Jessica Garcia

Reporter

With Nevada News Group since 2018

Phone: +17758811211

Email: jgarcia@nevadaappeal.com

Job duties:
I cover K-12 and higher education issues, business and general news impacting Carson City, Lyon County and Northern Nevada. Every person has a new story worth writing and a new way to share it, and my passion is to listen to them and figure out the best way to share it with compassion and credibility.

About me:
“Journalism is literature in a hurry,” Matthew Arnold wrote, so I’m usually off planning that next great story, brainstorming ideas as I watch my favorite Nolan movies or listen to Elvis. I’m happily married, and when my husband and I aren’t fixing up our old house that’s showing its age now, we’re preparing for that dream vacation we promised ourselves this year.

2023 Nevada Press Association Awards
• Second Place in Explanatory Journalism
• Third Place in Community Service

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Recent Stories

State spends $1.7B in COVID relief funds for education

Funds distributed to school districts were intended to spur academic recovery, teacher effectiveness and classroom supports schools needed after closures and long-term operational changes.

Pope: Lyon traffic stops climb in 2024, focus on sex offenders in 2025

Traffic along U.S. 50 remains Lyon County’s most prevalent problem for law enforcement, Sheriff Brad Pope said.

Man arrested for trespassing at Carson City school

No one was injured in the incident and after law enforcement officers investigated, no damage was found to the campus.

Senate bill creates board to investigate Native American assimilation

Senate passes bill to create board to scrutinize Native American assimilation

Blue bows, reminders of the cost of human trafficking, line Carson City’s light poles this month

Blue bows are lining Carson City’s light poles this month to remind the community that human trafficking is an issue in Nevada.

Lyon commission approves permit for DHS Adult Ed modular

The Lyon County Commission on Jan. 6 approved a conditional use permit for a modular Adult Education building on the Dayton High School campus to serve students and office staff.

Walker urges CCSD to get ahead of change in final term

Carson City School Board Trustee Mike Walker keeps looking down the road and trying to get ahead of a problem in the educational system.

Pedersen welcomes leadership angle in school board role

Incoming Carson City School Board member Michelle Pedersen has had children in the school district for 17 years

Sheriff, Chamber to offer businesses crime trend training

The Community Business Crime Prevention Coalition will provide members with information on crime trends, training and prevention.

Crossman: ‘No investment in children is ever wasted’

As a parent and new trustee in 2012, Laurel Crossman took notice of the Carson City School District’s Gifted and Talented Education structure.

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Photos by Jessica

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Carson …

Becky Hall, left, new community engagement manager for the Nevada …

Mark Twain Elementary School Vice Principal Mark Rodina, dressed as …

Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center registered nurse Becky Duffy and Evelynn …

Students were able to participate in the winter coat drive …