Clark and Washoe counties, according to a news release.
Health officials in Nevada reported 845 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday along with one more known death. That pushes the totals to 27,683 positive coronavirus cases around the state with 593 known deaths.
The Board of Supervisors on Thursday will decide whether to go ahead with capital improvement projects postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Initially, Carson City finance staff projected sales tax revenue could drop as much 35 percent due to the government shutdown so the board decided to delay some capital improvement projects until actual collections came in.
Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center To Laura Musgrave and Franklin Laidiey of Carson City, Kalena Genee Malia Laidiey, born June 8, 2020, weighing 5 pounds and 2 ounces.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported 10 new positive cases and no additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Sunday. This brings the total number of cases to 453, with 315 recoveries and eight deaths, 130 cases remain active.
A traffic study has concluded realigning Appion Way and Snyder Avenue and adding a traffic signal is a priority for fast-growing south Carson City. The study by Headway Transportation was commissioned by Public Works and funded by redevelopment money and in response to both the south Carson Street project, which is reducing lanes on the road, and continuing development in the area, which is increasing traffic at the same time.
The best of Major League Baseball has graced Greater Nevada Field since the Reno Aces arrived in Northern Nevada in 2009. Most Valuable Players, Cy Young Award winners, Rookies of the Year, major league home run champions, batting champions, Gold Glove winners, pitchers who have tossed no-hitters as well as World Series champions have played in downtown Reno near the banks of the Truckee River.
Now here’s a tax trick for some folks. If you were born before Jan. 2, 1936 and you’re taking a lump-sum distribution from a qualified retirement plan, you may use an OLD tax strategy, long forgotten, called “10-Year Averaging.” 10-Year Averaging is exactly what it says, in effect, you’re treated as if you’re receiving the payout over 10 years for tax purposes. Why is this helpful? Tax rates go up when your income goes up, and by basically coming up with the top applicable tax rate if you only reported 1/10th of the lump-sum amount, your total tax could be significantly lower!
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Prompted by the pandemic’s impact on state revenues, Nevada Treasurer Zach Conine has introduced a bill that would give the state a way to cover a fiscal emergency by opening a short-term loan backed by the state’s future revenues.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported nine new positive cases and 14 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Saturday. This brings the total number of cases to 443, with 315 recoveries and eight deaths, 120 cases remain active.
Della Louise McKnight April 24, 1927 - July 8, 2020
Robert Roy Janes, 73 of Carson City Nevada, Passed away on July 7, 2020 And is in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations (775)888-6800.
Leave it to the Ivy League to be the voice of reason in college athletics. While the rest of college athletics is proceeding as if the coronavirus pandemic is a thing of the past, the Ivy League recently announced it has canceled its fall sports season. Harvard, Yale, Brown, Penn, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia and Princeton will not conduct athletic events until at least Jan. 1, 2021. “We are entrusted to create and maintain an educational environment that is guided by health and safety considerations,” the Ivy League Council of Presidents said in a statement. The Ivy League was also ahead of the curve when it announced March 10 it had canceled its postseason basketball tournament. Right now, as coronavirus cases spike throughout the country (nothing much has changed since March), it would make sense for other conferences to follow the Ivy League’s lead once again. But don’t count on it.
Problems will arise during the course of the escrow process, it just happens. We’ve long said about our real estate profession “The essence of the job is solving problems!” Things can be sailing along when out of nowhere a challenge is presented. That is when your agent will earn his keep. Escrow challenges can come from either party or outside influences. Outside influences can include a lender issue, whether it be their incompetence in performance, or their efficiency that turns up a processing problem.
Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong on Thursday released a report showing that overall crime decreased 6 percent in the first six months of 2020 compared with the same periods of 2018 and 2019.
The number of initial unemployment claims increased 12.4 percent in the week ended July 4, to 12,484. That is the second consecutive week of increased regular claims. Just 131 new claims were filed in Carson City and 69 in Douglas. Churchill reported 24 new claims and Lyon County 66. Storey County reported just one initial claim for the week.
If you thought last weekend had a busy racing schedule, just wait for the upcoming week. We have NASCAR, IndyCar, NHRA, and Formula 1 all in action from this past Thursday to next Wednesday.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported 11 new positive cases and nine additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 434, with 301 recoveries and eight deaths, 125 cases remain active. The new cases are:
Louie Raymond Houlet September 3, 1948 - July 2, 2020
Someone who works in the Nevada legislative building has tested positive for the coronavirus as lawmakers debate emergency measures involving the pandemic, an official said Friday.
Thanks to an ongoing community-based testing effort and a relatively low COVID case numbers, Churchill County has not met any of the state-mandated criteria for closing bars and distilleries.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division is asking for assistance in locating a runaway juvenile.
LAS VEGAS — Bars in seven Nevada counties were ordered Friday to once again shut their doors and re-impose limits on restaurants because of the coronavirus.
Phreemium plays in Carson City on Saturday as part of the Brewery Art Center’s Flatbed Concert Series.
LAS VEGAS — Gov. Steve Sisolak said he is backing Nevada's Democratic congressional delegation, which is opposing a military effort to widen the boundaries of a vast U.S. Air Force bombing range into a national wildlife refuge.
My goodness, it’s already July and the year is half over and in the case of 2020, this is a good thing. I’d like to think the worst is behind us but I’m not sure about that either. One thing I do know though is cooking as well as eating are both still happening and that is a positive.
RENO — Leaders of a Dayton church are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the state's 50-person cap on religious gatherings while an appellate court considers their claim that COVID-19 restrictions treating casinos and others more leniently violate their constitutional right to freely exercise their beliefs.
LAS VEGAS — Nine Nevada legislators who also work in state and local government jobs are violating a provision of the state constitution separating powers, a conservative think tank argued in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
Feeding Pets of the Homeless, a national animal welfare nonprofit based in Carson City, received a $5,000 grant. The Humane Society of the United States grant helps to provide financial assistance towards fulfilling their mission.
Pointing to the rapidly rising number of positive virus cases, especially in Nevada’s large urban areas, Gov. Steve Sisolak on Thursday ordered bars to once again close their doors at midnight Friday.
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting 11 new positive cases and 21 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Thursday. This brings the total number of cases to 423, with 292 recoveries and eight deaths, 123 cases remain active.
Matthew Mahe, age 38, of Reno, NV passed away on June 30, 2020. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry's Funeral Home. (775) 882-2644.
John B. McWhorter, Jr. October 20, 1930 ~ July 3, 2020 With profound sadness we announce the passing of John B. McWhorter, Jr., loving husband and father, on July 3, 2020.
Rickey Roberts, age 57, of Carson City, NV passed away on July 4, 2020. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry's Funeral Home. (775) 882-2644
William Glen Arell, 46 of Mound House, passed away on July 8, 2020, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 775-888-6800.
Elliotte "Edge" Shoshone age 29, of Carson City, NV passed away on July 5, 2020. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry's Funeral Home. (775) 882-2644.
LAS VEGAS — Three weeks after Nevada announced the state would unconditionally pardon people who were convicted of possessing a small amount of pot, no pardons have been issued.
A new online petition is available for parents and community members asking the Carson City School District to open schools full-time in the fall for the 2020-21 school year. The petition is collecting signatures ahead of the school board’s meeting Tuesday during which trustees will hear the first draft of Superintendent Richard Stokes’ reopening instructional committee’s plan.
The Carson City School District Board of Trustees has approved a food service management contract with Chartwells for 2020-21 not to exceed a $50,000 administrative fee and a management fee not to surpass 8 cents per meal for 10 months with funding to be provided from the district’s nutrition fund. The contract also includes a guaranteed subsidy of $280,138 that Chartwells agrees to cover as the district typically runs a deficit in its nutrition services program on an annual basis. If the program generates a larger deficit at a cost of $300,000, hypothetically, Chartwells would cover the $20,000 balance, district chief financial officer AJ Feuling said.
The Bee Informed Partnership (www.beeinformed.org) is a national collaboration of leading agricultural science universities and research labs that examines and tries to better understand honey bee declines in the United States.
Legislative Counsel Bureau Director Brenda Erdoes said Thursday it looks like the federal CARES Act will pay for a large percentage of the cost of the special legislative session. Erdoes said that includes not only increased staff and operational costs but to cover costs of the Plexiglas shields and other modifications LCB has had to make in the building and the Senate and Assembly chambers.
Sierra Nevada Forums is holding a virtual event on policing practices. The event will be Saturday, July 11 at 10 a.m. via Zoom online conferencing.
RENO — The first coronavirus antibody study conducted in Nevada suggests COVID-19 test results dramatically underestimate the number of people who actually have been infected by the disease, health officials said Wednesday.
Partnership Carson City, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office and school resource officers are working together to offer a no-cost, certificate education on Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws. The collaborators are providing a server training 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 14 via Zoom. Upon successful completion of the hour-long course, participants receive a certification to sell and serve alcohol.
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Supreme Court justices are considering whether to overturn a second-degree murder charge against Ronald Leavell, who authorities say caused a fatal crash in 2017 while high on marijuana and driving up to 80 mph over the speed limit.
LAS VEGAS — Reno-based Eldorado Resorts Inc. received the go-ahead Wednesday from Nevada casino regulators to buy Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a $17.3 billion deal creating a gambling giant owning or operating 55 properties in 16 U.S. states and several other countries.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., is asking the BLM and National Cemetery Administration to support the creation of a national veterans’ cemetery in Elko.
The 31st special session of the Nevada Legislature convened just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, charged by Gov. Steve Sisolak with cutting almost $1.2 billion from the fiscal 2021 budget
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting eleven new positive cases and five additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 412, with 271 recoveries and eight deaths, 133 cases remain active. The new cases are:
Steven Duane Linnell March 16, 1955 ~ June 9, 2020 Steven D. Linnell passed away June 9, 2020 in Carson City, Nevada.
Virginia Ann Lerud October 25, 1934 - July 2, 2020
Cahal Doherty, 85 of Carson City passed away on June 23, 2020. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Walton's Chapel of the Valley, 775-882-4965.
Joan Ruth McDonnell, 90 of Carson City, passed away on July 8, 2020, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 888-6800.
James A. Hooper, 75 of Incline Village, passed away on July 7, 2020, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 888-6800.
Christian A Kiechler, 81 of Virginia City, passed away on July 6, 2020, arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations 888-6800.
For Ryan Livermore, the chance to return home to Carson City and Northern Nevada presented an opportunity he couldn’t pass on.
This year’s Fallon Cantaloupe Festival queen made her first official appearance Saturday in the annual Fourth of July parade.
A day before the Nevada Legislature convened for a special budget session, Kelly Crompton, a lobbyist for the city of Las Vegas, boarded a Southwest flight and headed north to Carson City. Air travel amid the coronavirus pandemic felt wrong, Compton wrote in a Twitter post . But as a consolation, she observed that half of the passengers were also headed to the state's special legislative session. Compton wore multiple face coverings as protection against COVID-19.
Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, both D-Nev., Monday announced $10 million in homeland security grants for the state of Nevada. They said the funding will be used to protect the state and cities as well as places of worship and public transportation systems.
Carson Tahoe Health’s clinics inside the Topsy Lane and Market Street Walmart stores have reopened. “We realize the threat of COVID-19 is not the only medical concern people are experiencing. As always, our top priority is the safety of our patients, staff, and community,” said Erin Meyering, spokesperson for the Carson City hospital.
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has ordered that flags at state buildings and grounds be flown at half-staff Wednesday in honor of a Highway Patrol sergeant killed in the line of duty.
This year’s annual Fourth of July parade recognized the community’s health care workers as well as honoring the theme of “Spring Sports, Apple Pie and the 4th of July.”
Churchill County Commissioners approved a resolution at their July 1 meeting that authorizes an election to provide funding for the Fallon Churchill Volunteer Fire Department for the purchase and repair of major fire equipment.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has announced the U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded Nevada counties a total of $27.87 million through the Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.
It has been non-stop discovery for medical professionals battling COVID-19. That can be hard to see when we’re living in the here-and-now. But it’s true.
The Nevada Department of Agriculture has announced 13 organizations including the Fallon Food Hub will be awarded Community Food Response relief funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Staying home is great for a while but if you live alone it can get very lonely as the weeks wear on. Interestingly, the COVID-19 virus and all its restrictions have sparked an uptick in pet fostering and adoptions across America. According to PetPoint, the fostering rate is up 87 percent over last year.
While many of the Nevada’s mountain, canyons, cities, springs and geographic landmarks have pretty traditional names and honor politicians, pioneers or pathfinders, the state is filled with places with decidedly more colorful monikers like Forlorn Hope Springs, Halfpint Range and Hogpen Shoot.
The NIAA released an update last week regarding the fall high school season, which includes guiding principles about competition, adjustments in sites for the state tournaments and the first girls wrestling tournament.
During his time playing on Bradley Field, John Kitts started as the team’s center as a sophomore and never looked back.
But Caleb Cage, who is managing the governor’s virus monitoring program, said contrary to what one website said, the Silver State does not have the nation’s highest percentage rate of positives. He said the evidence is that Nevada’s positive rate is similar to other states.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Monday issued a fiscal report estimating the budget shortfall for the 2021 fiscal year at $1.2 billion. But it wasn’t until after 5 p.m. Tuesday that he issued the constitutionally-required proclamation calling the Wednesday at 9 a.m. session — less than 16 hours before the session start.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported an eighth death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Tuesday. The individual was a male Carson City resident in his 60s with no reported underlying conditions. CCHHS is also reporting ten new positive cases and six additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region.
Sidney (Sid) Dennis Smith July 9, 1954 - June 29, 2020
LauraLee Daniels, age 62, of Dayton, NV passed away on July 1, 2020. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry's Funeral Home.
Louie R. Houlet, age71, of Silver Springs, NV passed away on July 2, 2020. Arrangements in the trusted care of Fitzhenry's Funeral Home.
I’m not a fan of toiling in the heat. I do very little yard work when it’s hot. Sure, I could get up at dawn and garden for a couple of hours or stay up late and work in the yard at sunset, but I rarely do. After our COVID-19 spring where I put in long hours doing yard maintenance, I have succumbed to the heat and taken my gardening, such as it is, indoors.
LAS VEGAS — Nevada business received more than $4 billion in loans under a federal rescue package designed to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Data released by the U.S. Treasury Department this week showed more than 42,000 loans were issued to businesses in the Silver State, with some of the biggest benefactors including the state's hospitality industry, along with doctors, dentists, lawyers and car dealers, according to federal data.
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce has awarded $400,000 to the Western Nevada Development District of Carson City to help respond to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a news release.
Veterans and active duty service members will take to the streets of Reno on July 18 for the Irreverent Warriors Silkies Hike to bring awareness to veteran suicide. During the 2020 season, more than 60 events will bring thousands of veterans together across the United States including Nevada. Veteran and military participants hike anywhere from 6 to 14 miles, some carrying heavy packs, some in wheelchairs, but all in a spirit of support and camaraderie with a singular mission — to eliminate veteran suicide.
Mark McKinnon knows tattoos are not essential. In fact, he’ll go out of his way to tell you. “I’m always the one to tell my clients, if it’s family, if it’s emergency, if you need to pay your power bill, do not get a tattoo,” McKinnon, owner/tattoo artist of Marked Studios, said in a phone interview with the Northern Nevada Business Weekly. “It’s not that important — it will wait.”
The retail mall and future site of Carson City’s first Chick-Fil-A and Panera Bread restaurants has been delayed. “It’s a combination of Starbuck’s pulling out of it and COVID,” said C.W. Clark, the San Diego-based developer who is building the project. “But we got a good tenant out (of) it, Panera Bread.” Chick-Fil-A is building its own building at the South Carson Street site and should begin construction on it in the next few weeks, said Clark.
Gov. Steve Sisolak Monday issued a fiscal report estimating the budget shortfall for the 2021 fiscal year at $1.2 billion. The new numbers are based on the most recent tax collections in a laundry list of revenue streams including the sales tax that provides the largest percentage of General Fund revenue.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported six new positive cases and no additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Monday. This brings the total number of cases to 391, with 260 recoveries and seven deaths, 124 cases remain active. The new cases are:
Thurman Hiskett July 10, 1940 - July 6, 2020 Thurman Hiskett passed away at his home in Fallon on the morning of Monday, July 6, 2020 with his family by his side. He was born July 10, 1940 in Fallon, Nevada to Howard and Irene Hiskett.
Cynthia Diane Burchard May 23, 1957 - July 2, 2020 Cynthia Diane Burchard, age 63, passed away on July 2, 2020 at her home in Fallon, NV. She was born May 23, 1957 in Dinuba, CA to Chalmus and Georgia Yarbro Tuey.
James Russell Beattie May 18th, 1965 - May 31st, 2020 James passed away at home May 31st, 2020, he was 55 years old. He was born may 18th, 1965 in Redwood City, CA. to Arville Glenn(Bud) and Joan Demar Beattie.
Movie theaters may be closed, but Carson City has a makeshift drive-in theater for the summer.
The Nevada Department of Agriculture has awarded 13 organizations across the state Community Food Response Relief funding through the federal CARES Act. Ag Director Jennifer Ott said the application process was very competitive with 48 organizations applying for more than $11 million in funding. Agriculture had just $2.88 million to give out to address pandemic food insecurity.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted virtually every industry, and small business owners are trying to keep up with the challenges presented by tweaking their business models to meet the changing needs of their customers, all the while doing what it takes to stay open in this difficult market.
Churchill County officials reported Monday a jump in positive COVID cases to a total of nine active positives among county residents.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
A red flag warning for critical fire danger has been issued for 2-9 p.m. Monday along the Sierra Front. Gusty winds and low humidity are expected along the Highway 395 corridor through Western Nevada, according to the National Weather Service.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has joined in sponsoring legislation to strike down President Trump’s order requiring federal agencies to share citizenship information for political purposes.
In 2014, Reno native Brian Speicher took a job that brought him back to the Biggest Little City. After carving out a 20-year career in the life sciences private sector on the East Coast, primarily in R&D in the pharmaceutical industry, Speicher returned home to be the Desert Research Institute’s first-ever business development lead.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported six new positive cases and no additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Sunday. This brings the total number of cases to 385, with 260 recoveries and seven deaths, 118 cases remain active.
In Goldfield, a historic small mining town between Las Vegas and Reno, students and teachers are relatively unfazed by the idea of reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Statewide partners collaborated to launch Nevada’s first website focused on first responder Crisis Intervention Team training and other behavioral health resources which can be found at nvcit.org.
I saw a funny post on Facebook recently. It said, “I think on July 4, I’m gonna throw some candy out the front door, cook a turkey, put the Christmas tree up and Sing Auld Lang Syne. I’m done with 2020!” Half the year is now behind us, and for those who are going to stick it out using the normal calendar, hopefully it will get better. I mean, how bad can it get? Is an alien invasion next? Maybe the Rapture?
The 1948 college football season brought a seemingly non-stop whirlwind of national headlines, records, recognition and scandal to the Nevada Wolf Pack.
Back in 2014, when Mike Kazmierski and members of the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada visited the Bay Area in efforts to attract companies to the region, they often left empty-handed — they often got “yeah, but…” feedback. “I’d have people say, ‘you’re right, Reno is the best move for us, but there’s no way my employees would even consider moving to Reno,’” Mike Kazmierski said in a phone interview with the Northern Nevada Business Weekly. “Their perception and image of Reno was very negative.”
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting seven new positive cases and no additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 379, with 260 recoveries and seven deaths, 112 cases remain active.
Road Report as of July 2. The following information applies to the period of July 6-12: Road closures are expected at the following locations due to road/utility work: • Airport Road remains closed in both directions between Woodside Drive and Menlo Drive for installation of new sewer and water utilities. Airport Road will also be closed in the southbound direction only between U.S. 50 and Woodside Drive, Monday-Friday, all day. Northbound Airport Road will remain open. Residential and business access will also be allowed. JAC service will continue; however, detours will be in effect.
Why did the New England Patriots decide to sign Cam Newton instead of Colin Kaepernick? Kaepernick hasn’t played since 2016 but Newton was injured last year. Newton is 31-years-old and a little beat up. Kaepernick is 32 and fresh. Newton has completed 59.6 percent of his NFL passes while Kaepernick has connected 59.8 percent of the time. Newton has 182 touchdown passes and 108 interceptions while Kaepernick, in 56 fewer games, has 72 touchdowns and 30 picks. Newton has 4,806 yards rushing while Kaepernick, one of the greatest running quarterbacks in the history of the sport, has 2,300 yards on 559 fewer carries. Both took a team to a Super Bowl and lost. Both were drafted in 2011. They are basically the same quarterback except, of course, that Kaepernick has taken a knee during the anthem. We need the answers to just two questions now. Does Kaepernick really want to play? Does the NFL really want him on a roster? Until the answer to both those questions is yes, nothing else matters.
Charlotte Sulzbach of The Lodge in Carson City will be celebrating her 100th birthday on July 5.
When you make plans to remodel, paint, add on to, or otherwise change your home, one thing to always consider is who will buy your home. Even if you “aren’t ever going to sell,” you should make your changes with the buyer of your home in mind for things change over time and you just might find yourself selling for one reason or another. Homes come in all sizes, shapes, floorplans and styles to appeal to the varied tastes, wants and needs of buyers. Whether you are just making changes, or ready to sell, it is a good idea to identify who would be a typical buyer for your home.
One year ago, the Northern Nevada community dedicated its first Gold Star Families Memorial to remember the sacrifices of people losing a loved one in military service to their country. For others, time is measured in different increments.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported 11 new positive cases and two additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 372, with 260 recoveries and seven deaths, 105 cases remain active.
Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, both D-Nev., joined by two other Democratic senators, are urging Amtrak not to reduce service in rural areas.
This is a historic weekend. It’s the first time both NASCAR stock cars and the open-wheel Indy Cars will run on the same weekend at the same facility. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is hosting both the IndyCar GMS Grand Prix on the road course and the NASCAR Cup on the oval. And the Xfinity series will also be on the road course for the Pennzoil 150. The IndyCar race will air starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, with the Xfinity series to follow at noon. Sunday coverage of the NASCAR Cup Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 will begin at 1 p.m. PDT. All three races will air on NBC.
LAUGHLIN — Some hotels and casinos in Laughlin. Nevada, have closed again after employees tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.
A new band with deep roots in the area is ready to rock Carson City as part of the Brewery Art Center’s Flatbed Concert Series.
LAS VEGAS — A coronavirus mask mandate by the Democratic governor of Nevada is drawing protests and organized opposition from a self-described conservative Republican activist who vows to target elected officials he says threaten personal liberty
The Legislative Commission earlier this month approved a three-grade reclassification for the Legislative Police. However, Legislative Counsel Bureau Director Brenda Erdoes said at this point none of the officers will actually get more money in their paychecks.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division is asking for assistance in identifying subjects involved in a destruction of property case.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division is asking for assistance in identifying subjects involved in a destruction of property case.
The Churchill County School District’s Board of Trustees discussed at their monthly meeting Wednesday local plans to restart instruction for the next school year.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., announced Tuesday the federal Department of the Interior has awarded Nevada counties a total of $27.87 million through the Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported seven new positive cases and three additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Thursday. This brings the total number of cases to 361, with 258 recoveries and seven deaths, 96 cases remain active.
Marcella Yvonne "Marcey" George August 16, 1958 - June 22, 2020
Barbara Jean Thornton April 2, 1942 - June 29, 2020
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada group that organized to try to recall the mayor of Las Vegas says it is ending the effort after failing to collect voter signatures.
The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation website will be shut down this evening for system upgrades.
LAS VEGAS — Officials said Wednesday that the rate of coronavirus cases reported each day in Nevada is nearly three times higher than a month ago.
Half of the individuals who have contracted the coronavirus in Carson City and Quad-County area were infected through community spread. That means that half the 345 people known to have the virus were exposed to it from an unknown source. The other half of infections can be traced back to contact with an individual — family, friend, co-worker or other person — who had already tested positive.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said Thursday that she and numerous other senators are waiting for a vote on the latest pandemic stimulus bill. “We all want to know why we’re waiting,” she said. “The House passed their bill a month and a half ago. One man thinks we’re not ready yet. That man is Mitch McConnell.”
The Bank Saloon restoration project is getting a boost from Carson City. The Redevelopment Authority Citizens Committee approved a $25,000 match under the city’s Facade Improvement Program for the historic building’s exterior rehab.
The Gaming Control Board has opened 111 investigative cases looking into allegations of non-compliance with health and safety policies since Nevada casinos were allowed to reopen June 4. But that is a small percentage of the 1,453 inspections of non-restricted licensees and 6,008 inspections of restricted licensees conducted over the past month.
Misty J. Buttner, 59, died June 30, 2020 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial 775-882-1766.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported eight new positive cases and 12 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Wednesday. This brings the total number of cases to 354, with 255 recoveries and seven deaths, 92 cases remain active.
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Wednesday plans to call the Legislature into special session July 8 to deal with the state budget crisis. Because of the economic shutdown ordered to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Nevada finance experts say state revenues fell more than $812 million below what was originally budgeted in the fiscal year ended this week and will be as much as $1 billion below budget for fiscal 2021.
The Brewery Arts Center has officially canceled this summer’s Levitt AMP concerts.
RENO — Lawyers for the state of Nevada say the 50-person cap placed on worship services due to the coronavirus doesn't infringe on constitutional protections of religious freedom because it doesn't target anyone's ideology or opinion.
RENO — Fire officials say a wildfire on the edge of Reno that destroyed a home and forced hundreds of evacuations over the weekend is now 95% contained but they still haven't determined what started it. More than 100 personnel remain on scene focusing primarily on fire suppression repair. A federal team managing the incident plans to turn control of the fire back over to local jurisdictions on Thursday.
SPARKS — The Northern Nevada State Veterans Home was notified Tuesday that two additional residents and nine staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release.
LAS VEGAS — A police officer who was shot in the head during a Las Vegas Strip protest of the death of George Floyd departed Wednesday for an out-of-state medical facility.
Carson City is working on a policy for hemp growing as it continues to fight a lawsuit brought by a cultivator who wants to grow on city open space land. The city recently responded to an amended complaint filed by Tahoe Hemp LLC, which now brings two other plaintiffs — James Jarrard as trustee of the Jimmie Pete Jarrard Children's Trust and Nevada Division of State Lands — into the action.
A pair of state champions penned their letter of intent to continue playing football at the collegiate level.
A Mesa, Arizona man has been sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for manufacturing ammunition without a federal license.
Is it really safe to return to the gym? Can I take yoga classes again? What about getting my hair and nails done?
The Churchill County Sheriff’s Office is in agreement with other area Sheriff's Offices regarding the Nevada Governor's Mask Directive issued on June 24.
Churchill County Commissioners meet Thursday at 8:15 a.m. at the Churchill County Administrative Building, Commission Chambers, 155 N. Taylor St. This meeting will also be conducted on Zoom.
Fallon’s annual Fourth of July festivities are giving the nation a red, white and blue salute in the Lahontan Valley on Saturday.
Opening night — or in this case the Friday re-opening of Fallon Theatre after remodeling — sparkled on South Maine Street.
Watson here, and in just a few days I’ll be eating hot dogs and celebrating Independence Day. Hot dogs are my absolute favorite treat! Hot dogs are great, but leaving your dog in a hot car isn’t. When mom and dad take me to Safeway, one of them stays in the car with me.
